A four-run rally in the sixth inning lifted the Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays. The winning surge began with a leadoff triple by Ricky Peters and RBI single by Alan Trammell, who moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a double by Steve Kemp, who tallied on a single by Champ Summers. Summers advanced on a walk to Kirk Gibson and flyout by Lance Parrish and came home on a single by Lou Whitaker. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     18, 1981 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   4  8  1
Blue Jays    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Peters cf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .313      Griffin ss            4   2   2   0     1   0   .194
Trammell ss           3   1   2   1     0   0   .290      Moseby cf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .250
Kemp lf               2   1   2   1     2   0   .481      Velez dh              2   0   0   0     2   0   .250
Hebner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .152        Iorg pr,dh          1   0   1   2     0   0  1.000
Summers dh            3   1   1   1     0   0   .235      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Brown ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stieb pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gibson rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .412        Macha 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cowens ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Upshaw rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .167
Parrish c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .207        Bosetti ph,lf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kelleher 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .174      Woods lf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .345        Bonnell ph,rf       2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Petry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garcia 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .207
  Schatzeder p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ainge 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .154
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Whitt c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .192
                                                          Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   8   4     5   4             Totals               33   3   7   2     6   4

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 16,294
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Blue Jays 10
DP: Tigers 1, Blue Jays 3
Errors: Hebner
Doubles: Kemp (3), Griffin (3), Mayberry (1), Moseby (3), Iorg (1)
Triples: Peters (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Woods (1)
GIDP: Trammell (2), Hebner (3), Ainge (1)
Hit by Pitch: Trammell (2,by Clancy)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Petry                   0     0   1   1   3   0   0   3   0.00
Schatzeder W(1-0)       5.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  20   0.00
Lopez SV(2)             3.1   6   2   2   1   3   0  17   2.45
Totals                  9     7   3   3   6   4   0  40

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(1-1)           5.2   5   4   4   5   3   0  26   2.84
Garvin                  3.1   3   0   0   0   1   0  11   1.35
Totals                  9     8   4   4   5   4   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Clancy (1)
Wild Pitches: Schatzeder (1), Clancy (3)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman


TIGERS 1ST: Peters flied to left; Trammell was hit by a pitch;
Kemp walked [Trammell to second]; Hebner walked [Trammell to
third, Kemp to second]; Summers lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Hebner out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin walked; Moseby walked [Griffin to
second]; Velez walked [Griffin to third, Moseby to second];
SCHATZEDER REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Schatzeder threw a wild
pitch [Griffin scored, Moseby to third, Velez to second];
Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Upshaw popped to
catcher in foul territory; Woods flied to left; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Gibson struck out; Parrish flied to right; Kelleher
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Garcia singled to shortstop; Ainge grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garcia out at
second]; Whitt walked; Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker flied to left; Peters singled to right;
Trammell grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Peters out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue
Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby struck out; Velez flied to left; Mayberry
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp walked; Hebner flied to center; Summers flied
to center; Gibson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Upshaw walked; Woods out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Upshaw to second]; Garcia grounded out
(third to first); Ainge flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish struck out; Kelleher grounded out (third to
first); Whitaker flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Whitt flied to center; Griffin grounded out
(catcher unassisted); Moseby flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Peters tripled to center; Trammell singled to center
[Peters scored]; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Trammell to second];
Kemp doubled to right [Trammell scored]; Hebner grounded out
(second to first) [Kemp to third]; Summers singled to right
[Kemp scored]; Gibson walked [Summers to second]; Parrish flied
to center; Kelleher walked [Summers to third, Gibson to second];
GARVIN REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Whitaker singled to left
[Summers scored, Gibson out at home (left to catcher), Kelleher
to second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry
flied to right; BOSETTI BATTED FOR UPSHAW; Bosetti reached on an
error by Hebner (assist by Kelleher) [Bosetti to first]; BONNELL
BATTED FOR WOODS; LOPEZ REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING); Bonnell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 7TH: BOSETTI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BONNELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Peters grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); Trammell singled to right; Kemp singled to center
[Trammell to second]; Hebner grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Ainge
struck out; Whitt singled to right; Griffin doubled to center
[Whitt to third]; Moseby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 8TH: BROWN BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Brown popped to third;
COWENS BATTED FOR GIBSON; Cowens was called out on strikes;
Parrish flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue
Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Velez walked;
IORG RAN FOR VELEZ; Mayberry doubled to left [Iorg to third];
STIEB RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bonnell flied to right; Garcia grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 9TH: IORG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MACHA REPLACED
STIEB (PLAYING 1B); Kelleher flied to right; Whitaker grounded
out (second to first); Peters lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ainge was called out on strikes; Whitt was called
out on strikes; Griffin singled to center; Moseby doubled
[Griffin to third]; Iorg doubled to left [Griffin scored, Moseby
scored]; Macha grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3.