The first hit of the season by Bob Molinaro, a two-run triple, capped a three-run rally in the seventh inning that lifted the White Sox to a 5-4 triumph over the Tigers. The Sox, trailing 4-2 going into the seventh, loaded the bases on a walk, single by Lamar Johnson and a hit batsman. Kevin Saucier relieved Milt Wilcox on the mound for the Tigers and struck out Harold Baines, but pinch-hitter Carlton Fisk delivered a sacrifice fly and Molinaro then lined a three-bagger to right field. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Sunday, April     26, 1981 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
White Sox    0  2  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   5  8  0
Tigers       1  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   4 10  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .302      Peters cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .280
Bernazard 2b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .346      Trammell ss           3   1   1   1     0   0   .246
Nordhagen lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Kemp dh               4   0   1   0     1   1   .407
  Kuntz ph,lf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .357        Gibson pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .303
Luzinski dh           3   2   1   0     1   1   .238      Parrish c             5   1   2   2     0   0   .241
Johnson 1b            4   2   2   0     0   1   .393      Wockenfuss 1b         2   1   2   0     2   0   .190
  Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .308        Brown pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lemon cf              3   1   2   0     0   0   .317        Kelleher 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .239        Hebner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
Essian c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Cowens rf             2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Fisk ph,3b          1   0   1   1     0   0   .382      Jones lf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .167
Pryor 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .400      Papi 3b,1b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .357
  Molinaro ph         1   0   1   2     0   0  1.000      Whitaker 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .264
  Hill c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   8   3     2   7             Totals               30   4  10   4     5   2

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 13,410
Left on Base: White Sox 3, Tigers 10
DP: White Sox 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Cowens, Wilcox
Doubles: Trammell (2), Cowens (3)
Triples: Molinaro (1)
Home Runs: Parrish (2)
Caught Stealing: Almon (2), Peters (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Cowens 2 (2), Peters (4), Trammell (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Fisk (1), Trammell (1), Papi (1)
GIDP: Baines (3)
Hit by Pitch: Lemon (4,by Wilcox)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns W(2-0)            8     9   4   4   4   2   1  36   3.03
Farmer SV(3)            1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   9.95
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   2   1  41

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox L(2-2)           6     5   5   4   2   5   0  24   1.91
Saucier                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.76
Lopez                   2.2   3   0   0   0   1   0  10   2.38
Totals                  9     8   5   4   2   7   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Wilcox (2)
Balks: Burns (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


WHITE SOX 1ST: Almon struck out; Bernazard popped to catcher in
foul territory; Nordhagen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Peters grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell
doubled to right; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted) [Trammell
to third]; Parrish singled to left [Trammell scored]; Wockenfuss
walked [Parrish to second]; Cowens made an out to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski singled to right; Johnson singled to
center [Luzinski to second]; Lemon singled to right [Luzinski
scored (error by Cowens), Johnson to third]; Baines grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnson
scored (unearned), Lemon out at second]; Essian flied out to
right; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Jones flied out to center; Papi flied out to right;
Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor was called out on strikes; Almon singled to
center; Almon was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Bernazard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Peters singled to right; Peters was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Trammell flied out to center;
Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen grounded out (pitcher to first);
Luzinski made an out to second; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Parrish homered; Wockenfuss walked; Cowens out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Wockenfuss to second]; Jones
flied out to right [Wockenfuss to third]; Papi grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon flied out to right; Baines flied out to
center; Essian grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker singled to third; Peters out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Whitaker to second]; Burns balked
[Whitaker to third]; Trammell hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Whitaker scored]; Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Tigers 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
struck out; Bernazard walked; Bernazard was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Wilcox [Bernazard to third]; Wayne
Nordhagen fouled ball off hip; KUNTZ BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN;
Kuntz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: KUNTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Parrish grounded
out (shortstop to first); Wockenfuss singled to right; Cowens
doubled to left [Wockenfuss to third]; Jones walked; Papi hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Wockenfuss scored, Cowens to third];
Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Tigers 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Luzinski walked; Johnson singled to right
[Luzinski to second]; Lemon was hit by a pitch [Luzinski to
third, Johnson to second]; SAUCIER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING);
Baines struck out; LOPEZ REPLACED SAUCIER (PITCHING); FISK
BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Fisk hit a sacrifice fly to center [Luzinski
scored]; MOLINARO BATTED FOR PRYOR; Molinaro tripled to right
[Johnson scored, Lemon scored]; Almon flied out to left; 3 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: FISK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HILL REPLACED
MOLINARO (PLAYING C ); Peters was called out on strikes;
Trammell flied to right in foul territory; Kemp singled to left;
Parrish forced Kemp (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 5, Tigers 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bernazard grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuntz
flied out to left; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Wockenfuss singled to left; BROWN RAN FOR
WOCKENFUSS; Cowens out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Brown to second]; Jones walked; Papi flied out to left;
Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Tigers 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: KELLEHER REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 3B); PAPI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Johnson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Lemon singled to left; Baines popped to third in foul
territory; Fisk singled to left [Lemon to third, Fisk out at
second (left to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Tigers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: FARMER REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING); SQUIRES REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Peters singled to pitcher; Trammell out on
a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Peters to second]; Kemp
walked; GIBSON RAN FOR KEMP; Parrish forced Peters (third
unassisted) [Gibson to second]; HEBNER BATTED FOR KELLEHER;
Hebner lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Tigers 4.