Taking advantage of Seattle errors, the Tigers rallied for five runs in the seventh inning to post an 8-5 victory over the Mariners. The Tigers trailed, 5-3, when Lou Whitaker led off the seventh with a single and reached second safely when second baseman Julio Cruz dropped the throw from shortstop Jim Anderson on an attempted forceout on Ricky Peters' grounder.

Two outs later, Larry Andersen replaced Bryan Clark on the mound and induced Lance Parrish to hit a grounder to shortstop Anderson, who bobbled the ball, allowing Whitaker to score. A walk to pinch-hitter Richie Hebner loaded the bases and an infield single by Al Cowens plated Peters with the tying run. Shane Rawley then took over on the hill and walked Kirk Gibson to force in Parrish with the lead run. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 8, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Sunday, May       3, 1981 (Day game) at Kingdome
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  1    5  0  0  -   8 11  0
Mariners     0  0  1    0  0  4    0  0  0  -   5 10  3


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Peters dh             3   1   0   1     1   0   .247      Cruz 2b               4   1   1   0     1   1   .179
Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     1   0   .259      Simpson cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Kemp lf               4   1   1   0     1   0   .342      Paciorek rf           3   0   2   1     0   0   .318
Parrish c             5   2   2   1     0   0   .244      Zisk dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .386
Wockenfuss 1b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Meyer lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .200
  Hebner ph,1b        1   1   1   0     1   0   .169      Narron c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .319
Cowens cf             4   1   2   1     1   0   .340      Bochte 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .179
Jones rf              3   0   0   1     0   0   .185      Randle 3b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .259
  Gibson ph,rf        1   0   0   1     1   0   .268      Auerbach ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Papi 3b               5   0   1   2     0   0   .243        Gray ph             1   1   1   3     0   0   .333
Whitaker 2b           4   2   3   0     0   0   .311        Anderson ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clark p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  11   7     6   0             Totals               35   5  10   5     2   4

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 10,377
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Mariners 6
DP: Tigers 1, Mariners 2
Errors: Cruz, Anderson 2
Doubles: Kemp (8), Parrish (5), Whitaker (5)
Home Runs: Gray (4)
Stolen Bases: Parrish (1), Cruz (12), Simpson (1)
Caught Stealing: Trammell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Peters (1), Paciorek (2)
GIDP: Kemp (3), Gibson (1), Meyer (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris W(2-3)           8.1  10   5   5   2   4   1  36   3.83
Lopez                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.25
Totals                  9    10   5   5   2   4   1  38

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clark                   6.2   7   5   1   3   0   0  30   1.46
Andersen L(1-2)         0     1   3   0   1   0   0   3   3.55
Rawley                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   8.10
Clay                    2     2   0   0   1   0   0   8   6.49
Totals                  9    11   8   1   6   0   0  44

Passed Balls: Narron 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


TIGERS 1ST: Peters grounded out (second to first); Trammell
walked; Trammell was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Kemp doubled to left; Parrish
doubled to left [Kemp scored]; Wockenfuss flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; Simpson reached on
a fielder's choice [Cruz out at third (catcher to third)];
Paciorek singled to pitcher [Simpson to second]; Zisk struck
out; Meyer made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
1, Mariners 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cowens popped to first in foul territory; Jones
flied out to center; Papi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Narron flied out to center; Bochte flied out to
center; Randle singled to right; Auerbach made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Mariners 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker singled to right; Peters flied out to
center; Trammell flied out to left; Kemp walked [Whitaker to
second]; Parrish forced Kemp (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Cruz singled to left; Simpson singled to center
[Cruz to third]; Paciorek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cruz
scored]; Zisk flied out to right; Simpson stole second; Meyer
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Mariners 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Wockenfuss singled to third; Cowens forced
Wockenfuss (center to second); Jones flied out to left; Papi
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Narron struck out; Bochte singled to center;
Randle walked [Bochte to second]; Auerbach flied out to left;
Cruz forced Randle (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Mariners 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker doubled to left; Narron allowed a passed
ball [Whitaker to third]; Peters hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Whitaker scored (unearned)]; Trammell flied out to right; Kemp
flied to left in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Simpson flied out to left; Paciorek grounded out
(third to first); Zisk made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Mariners 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Parrish singled to left; Parrish stole second;
Wockenfuss grounded out (pitcher to first); Narron allowed a
passed ball [Parrish to third]; Cowens was walked intentionally;
Jones forced Cowens (second to shortstop) [Parrish scored
(unearned)]; Papi grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Meyer singled to left; Narron struck out; Bochte
singled to center [Meyer to second]; Randle singled to center
[Meyer scored, Bochte to second]; GRAY BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Gray
homered [Bochte scored, Randle scored]; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Simpson grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Mariners 5.

TIGERS 7TH: ANDERSON REPLACED GRAY (PLAYING SS); Whitaker
singled to right; Peters reached on a fielder's choice [Whitaker
to second (error by Cruz; assist by Randle)]; Trammell grounded
out (third to first) [Whitaker to third, Peters to second]; Kemp
flied out to left; ANDERSEN REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Parrish
reached on an error by Anderson [Whitaker scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Peters to third]; HEBNER BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Hebner
walked [Parrish to second]; Cowens singled to third [Peters
scored (unearned), Parrish to third, Hebner to second]; RAWLEY
REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); GIBSON BATTED FOR JONES; Gibson
walked [Parrish scored (unearned), Hebner to third, Cowens to
second]; Papi singled to right [Hebner scored (unearned), Cowens
scored (unearned), Gibson to second]; Whitaker flied out to
left; 5 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 7TH: HEBNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GIBSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Paciorek singled to center; Zisk forced
Paciorek (third to second); Meyer grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 8, Mariners 5.

TIGERS 8TH: CLAY REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Peters walked;
Trammell reached on an error by Anderson [Peters to second];
Kemp grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Peters to third, Trammell out at second]; Parrish made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 8TH: Narron flied out to center; Bochte flied out to
left; Randle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 8, Mariners 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Hebner singled to center; Cowens singled to left
[Hebner to second]; Gibson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hebner to third, Cowens out at
second]; Papi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 8, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 9TH: Anderson grounded out (pitcher to first); LOPEZ
REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Cruz popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Simpson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 8, Mariners 5.