Aurelio Lopez, making his first start of the season and only the seventh of his career, combined with Kevin Saucier on a five-hitter as the Tigers whitewashed the Rangers, 5-0, ending Texas' four-game winning skein. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on a single by Lynn Jones, sacrifice by Alan Trammell and single by Steve Kemp and picked up two runs in the sixth on an error by Texas shortstop Mario Mendoza and sacrifice fly by Tom Brookens, who added a two-run single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Tuesday, June      9, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    1  0  2    0  2  0  -   5  5  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jones rf              4   3   2   0     1   0   .305      Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Trammell ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Kemp dh               2   2   1   1     2   1   .286      Oliver dh             4   0   2   0     0   1   .330
Parrish c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .236      Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     2   0   .288
Brookens 3b           3   0   1   3     0   0   .276      Putnam 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .267
  Leach 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226        Ellis ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Wockenfuss 1b         3   0   0   0     1   1   .210      Sample lf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .317
  Kelleher pr,3b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Roberts rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .322
Cowens cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .264      Cox c                 2   0   0   0     0   2   .231
Gibson lf             4   0   0   0     0   4   .245        Stein ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .441
Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Lopez p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sundberg ph,c       1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   5   5   4     5   9             Totals               28   0   5   0     3   6

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 37,350
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Rangers 4
DP: Tigers 3, Rangers 1
Errors: Roberts, Mendoza
Doubles: Oliver (19)
Stolen Bases: Kemp (4), Brookens (3)
Caught Stealing: Wills (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Trammell 3 (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Brookens (4)
GIDP: Whitaker (4), Putnam (4), Roberts (4), Ellis (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lopez W(3-1)            6     4   0   0   3   6   0  22   2.98
Saucier SV(7)           3     1   0   0   0   0   0   9   1.27
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   6   0  31

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(3-5)          7.1   4   5   3   4   7   0  30   4.01
Hough                   1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   7   4.44
Totals                  9     5   5   3   5   9   0  37

Wild Pitches: Matlack (2)

Umpires: HP - Mark Johnson, 1B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


TIGERS 1ST: Tigers Manager Sparky Anderson ejected by 3B
umpire Greg Kosc sometime in game; Jones grounded out (third
to first); Trammell struck out; Kemp was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Rivers flied out to
center; Oliver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish struck out; Brookens lined to first;
Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (third to first); Putnam struck
out; Sample struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Gibson struck
out; Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts grounded out (pitcher to first); Cox struck
out; Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Jones singled to center; Trammell out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Jones to second]; Kemp singled to
center [Jones scored]; Parrish singled to left [Kemp to second];
Brookens flied out to left; Wockenfuss struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills walked; Wills was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); On a bunt Rivers singled to pitcher;
Oliver doubled to center [Rivers to third]; Bell was walked
intentionally; Putnam grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Gibson struck
out; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sample singled to left; Roberts grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sample out at
second]; Cox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Jones singled to left; Trammell out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Jones to second]; Kemp walked; Parrish
reached on an error by Mendoza [Jones scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Kemp to third]; Brookens hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Kemp scored (unearned) (RBI), Parrish to third (error by
Roberts)]; Wockenfuss made an out to second; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Mendoza struck out; Wills grounded out (shortstop
to first); Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Cowens walked; Gibson struck out; Whitaker grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cowens out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver singled to right; Bell walked [Oliver to
second]; SAUCIER REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); ELLIS BATTED FOR
PUTNAM; Ellis grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Oliver to third, Bell out at second]; Sample grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers
0.

TIGERS 8TH: ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Jones walked;
Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jones to
second]; Kemp walked while Jones advanced to third on a wild
pitch; HOUGH REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Kemp stole second;
Parrish grounded out (third to first); Brookens singled to
center [Jones scored, Kemp scored]; Brookens stole second;
Wockenfuss walked; KELLEHER RAN FOR WOCKENFUSS; Cowens struck
out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: KELLEHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LEACH
REPLACED BROOKENS (PLAYING 1B); Roberts flied out to center;
STEIN BATTED FOR COX; Stein grounded out (third to first);
SUNDBERG BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Sundberg singled; Wills forced
Sundberg (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Rangers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SUNDBERG STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Gibson struck out; Whitaker flied out to
left; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver made
an out to shortstop; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Rangers 0.