The Blue Jays won their second game of the new season, edging the Tigers, 4-3. The Jays scored twice in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Al Woods and a bases-loaded suicide squeeze bunt by Damaso Garcia, and picked up their other two markers in the sixth stanza on a sacrifice fly by Garcia and run-scoring single by Danny Ainge. Dave Stieb pitched the first six innings to notch the victory. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, August 12, 1981 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Blue Jays 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 6 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .193 Peters dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Moseby cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Trammell ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Velez dh 2 1 1 0 2 0 .229 Kemp lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .300 Mayberry 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .236 Hebner 1b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .203 Wells 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Summers rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .287 Woods lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .221 Jones pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Bonnell rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Parrish c 3 1 1 0 1 2 .228 Whitt c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .224 Gibson cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .236 Garcia 2b 2 0 0 2 0 0 .228 Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Ainge 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .176 Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .276 Stieb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bomback p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cappuzzello p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tobik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 4 6 4 6 1 Totals 32 3 7 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 8,775 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Tigers 5 DP: Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1 Doubles: Trammell (10), Kemp (13) Sacrifice Hits: Garcia (3) Sacrifice Flies: Garcia (1), Whitaker (3) GIDP: Mayberry (2), Gibson (3) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stieb W(5-7) 6 6 3 3 1 1 0 24 3.38 Bomback 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 4.00 Jackson SV(4) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.83 Totals 9 7 3 3 2 3 0 35 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morris L(9-4) 6 6 4 4 5 0 0 27 2.74 Cappuzzello 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 5.68 Tobik 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.15 Totals 9 6 4 4 6 1 0 37 Wild Pitches: Bomback (5), Cappuzzello (1) Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Dale Ford BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Moseby singled to center; Velez singled to center [Moseby to third]; Mayberry grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Velez out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Peters flied out to left; Trammell grounded out (third to first); Kemp singled to right; Hebner popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Woods popped to first in foul territory; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Summers grounded out (second to first); Parrish walked; Gibson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Parrish out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Ainge walked; Griffin flied out to center; Moseby grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Brookens made an out to second; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Peters flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez walked; Mayberry singled to left [Velez to second]; Woods singled to right [Velez scored, Mayberry to third, Woods to second (on throw)]; Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Whitt was walked intentionally; Garcia out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Mayberry scored, Woods to third, Whitt to second]; Ainge flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Trammell doubled to left; Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first) [Trammell to third]; Hebner made an out to shortstop; Summers made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Moseby grounded out (second to first); Velez popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Parrish singled to left; Gibson singled to right [Parrish to second]; Brookens forced Gibson (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Parrish to third]; Whitaker hit a sacrifice fly to left [Parrish scored]; Peters flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry walked; Woods singled to center [Mayberry to third]; Bonnell flied out to left [Woods to second]; Whitt was walked intentionally; Garcia hit a sacrifice fly to right [Mayberry scored, Woods to third, Whitt to second]; Ainge singled to left [Woods scored, Whitt out at home (left to catcher)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Trammell singled to left; Kemp doubled to left [Trammell to third]; Hebner grounded out (first unassisted) [Trammell scored, Kemp to third]; Summers grounded out (second to first) [Kemp scored]; Parrish was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: CAPPUZZELLO REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Moseby grounded out (third to first); Velez walked; Cappuzzello threw a wild pitch [Velez to second]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 7TH: WELLS REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); BOMBACK REPLACED STIEB (PITCHING); Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first); Brookens grounded out (second to first); Whitaker flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Woods made an out to second; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: Peters walked; Bomback threw a wild pitch [Peters to second]; Trammell reached on a fielder's choice [Peters out at third (catcher to third)]; Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first) [Trammell to second]; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: TOBIK REPLACED CAPPUZZELLO (PITCHING); Garcia flied out to center; Ainge flied out to right; On a bunt Griffin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 9TH: Summers singled to center; JONES RAN FOR SUMMERS; JACKSON REPLACED BOMBACK (PITCHING); Parrish struck out; Gibson was called out on strikes; Brookens made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3.

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