Rick Leach's first major league homer accounted for all the runs as the Tigers shut out the Twins, 3-0. The rookie's blast came in the sixth inning and followed a walk to Steve Kemp and a double by Kirk Gibson. Milt Wilcox gave up six hits over the first eight innings to earn the victory and Kevin Saucier hurled the ninth to register his 10th save. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Tuesday, August 18, 1981 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 3 6 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Peters cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .239 Cowens cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .292 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .295 Kemp dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .292 Goodwin 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Castino 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Jones rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Adams dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Gibson lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .280 R. Jackson ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Leach rf,1b 2 1 1 3 1 0 .225 Ward lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .244 Fahey c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Baker ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .190 Papi 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Havens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Saucier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 0 6 0 2 5 Totals 29 3 6 3 3 3 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 15,163 Left on Base: Twins 8, Tigers 5 DP: Twins 1, Tigers 1 Errors: Trammell Doubles: Gibson (3) Home Runs: Leach (1) Stolen Bases: Gibson (6) GIDP: R. Jackson (3) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(3-8) 5.2 6 3 3 3 1 1 25 3.84 Havens 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.70 Totals 8 6 3 3 3 3 1 32 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(8-5) 8 6 0 0 2 5 0 33 2.93 Saucier SV(10) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.09 Totals 9 6 0 0 2 5 0 35 Umpires: HP - Mark Johnson, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Russ Goetz TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Wilfong singled to right; Hatcher grounded out (second to first) [Wilfong to second]; Wynegar walked; Goodwin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Peters flied out to right; Trammell popped to catcher in foul territory; Kemp singled to right; Hebner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 2ND: Castino grounded out (second to first); Adams struck out; Ward singled to center; Baker forced Ward (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Gibson lined to pitcher; Leach flied out to center; Fahey flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 3RD: Powell grounded out (third to first); Wilfong struck out; Hatcher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Papi flied out to center; Whitaker flied out to left; Peters grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Goodwin flied out to center; Castino singled to right; Adams grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Trammell walked; Kemp forced Trammell (shortstop to second); Hebner popped to third in foul territory; Gibson singled to center [Kemp to third]; Gibson stole second; Leach was walked intentionally; Fahey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 5TH: Ward walked; Baker singled to left [Ward to second]; Powell flied out to center; Wilfong struck out; Hatcher grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Papi singled to right; Whitaker struck out; Peters hit into a double play (second to shortstop) [Peters out at second (shortstop to pitcher to shortstop), Papi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TWINS 6TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Goodwin flied out to center; Castino grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Trammell made an out to third; Kemp walked; Hebner flied out to right; Gibson doubled to left [Kemp to third]; Leach homered [Kemp scored, Gibson scored]; Fahey singled to right; HAVENS REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Papi flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TWINS 7TH: KELLEHER REPLACED PAPI (PLAYING 3B); Adams flied out to left; Ward reached on an error by Trammell; Baker grounded out (pitcher to first) [Ward to second]; Powell grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker flied out to right; Peters struck out; Trammell lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TWINS 8TH: COWENS REPLACED PETERS (PLAYING CF); LEACH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); JONES REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING RF); Wilfong struck out; Hatcher grounded out (second to first); Wynegar grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: Kemp flied out to center; Jones struck out; Gibson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3. TWINS 9TH: Goodwin singled to right; Castino singled to left [Goodwin to second]; R. JACKSON BATTED FOR ADAMS; SAUCIER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); R. Jackson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Goodwin to third, Castino out at second]; Ward grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Tigers 3.

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