Three Detroit pitchers combined to hurl the Tigers to their eighth straight victory, 2-0 over the Rangers. The Tigers scored in the first inning when Al Cowens singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Alan Trammell and tallied on a single by Kirk Gibson. They added an insurance marker in the fifth frame on a run-scoring infield hit by Cowens. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    22, 1981 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   2  6  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .259      Cowens cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .281
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Trammell ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Oliver dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .321      Gibson lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .272
Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     1   1   .297      Parrish c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .226
Grubb rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .249      Jones rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .302
Putnam 1b             2   0   1   0     1   1   .268      Wockenfuss 1b         3   0   0   0     0   1   .203
  Stein ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .413        Leach 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Sample lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .280      Papi dh               3   0   0   0     0   2   .243
Sundberg c            2   0   1   0     1   1   .260      Castillo 3b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .143
Mendoza ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Whitaker 2b           2   0   0   0     1   2   .269
  Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Petry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wagner ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   4   0     5   5             Totals               27   2   6   2     2   7

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 23,763
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Tigers 5
DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 3
Errors: Honeycutt, Castillo
Stolen Bases: Sundberg (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (11), Trammell 2 (13)
GIDP: Stein (4), Wockenfuss (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt L(8-2)        8     6   2   2   2   7   0  31   2.61
Totals                  8     6   2   2   2   7   0  31

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Petry W(6-6)            6     1   0   0   5   3   0  23   3.77
Rozema                  2     3   0   0   0   2   0   9   3.64
Saucier SV(12)          1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.24
Totals                  9     4   0   0   5   5   0  34

Umpires: HP - Dan Morrison, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - George Maloney


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied to right; Wills grounded out (second
to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Cowens singled to right; Trammell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Cowens to second]; Gibson singled to
right [Cowens scored]; Parrish struck out; Jones flied to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell walked; Grubb walked [Bell to second]; Putnam
struck out; Sample lined into a double play (pitcher to pitcher
to second) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Wockenfuss struck out; Papi struck out; Castillo
grounded out (third to first); 43 minute rain delay; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to left; Mendoza out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Sundberg to second]; Rivers
walked; Wills flied to left; Oliver flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker was called out on strikes; Cowens grounded
out (third to first); Trammell singled to left; Gibson forced
Trammell (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Grubb grounded
out (shortstop to first); Putnam walked; Sample grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Parrish walked; Jones flied to right; Wockenfuss
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Parrish out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Tigers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg walked; Sundberg stole second; Mendoza
grounded out (second to first) [Sundberg to third]; Rivers
struck out; Wills flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Papi grounded out (shortstop to first); Castillo
singled to right; Castillo was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Honeycutt [Castillo to third]; Whitaker walked;
Cowens singled to second [Castillo scored, Whitaker to second];
Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Whitaker to third,
Cowens to second]; Gibson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver popped to third; Bell reached on an error by
Castillo; Grubb lined into a double play (third to third to
first) [Bell out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wockenfuss lined to pitcher;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: ROZEMA REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); LEACH REPLACED
WOCKENFUSS (PLAYING 1B); Putnam singled to center; Sample popped
to shortstop; Sundberg struck out; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA;
Poquette forced Putnam (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: WAGNER REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); Papi struck
out; Castillo flied to center; Whitaker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Rivers grounded out (third to first); Wills singled
to center; Oliver forced Wills (third to second); Bell was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 8TH: Cowens singled to center; Trammell out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cowens to second]; Gibson
flied to center [Cowens to third]; Parrish grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Grubb singled to right; SAUCIER REPLACED ROZEMA
(PITCHING); STEIN BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Stein grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Grubb out at
second]; Sample flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Tigers 2.