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.

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