Rallying for two runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers registered their ninth straight victory by shading the Rangers, 5-4. Detroit trailed, 4-3, when Lynn Jones began the bottom of the ninth with a game-tying homer off Jon Matlack.

Jim Kern relieved and Steve Kemp followed with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice by Tom Brookens. After Lou Whitaker was walked on purpose, Steve Comer replaced Kern. Ricky Peters singled off the glove of first baseman Bill Stein and Kemp raced home with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    23, 1981 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  1  -   4  8  0
Tigers       2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   5  9  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .262      Cowens cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Wills 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .251        Peters ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .235
Oliver dh             5   0   3   1     0   1   .326      Trammell ss           3   1   2   0     1   0   .297
Bell 3b               4   0   0   2     0   1   .292      Gibson lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .279
Grubb rf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .246      Parrish c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
  Roberts ph,rf       0   0   0   0     2   0   .301      Jackson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Putnam 1b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .269      Jones rf              3   2   1   1     1   0   .302
  Stein ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .403      Wockenfuss dh         2   0   1   0     1   0   .208
Sample lf             3   1   0   0     0   0   .273        Kemp ph,dh          1   1   1   0     0   0   .295
Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Brookens 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Mendoza ss            2   1   0   0     1   0   .249      Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .265
Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cappuzzello p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   8   4     5   5             Totals               32   5   9   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 21,388
Left on Base: Rangers 11, Tigers 7
DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Brookens, Whitaker 2
Doubles: Putnam (12)
Home Runs: Gibson (5), Jones (2)
Stolen Bases: Trammell (3)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (3), Roberts (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (12), Wills (4), Brookens (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivers (1), Bell (6)
GIDP: Bell (6), Brookens (3)
Hit by Pitch: Sample (6,by Wilcox)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 8     7   4   4   3   2   2  33   4.02
Kern L(1-2)             0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   2.45
Comer                   0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.95
Totals                  8.1   9   5   5   4   2   2  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox                  6     7   3   2   3   3   0  29   2.93
Cappuzzello             0.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   3   3.27
Tobik                   2     1   1   1   1   0   0   9   2.00
Rozema W(4-4)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.62
Totals                  9     8   4   3   5   5   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Wilcox (4)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Rivers was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wills walked; Oliver
singled to center [Wills to second]; Bell forced Oliver (first
to shortstop) [Wills to third]; Grubb forced Bell (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Cowens struck out; Trammell singled to left;
Trammell stole second; Gibson homered [Trammell scored]; Parrish
flied to left; Jackson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam doubled to right; Sample grounded out
(pitcher to first); Sundberg grounded out (third to first);
Mendoza flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 2ND: Jones flied to center; Wockenfuss walked; Brookens
struck out; Whitaker flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills
singled to second; Oliver singled to left [Wills to second];
Bell grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers
2.

TIGERS 3RD: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Trammell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gibson singled to right;
Parrish singled to right [Gibson to third]; Jackson popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Grubb grounded out (third to first); Putnam flied
to center; Sample reached on an error by Brookens [Sample to
second]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Jones walked; Wockenfuss singled to right [Jones to
third]; Brookens grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Jones scored (no RBI), Wockenfuss out at
second]; Whitaker flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Mendoza walked; Rivers struck out; Wills reached on
an error by Whitaker [Mendoza to third]; Oliver singled to right
[Mendoza scored, Wills to third]; Bell forced Oliver (third to
second) [Wills scored (unearned)]; Grubb walked [Bell to
second]; Putnam struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell
walked; Gibson popped to third in foul territory; Parrish forced
Trammell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample was hit by a pitch; Sundberg singled to left
[Sample to second]; Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Sample to third, Sundberg to second]; Rivers hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Sample scored]; Wills struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Jones
grounded out (third to first); Wockenfuss flied to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: CAPPUZZELLO REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Oliver was
called out on strikes; Bell struck out; ROBERTS BATTED FOR
GRUBB; Roberts walked; STEIN BATTED FOR PUTNAM; TOBIK REPLACED
CAPPUZZELLO (PITCHING); Roberts was picked off and caught
stealing second but was safe at second (error by Whitaker;
assists by Tobik and Jackson); Stein flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STEIN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Brookens grounded out (third to first);
Whitaker grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
flied to left; Mendoza flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Trammell singled to left; Gibson popped to first in
foul territory; Parrish grounded out (third to first) [Trammell
to second]; Jackson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Rivers singled to right; Wills reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Rivers to second]; Oliver
flied to center [Rivers to third]; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Rivers scored]; Roberts walked [Wills to second]; ROZEMA
REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING); Stein flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Jones homered; KERN REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING);
KEMP BATTED FOR WOCKENFUSS; Kemp singled to center; Brookens out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Kemp to second]; Whitaker
was walked intentionally; COMER REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); PETERS
BATTED FOR COWENS; Peters singled to right [Kemp scored,
Whitaker to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 5.