Steve Kemp had three hits including a two-run triple to back the five-hit pitching of Milt Wilcox and give the Tigers a 3-1 victory over the White Sox despite a triple play by Chicago. The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the third inning on a single by Tom Brookens, walk to Alan Trammell and Kemp's three-bagger. They added another run in the fourth on a run-scoring single by Al Cowens. Detroit Tigers 3, Chicago White Sox 1Game Played on Monday, August 31, 1981 (Night game) at Comiskey Park ITigers 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Peters dh 5 0 1 0 0 1 .234 LeFlore lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Trammell ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .281 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Kemp lf 4 0 3 2 0 0 .291 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .291 Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Luzinski dh 4 1 3 1 0 1 .262 Gibson rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .325 Baines rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Parrish c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Lemon cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Cowens cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .269 Bernazard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Brookens 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .276 Pryor 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Molinaro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morrison 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Almon ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .316 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hickey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoyt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 9 3 4 1 Totals 30 1 5 1 2 4 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 13,057 Left on Base: Tigers 7, White Sox 6 DP: Tigers 0, White Sox 0 Errors: Fisk, Bernazard Doubles: Kemp (14), Luzinski (10) Triples: Kemp (4) Home Runs: Luzinski (16) Stolen Bases: Gibson (9), Brookens (5) Caught Stealing: Almon (6), LeFlore (9) Hit by Pitch: Fisk (12,by Wilcox), Lemon (12,by Wilcox) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(9-5) 9 5 1 1 2 4 1 34 2.78 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 4 1 34 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Baumgarten L(5-7) 7 9 3 1 2 1 0 29 3.83 Hickey 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.41 Hoyt 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4.33 Totals 9 9 3 1 4 1 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Wilcox 2 (6) Wild Pitches: Wilcox (3) Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Rick Reed, 3B - Larry McCoy TIGERS 1ST: Peters lined to pitcher; Trammell popped to catcher; Kemp doubled to center; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Squires grounded out (second to first); Fisk was hit by a pitch; Luzinski singled to left [Fisk to second]; Wilcox threw a wild pitch [Fisk to third, Luzinski to second]; Baines was walked intentionally; Lemon forced Baines (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. TIGERS 2ND: Gibson singled to center; Parrish walked [Gibson to second]; Cowens lined into a triple play (right to second to first) [Gibson out at second, Parrish out at first]; hit and run; Harold Baines made a shoetop catch; neither runner bothered to return to the bag; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Bernazard flied out to center; Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon singled to second; Almon was caught stealing second (catcher to first to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, White Sox 0. TIGERS 3RD: Brookens singled to right; Brookens advanced to second (error by Bernazard; assist by Fisk); Tony Bernazard stumbled while attempting to cover 2B; Tom Brookens knew he was going to be out and had turned back towards 1B until the throw went through; Whitaker popped to shortstop in foul territory; Peters struck out; Trammell walked; Kemp tripled to center [Brookens scored (unearned), Trammell scored (unearned)]; Jackson lined to second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, White Sox 0. TIGERS 4TH: Gibson singled to center; Parrish flied out to center; Cowens singled to left [Gibson scored]; Brookens popped to shortstop; Whitaker flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Luzinski homered; Baines grounded out (second to first); Lemon was hit by a pitch; Bernazard singled to right [Lemon to third]; Pryor struck out; Almon was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. TIGERS 5TH: Peters flied out to right; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp singled to center; Jackson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: LeFlore walked; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Squires grounded out (second to first); Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. TIGERS 6TH: Gibson grounded out (second to first); Parrish popped to second; Cowens flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: Luzinski doubled to left; Baines flied out to left; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Bernazard flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. TIGERS 7TH: Brookens singled to center; Whitaker popped to first; Peters singled to right [Brookens out at third (right to third)]; Trammell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: MOLINARO BATTED FOR PRYOR; Molinaro popped to shortstop; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. TIGERS 8TH: MORRISON REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING 3B); HICKEY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Kemp flied out to left; Jackson walked; Gibson forced Jackson (second to shortstop); HOYT REPLACED HICKEY (PITCHING); Gibson stole second [Gibson to third (error by Fisk)]; Parrish grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Squires flied out to center; Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. TIGERS 9TH: Cowens lined to shortstop; Brookens walked; Brookens stole second; Whitaker flied to left in foul territory; Peters grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: Baines grounded out (second to first); Lemon popped to shortstop; Bernazard flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, White Sox 1. |
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