A two-run homer by Lance Parrish in the eighth inning enabled the Tigers to shade the Rangers, 4-3. Detroit was behind, 3-2, when Kirk Gibson opened the eighth with a triple. Mark Mercer then replaced Danny Darwin for Texas and struck out the next two batters, but Parrish then tagged him for a circuit shot. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 6, 1981 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   4  7  0
Rangers      0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  9  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Peters cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Rivers cf             5   0   1   1     0   2   .255
  Cowens cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Sample lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .274
  Brown cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Oliver dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .324
Trammell ss           5   0   1   1     0   0   .281      Bell 3b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .313
Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     3   1   .281      Jones rf              3   0   1   1     0   1   .350
Gibson rf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .324        Wagner ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Hebner 1b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .221        Poquette ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Jackson ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Sundberg c            3   0   0   1     0   1   .273
Summers dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Stein 1b              3   0   2   0     0   0   .370
  Wockenfuss ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   1   .190        Tolleson pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Parrish c             4   1   1   2     0   2   .221        Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Brookens 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .270      Wills 2b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .246
Whitaker 2b           2   1   2   1     2   0   .267      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     1   1   .254
Ujdur p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cappuzzello p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mercer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   7   4     6   9             Totals               34   3   9   3     2   6

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 11,892
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Rangers 7
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 0
Doubles: Brookens (9), Oliver (24)
Triples: Trammell (3), Gibson (2)
Home Runs: Parrish (9)
Stolen Bases: Bell (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (3)
GIDP: Oliver (14)
Hit by Pitch: Peters (2,by Darwin)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ujdur                   3.1   5   2   2   1   1   0  16   5.40
Tobik                   0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.16
Cappuzzello             2     3   1   1   0   2   0   8   2.75
Rozema                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.73
Saucier W(4-1)          0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.51
Lopez SV(3)             2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.31
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   6   0  37

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin                  7     6   3   3   4   6   0  31   3.86
Mercer L(0-1)           1     1   1   1   1   2   1   5   4.26
Comer                   1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.03
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6   9   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Darwin (4)

Umpires: HP - Mark Johnson, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Al Clark


TIGERS 1ST: Peters was hit by a pitch; Trammell flied to right;
Kemp walked [Peters to second]; Gibson struck out; Hebner
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 0.

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

TIGERS 2ND: Summers grounded out (second to first); Parrish
struck out; Brookens doubled to right; Whitaker singled to left
[Brookens scored, Whitaker to second (on throw to home)]; Peters
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied to left in foul territory; Jones
grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell flied to center; Kemp walked; Gibson
singled to center [Kemp to third, Gibson out at second (center
to shortstop to second)]; Hebner walked; Summers popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Stein lined to shortstop; Wills singled to right;
Mendoza walked [Wills to second]; Rivers flied to right [Wills
to third]; Sample forced Mendoza (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Parrish struck out; Brookens grounded out (second to
first); Whitaker walked; Peters flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver doubled; Bell singled to right [Oliver to
third]; Jones singled to center [Oliver scored, Bell to third];
Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bell scored]; Stein
singled to left [Jones to second]; TOBIK REPLACED UJDUR
(PITCHING); Wills struck out; Mendoza grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell flied to center; Kemp struck out; Gibson
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: CAPPUZZELLO REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING); Rivers
singled to center; Sample flied to right; Oliver grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivers out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Hebner popped to second; Summers struck out; Parrish
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Bell flied to center; Jones struck out; Sundberg
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Brookens popped to first; Whitaker singled to
center; Peters was called out on strikes; Trammell tripled to
right [Whitaker scored]; Kemp flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Stein singled to left; TOLLESON RAN FOR STEIN;
Wills singled to center [Tolleson to third]; ROZEMA REPLACED
CAPPUZZELLO (PITCHING); Mendoza struck out; Rivers forced Wills
(second to shortstop) [Tolleson scored]; Sample singled to left
[Rivers to second]; SAUCIER REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Oliver
flied to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: PUTNAM REPLACED TOLLESON (PLAYING 1B); Gibson
tripled to center; MERCER REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); JACKSON
BATTED FOR HEBNER; Jackson was called out on strikes; WOCKENFUSS
BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Wockenfuss struck out; Parrish homered
[Gibson scored]; Brookens grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); JACKSON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); COWENS REPLACED PETERS (PLAYING
CF); Bell walked; WAGNER BATTED FOR JONES; LOPEZ REPLACED
SAUCIER (PITCHING); POQUETTE BATTED FOR WAGNER; Poquette flied
to left; Bell stole second; Sundberg flied to center; Putnam
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
4, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Whitaker
walked; COMER REPLACED MERCER (PITCHING); Cowens struck out;
Al Cowens ejected by HP umpire Mark Johnson; Trammell flied
to right; Kemp walked [Whitaker to second]; Gibson forced Kemp
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers
3.

RANGERS 9TH: BROWN REPLACED COWENS (PLAYING CF); Wills flied to
right; GRUBB BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Grubb grounded out (first to
pitcher); Rivers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Rangers 3.