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.

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