A two-run homer by Lance Parrish in the 12th inning enabled the Tigers to outlast the Indians, 11-9, in a marathon that took four hours and 16 minutes. Losing pitcher Sid Monge walked .189 hitter John Wockenfuss and Parrish fouled off two bunt attempts trying to move pinch-runner Darrell Brown to second before drilling a 3-2 pitch into the left field seats for his third straight game-winning hit. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 11, Cleveland Indians 9

Game Played on Saturday, September 12, 1981 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Indians 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 9 7 1 Tigers 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 - 11 13 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 3 2 0 0 3 1 .254 Peters cf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .243 Orta rf 5 1 1 0 1 0 .274 Cowens cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Hayes lf 4 3 2 2 1 0 .242 Trammell ss 4 2 0 0 2 0 .281 Hassey c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .233 Gibson rf 5 1 2 2 1 0 .324 Bando ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Kemp lf 2 1 2 2 3 0 .281 Harrah 3b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .278 Castillo 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Kelly dh 2 1 0 1 1 0 .227 Hebner 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .219 Charboneau ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .215 Jackson ph,1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Dilone pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Summers dh 4 1 1 0 0 2 .264 Pagel 1b 1 0 1 2 0 0 .300 Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Thornton ph,1b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .231 Brown pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Kuiper 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Fahey c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .241 Diaz ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340 Parrish c 2 1 1 2 0 0 .232 Hargrove ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .327 Papi 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Rosello 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .226 Leach ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Fischlin ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones ph,lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitaker 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .271 Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lewallyn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rothschild p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Saucier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rozema p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 9 7 9 11 4 Totals 44 11 13 11 8 8 Time of Game: 4:16 Attendance: 23,464 Left on Base: Indians 8, Tigers 8 DP: Indians 1, Tigers 2 Errors: Hayes, Peters, Saucier Doubles: Gibson (8), Summers (7), Peters (7) Triples: Pagel (2) Home Runs: Fahey (1), Parrish (10) Stolen Bases: Manning (16), Harrah (6), Trammell 2 (8), Gibson (12) Caught Stealing: Gibson (4) Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (7), Hargrove (5), Hayes (1), Kelly (1) GIDP: Thornton (13), Gibson (8) Hit by Pitch: Harrah (1,by Saucier) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barker 6.2 6 4 3 5 5 0 30 3.55 Glynn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4.50 Stanton 0.1 5 5 5 0 1 1 6 3.80 Lewallyn 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 Monge L(2-5) 3.2 2 2 2 2 2 1 14 4.43 Totals 11 13 11 10 8 8 2 52 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morris 0.2 2 4 4 3 0 0 7 3.10 Kinney 1.2 2 2 2 2 2 0 9 10.80 Lopez 4 2 2 2 2 1 0 15 3.36 Rothschild 1.2 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 0.00 Saucier 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.70 Rozema W(5-5) 3.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 3.65 Totals 12 7 9 8 11 4 0 53 Hit by Pitch: Saucier (4) Balks: Morris (1) Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Dale Ford INDIANS 1ST: Manning walked; Manning stole second; Orta walked; Hayes singled to right [Manning scored, Orta to second]; Hassey flied to center [Orta to third]; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center [Orta scored]; Morris balked [Hayes to second]; Kelly walked; Pagel tripled to left [Hayes scored, Kelly scored]; KINNEY REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Kuiper struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: Peters was called out on strikes; Trammell walked; Trammell stole second; Gibson flied to left; Kemp singled to center [Trammell scored]; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Tigers 1. INDIANS 2ND: Fischlin popped to second; Manning was called out on strikes; Orta popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 2ND: Summers struck out; Fahey walked; Papi struck out; Whitaker forced Fahey (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Tigers 1. INDIANS 3RD: Hayes walked; On a bunt Hassey singled [Hayes to second]; Harrah singled to center [Hayes scored, Hassey to third, Harrah to second (error by Peters)]; Kelly grounded out (third to first); THORNTON BATTED FOR PAGEL; Thornton was walked intentionally; DIAZ BATTED FOR KUIPER; LOPEZ REPLACED KINNEY (PITCHING); HARGROVE BATTED FOR DIAZ; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hassey scored]; Fischlin flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: THORNTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ROSELLO REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 2B); Peters grounded out (second to first); Trammell walked; Trammell stole second; Gibson doubled to right [Trammell scored]; Gibson stole third; Kemp singled to left [Gibson scored, Kemp to third (error by Hayes)]; Hebner grounded out (second to first) [Kemp scored (unearned)]; Summers was called out on strikes; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Tigers 4. INDIANS 4TH: Manning walked; Orta singled to left [Manning to third]; Hayes hit a sacrifice fly to center [Manning scored]; Hassey hit into a double play (center to second) [Orta out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Tigers 4. TIGERS 4TH: Fahey flied to right; Papi lined to second; Whitaker flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Tigers 4. INDIANS 5TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Kelly grounded out (second to first); Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Tigers 4. TIGERS 5TH: Peters singled to center; Trammell popped to first in foul territory; Gibson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Peters out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Tigers 4. INDIANS 6TH: Rosello flied to left; Fischlin popped to second; Manning flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Tigers 4. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp walked; Hebner singled to left [Kemp to second]; Summers flied to left; Fahey flied to right [Kemp to third]; LEACH BATTED FOR PAPI; Leach struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Tigers 4. INDIANS 7TH: KELLEHER REPLACED LEACH (PLAYING 3B); Orta popped to shortstop; Hayes singled to right; Hassey walked [Hayes to second]; ROTHSCHILD REPLACED LOPEZ (PITCHING); Harrah walked [Hayes to third, Hassey to second]; Kelly hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hayes scored, Hassey to third]; Harrah stole second; Thornton walked; Rosello forced Thornton (second unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker singled to center; Peters lined to second; Trammell flied to left; Gibson walked [Whitaker to second]; GLYNN REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Kemp walked [Whitaker to third, Gibson to second]; JACKSON BATTED FOR HEBNER; STANTON REPLACED GLYNN (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 4. INDIANS 8TH: JACKSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Fischlin popped to catcher in foul territory; Manning walked; Orta popped to third in foul territory; Hayes popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: Summers doubled to center; Fahey homered [Summers scored]; JONES BATTED FOR KELLEHER; Jones singled to right; Whitaker singled to right [Jones to second]; Peters doubled to center [Jones scored, Whitaker scored]; LEWALLYN REPLACED STANTON (PITCHING); Trammell flied to right [Peters to third]; MONGE REPLACED LEWALLYN (PITCHING); Gibson singled to second [Peters scored]; Gibson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Kemp walked; Jackson struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Tigers 9. INDIANS 9TH: COWENS REPLACED PETERS (PLAYING CF); JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CASTILLO REPLACED KEMP (PLAYING 3B); PARRISH REPLACED FAHEY (PLAYING C ); SAUCIER REPLACED ROTHSCHILD (PITCHING); BANDO BATTED FOR HASSEY; Bando popped to shortstop; Harrah was hit by a pitch; CHARBONEAU BATTED FOR KELLY; Harrah was picked off first but was safe on an error by Saucier [Harrah to third]; Charboneau singled to third [Harrah scored (unearned)]; ROZEMA REPLACED SAUCIER (PITCHING); DILONE RAN FOR CHARBONEAU; Thornton grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dilone out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. TIGERS 9TH: BANDO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Wockenfuss grounded out (third to first); Parrish flied to left; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. INDIANS 10TH: Rosello walked; On a bunt Fischlin forced Rosello (pitcher to shortstop); Manning grounded out (pitcher to first) [Fischlin to second]; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. TIGERS 10TH: Whitaker flied to center; Cowens struck out; Trammell flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. INDIANS 11TH: Hayes grounded out (second to first); Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. TIGERS 11TH: Gibson grounded out (pitcher to first); Castillo flied to left; Jackson flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. INDIANS 12TH: On a bunt Dilone grounded out (second to pitcher); Thornton flied to center; Rosello grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 9. TIGERS 12TH: Wockenfuss walked; BROWN RAN FOR WOCKENFUSS; Parrish homered [Brown scored]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 9, Tigers 11.

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