The Detroit Tigers were defeated by the Texas Rangers, 13 to 5, on May 18, 1981.

1981 Detroit Tigers

Final

TEX

Rangers

19-14

13

DET

Tigers

16-18

5

1

0

1

2

1

0

3

3

2

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

7

0

7

0

0

8

0

2

9

2

0

R

13

5

H

19

6

E

2

1

Bottom 1st

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Steve Kemp.

0

1

Top 2nd

TEX

DET

Rangers

Home run by Pat Putnam.

1

1

Top 3rd

TEX

DET

Rangers

Mickey Rivers ground ball; Error by Lou Whitaker; Mario Mendoza scored.

2

1

Rangers

Al Oliver grounded out; Bump Wills scored.

3

1

Rangers

Single by Pat Putnam; Buddy Bell scored.

4

1

Bottom 3rd

TEX

DET

Tigers

Single by Steve Kemp; Lou Whitaker scored.

4

2

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by John Wockenfuss; Rick Peters scored.

4

3

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Mickey Rivers; Bump Wills scored.

5

3

Rangers

Johnny Grubb hit by pitch; Mickey Rivers scored.

6

3

Rangers

Double by Pat Putnam; Al Oliver and Buddy Bell scored.

8

3

Rangers

Single by Mario Mendoza; Johnny Grubb and Pat Putnam scored.

10

3

Rangers

Single by Bump Wills; Leon Roberts scored.

11

3

Bottom 8th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Single by Lance Parrish; Rick Peters and Steve Kemp scored.

11

5

Top 9th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Johnny Grubb; Al Oliver and Mark Wagner scored.

13

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Bill Stein 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mickey Rivers CF 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rick Lisi CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Oliver DH 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Buddy Bell 3B 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mark Wagner 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Grubb RF 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
Pat Putnam 1B 6 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 7
Leon Roberts LF 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
Jim Sundberg C 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mario Mendoza SS 5 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 4
Totals 43 13 19 12 1 9 5 2 0 25

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jon Matlack (W) 7.1 6 5 4 3 3 1
Bob Babcock 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 6 5 4 3 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rick Peters LF 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Alan Trammell SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Steve Kemp DH 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5
John Wockenfuss 1B 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Lance Parrish C 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
Al Cowens CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Brookens 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn Jones RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Stan Papi PH,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Leach PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 5 1 3 5 0 1 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dan Petry (L) 2.2 5 4 4 1 1 1
Dave Tobik 1.1 1 0 0 4 1 0
Kevin Saucier 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0
Aurelio Lopez 0.1 1 4 4 1 0 0
Dave Rozema 3.2 10 4 4 3 2 0
Totals 9.0 19 13 13 9 5 1

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

3

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

RBI

9

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.304

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Miller

Shelby Miller

K

26

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.42

Faedo

Alex Faedo

Team Rankings

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HR

14

28th

R

71

23rd

SO

164

16th

ERA

3.11

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
13 6 .684
Royals Royals
12 7 .632 1.0
Tigers Tigers
10 9 .526 3.0
Twins Twins
6 11 .353 6.0
White Sox White Sox
3 15 .167 9.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
8:10 PM
Sat
4/20
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sun
4/21
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Tue
4/23
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

10-9

7

Final

9

TEX Rangers

11-9

Thu 18 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-6
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM