The Detroit Tigers decisively defeated the New York Yankees, 8 to 5, on August 15, 1981.

1981 Detroit Tigers

Final

NYY

Yankees

37-25

5

DET

Tigers

34-29

8

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

1

2

4

1

2

5

0

2

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

0

2

9

0

R

5

8

H

9

9

E

0

1

Top 1st

NYY

DET

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Jerry Mumphrey scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

NYY

DET

Yankees

Home run by Lou Piniella.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

NYY

DET

Tigers

Home run by Al Cowens; Lou Whitaker scored.

2

2

Top 4th

NYY

DET

Yankees

Home run by Bob Watson.

3

2

Bottom 4th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Triple by Richie Hebner; Lynn Jones scored.

3

3

Tigers

Sacrifice fly by Stan Papi; Richie Hebner scored.

3

4

Bottom 5th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Single by Kirk Gibson; Al Cowens scored.

3

5

Tigers

Lance Parrish grounded out; Alan Trammell scored.

3

6

Top 6th

NYY

DET

Yankees

Home run by Bob Watson.

4

6

Yankees

Jerry Mumphrey ground ball; Error by Alan Trammell; Rick Cerone scored.

5

6

Bottom 8th

NYY

DET

Tigers

Single by Alan Trammell; Lou Whitaker scored.

5

7

Tigers

Steve Kemp grounded out; Al Cowens scored.

5

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Randolph 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jerry Mumphrey CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Lou Piniella DH 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5
Oscar Gamble PH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Winfield LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Bob Watson 1B 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
Graig Nettles 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick Cerone C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bucky Dent SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4 3 4 4 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dave LaRoche (L) 3.2 4 4 4 2 0 1
Dave Wehrmeister 3.2 4 4 4 5 4 0
George Frazier 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Guidry 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 9 8 8 7 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Al Cowens CF 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 5
Alan Trammell SS 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Steve Kemp LF 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Peters PR,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wockenfuss DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Champ Summers PH 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lynn Jones RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kirk Gibson PH,RF 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lance Parrish C 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Richie Hebner 1B 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Rick Leach 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Papi 3B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
Totals 31 8 9 8 1 7 4 0 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dan Schatzeder (W) 5.1 5 4 4 3 2 3
George Cappuzzello 0.1 1 1 0 0 1 0
Dave Tobik 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Kevin Saucier (S) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 4 4 4 3

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

13

Carpenter

Kerry Carpenter

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

35

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

1.50

Holton

Tyler Holton

Team Rankings

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HR

20

22nd

R

96

20th

SO

207

16th

ERA

2.82

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
17 6 .739
Tigers Tigers
14 10 .583 3.5
Royals Royals
14 10 .583 3.5
Twins Twins
9 13 .409 7.5
White Sox White Sox
3 20 .130 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
6:10 PM
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM

Last Game

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TBR Rays

12-13

2

Final

4

DET Tigers

14-10

Tue 23 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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
1-5
Tue
4/23
BAL BAL
@
LAA LAA
6-5
Mon
4/22
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
4-2
Mon
4/22
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Wed
4/24
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM