The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers, 5 to 4, on August 23, 1981.

1981 Detroit Tigers

Final

TEX

Rangers

38-29

4

DET

Tigers

41-29

5

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

1

2

R

4

5

H

8

9

E

0

3

Bottom 1st

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Kirk Gibson; Alan Trammell scored.

0

2

Bottom 4th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Tom Brookens grounded out; Lynn Jones scored.

0

3

Top 5th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Mario Mendoza scored.

1

3

Rangers

Buddy Bell grounded out; Bump Wills scored.

2

3

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Mickey Rivers; Bill Sample scored.

3

3

Top 9th

TEX

DET

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Buddy Bell; Mickey Rivers scored.

4

3

Bottom 9th

TEX

DET

Tigers

Home run by Lynn Jones.

4

4

Tigers

Single by Rick Peters; Steve Kemp scored.

4

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2
Bump Wills 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Al Oliver DH 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Grubb RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Leon Roberts PH,RF 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Pat Putnam 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Bill Stein PH,1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Sample LF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mario Mendoza SS 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4 0 5 5 0 2 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jon Matlack 8.0 7 4 4 3 2 2
Jim Kern (L) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Steve Comer 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.1 9 5 5 4 2 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Al Cowens CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Peters PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alan Trammell SS 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Kirk Gibson LF 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Lance Parrish C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Jackson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn Jones RF 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
John Wockenfuss DH 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Steve Kemp PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Brookens 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lou Whitaker 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4 2 4 2 1 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Milt Wilcox 6.0 7 3 2 3 3 0
George Cappuzzello 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0
Dave Tobik 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Rozema (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 4 3 5 5 0

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More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

15

Canha

Mark Canha

AVG

.298

Urshela

Gio Urshela

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

K

36

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA

1.82

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

Team Rankings

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HR

21

27th

R

107

22nd

SO

230

17th

ERA

3.22

5th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
19 8 .704
Royals Royals
17 11 .607 2.5
Tigers Tigers
15 12 .556 4.0
Twins Twins
13 13 .500 5.5
White Sox White Sox
5 22 .185 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:40 PM
Mon
4/29
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Tue
4/30
STL STL
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
5/1
STL STL
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
5/3
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM