Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 4, Minnesota Twins 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 5 0 1 0
Trammell ss 5 0 2 0
Kemp lf 4 2 1 1
Hebner 1b 5 1 2 2
Summers dh 4 0 1 0
Wockenfuss c 4 1 3 0
Corcoran rf 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 2 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Wynegar c 4 0 0 0
Wilfong cf 3 2 1 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 2
Adams dh 4 0 0 0
Cubbage 3b 2 0 0 0
Powell rf 2 0 0 0
Sofield lf 3 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 3 0 0 0
Mackanin 2b 3 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 1 2
Detroit 110 010 1004131
Minnesota 100 000 001211
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (13-11) 9.0 1 2 0 3 6
Totals
9.0
1
2
0
3
6
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson  L (4-10) 7.0 11 4 3 1 2
  Verhoeven   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
3
1
2

  E–Morris (2), Wilfong (4).  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Wockenfuss (4).  2B–Detroit Hebner (10,off Erickson).  HR–Detroit Kemp (16,5th inning off Erickson 0 on, 0 out); Hebner (12,7th inning off Erickson 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Powell (8,2nd base off Morris/Wockenfuss).  WP–Morris (4).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:07.  A–8,687.
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