Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
April 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 2, Detroit Tigers 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 0 0
Moseby cf 2 1 1 1
Velez dh 2 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 1 1
  Bell pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Upshaw lf,1b 4 0 1 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell rf 4 0 0 0
Ainge 3b 3 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 1 0 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 2 1 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Kemp lf 2 1 1 1
  Jones lf 0 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 4 1 1 3
Summers dh 3 0 1 0
Gibson rf 3 0 1 0
  Cowens rf 1 1 1 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Kelleher 3b 3 0 0 1
Whitaker 2b 4 1 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 8 5
Toronto 001 010 000251
Detroit 001 010 31x681
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   6.0 5 2 1 3 1
  McLaughlin  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Willis   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
4
1
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (1-0) 9.0 5 2 1 5 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
5
3

  E–Griffin (1), Gibson (1).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Moseby (1,off Morris), Detroit Whitaker (1,off McLaughlin).  3B–Toronto Upshaw (1,off Morris), Detroit Trammell (1,off Clancy); Cowens (1,off Willis).  HR–Detroit Hebner (1,7th inning off Willis 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Mayberry (1,off Morris); Moseby (1,off Morris); Kemp (1,off Clancy).  SH–Peters (1,off McLaughlin); Kelleher (1,off Jackson).  SB–Bonnell (1,2nd base off Morris/Parrish); Gibson (1,2nd base off Clancy/Whitt).  CS–Moseby (1,2nd base by Morris/Parrish).  WP–Clancy (1), Morris (1).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:40.  A–51,452.
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