Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees
April 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 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

Detroit Tigers 2, New York Yankees 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
Kemp dh 4 0 2 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Wockenfuss 1b 4 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 1 2 0
Jones lf 3 1 1 1
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
Papi 3b 2 0 0 0
  Brown pr 0 0 0 0
  Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 1
Bailey p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 3 1 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 2
Winfield lf 4 0 2 1
Jackson dh 4 1 1 1
Piniella rf 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 2 0
Werth c 3 1 0 0
Balboni 1b 2 2 1 1
Dent ss 2 0 0 2
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 8 7
Detroit 000 000 200270
New York 001 100 50x780
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bailey  L (1-2) 6.1 5 4 4 0 4
  Schatzeder   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Lopez   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
7
3
5
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   6.1 6 2 2 2 3
  LaRoche  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Davis   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1, New York 1.  2B–Detroit Cowens (2,off Guidry); Jones (1,off Guidry); Kemp (4,off Davis), New York Nettles (1,off Bailey).  3B–Detroit Cowens (3,off Guidry), New York Balboni (1,off Bailey).  HR–New York Jackson (2,4th inning off Bailey 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Whitaker (1,off LaRoche); Dent (1,off Schatzeder).  IBB–Werth (1,by Schatzeder).  WP–Guidry (2).  IBB–Schatzeder (1,Werth).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:21.  A–22,835.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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