Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
May 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1981 at Kingdome. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Seattle Mariners 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 7, Seattle Mariners 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Gibson rf 5 1 1 1
Trammell ss 4 1 2 1
Kemp lf 5 0 1 0
Hebner 1b 3 1 1 1
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Summers dh 4 1 1 1
Parrish c 4 1 1 1
Cowens cf 4 1 1 0
Papi 3b 3 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 1
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz ss 4 0 0 0
Simpson cf 3 1 1 0
  Edler ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Meyer 3b,cf 4 0 1 0
Zisk dh 4 1 2 1
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Paciorek rf 4 0 0 0
Gray lf 4 1 1 2
Randle 2b 3 0 1 0
Narron c 2 0 1 0
  Henderson ph 0 0 0 0
  Bulling c 0 0 0 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Detroit 031 100 0027111
Seattle 000 021 000372
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (3-2) 5.2 6 3 3 0 1
  Saucier  SV (2) 3.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott  L (0-2) 6.1 8 5 5 0 4
  Rawley   2.2 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
1
6

  E–Hebner (3), Cruz (3), Paciorek (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Hebner (2,off Parrott); Summers (3,off Parrott); Papi (1,off Parrott); Trammell 2 (4,off Parrott,off Rawley); Cowens (4,off Parrott); Whitaker (4,off Rawley).  HR–Seattle Gray (3,5th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Papi (1,off Parrott).  SF–Hebner (1,off Parrott); Whitaker (2,off Parrott).  SB–Kemp (1,2nd base off Parrott/Narron); Whitaker (1,2nd base off Rawley/Narron).  CS–Paciorek (1,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish).  WP–Saucier (1).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:27.  A–13,233.
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