Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners
May 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1981 at Kingdome. The Seattle Mariners 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 1, Seattle Mariners 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters dh 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 4 0 2 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 1 0
Wockenfuss 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hebner ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cowens cf 4 0 1 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
  Leach ph 1 0 0 0
Papi 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 1
Petry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 1 1 0
Simpson cf 4 0 0 1
Paciorek rf 4 1 1 1
Zisk dh 3 0 2 1
Meyer lf 3 0 0 0
Narron c 3 0 1 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Randle 3b 2 1 0 0
Auerbach ss 2 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Detroit 000 010 000171
Seattle 210 000 00x350
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  L (0-1) 8.0 5 3 2 2 4
Totals
8.0
5
3
2
2
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (2-2) 7.1 4 1 1 4 5
  Drago  SV (2) 1.2 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
5

  E–Petry (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Parrish (4).  2B–Detroit Peters (4,off Drago), Seattle Paciorek (7,off Petry).  HR–Detroit Whitaker (1,5th inning off Bannister 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Auerbach (3,off Petry).  SB–Cowens (2,2nd base off Bannister/Narron); Cruz (11,3rd base off Petry/Parrish).  WP–Bannister (1).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:28.  A–10,111.
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