Seattle Mariners vs Detroit Tigers
May 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. 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)
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Seattle Mariners 2, Detroit Tigers 6

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 1 1 0
Randle 3b 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 1 3 2
Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0
Meyer lf 4 0 1 0
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Narron c 3 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters dh 4 1 2 1
Gibson rf 3 1 1 0
  Jones rf 1 0 1 0
Kemp lf 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 0
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b,c 4 0 2 3
Cowens cf 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 2 0
Kelleher ss 3 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 2 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 13 4
Seattle 100 000 001250
Detroit 010 140 00x6131
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (3-3) 4.2 10 6 6 1 0
  Clay   3.1 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
1
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (5-2) 9.0 5 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
7

  E–Wockenfuss (2).  DP–Seattle 3, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Wockenfuss (1,off Bannister); Whitaker (6,off Bannister).  3B–Detroit Parrish (1,off Bannister).  HR–Seattle Zisk (8,9th inning off Wilcox 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Cruz (20,3rd base off Wilcox/Parrish); Randle (2,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish); Kemp (2,2nd base off Bannister/Narron).  WP–Bannister (2).  BK–Bannister (1).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:21.  A–8,996.
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