Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
May 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 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

Texas Rangers 1, Detroit Tigers 14

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Rivers cf 4 0 2 0
Oliver dh 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 1
Roberts lf 4 0 0 0
Grubb rf 2 0 0 0
  Lisi ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 1 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Babcock p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters dh 3 1 2 1
Trammell ss 4 4 2 1
Kemp lf 5 0 2 1
Hebner 1b 4 2 2 2
  Jones ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Summers rf 3 1 2 2
  Papi ph,3b 1 1 1 0
Parrish c 5 1 2 2
Cowens cf 3 1 2 2
Brookens 3b 5 2 1 3
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
  Kelleher ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 14 16 14
Texas 000 000 001140
Detroit 150 310 04x14163
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  L (3-3) 1.1 4 5 5 4 1
  Comer   2.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Babcock   3.1 3 1 1 3 3
  Johnson   1.0 4 4 4 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
14
14
8
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  W (2-2) 9.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
1

  E–Brookens (3), Whitaker (3), Schatzeder (1).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Mendoza (3,off Schatzeder), Detroit Kemp (10,off Babcock).  3B–Detroit Hebner (1,off Comer).  HR–Texas Bell (3,9th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 2 out), Detroit Brookens (1,8th inning off J Johnson 2 on, 1 out).  IBB–Summers (1,by Comer).  CS–Roberts (2,2nd base by Schatzeder/Parrish); Peters (5,2nd base by Medich/Sundberg).  IBB–Comer (3,Summers).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:16.  A–10,002.
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