Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers
June 5, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 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

Minnesota Twins 0, Detroit Tigers 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell dh 4 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 0
Jackson lf 3 0 0 0
Goodwin 1b 3 0 0 0
Castino 3b 3 0 0 0
Mackanin ss 2 0 1 0
Engle rf 2 0 0 0
  Sofield ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Havens p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 1
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Parrish c 1 1 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 3 0 0 0
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Cowens cf 1 0 0 0
Gibson dh 3 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 3 2
Minnesota 000 000 000030
Detroit 000 001 10x231
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Havens  L (0-1) 6.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Cooper   0.2 0 1 1 2 0
  Corbett   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
3
2
2
4
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (8-3) 9.0 3 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
7

  E–Brookens (5).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Minnesota Powell (7,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Trammell (1,6th inning off Havens 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Cowens (3,by Havens).  CS–Trammell (2,2nd base by Havens/Wynegar).  IBB–Havens (1,Cowens).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:00.  A–23,133.
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