Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
August 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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)
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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 0 0
Moseby cf 4 0 1 0
Velez dh 2 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 3 2 1 0
  Wells 1b 0 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 1 2 1
Bonnell rf 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 2 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 2 0 0 2
Ainge 3b 3 0 1 1
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Bomback p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters dh 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 2 0
Kemp lf 4 1 2 0
Hebner 1b 4 0 0 1
Summers rf 4 0 1 1
  Jones pr 0 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 1 1 0
Gibson cf 4 0 1 0
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 1
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Cappuzzello p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Toronto 000 202 000460
Detroit 000 012 000370
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (5-7) 6.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Bomback   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Jackson  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
3
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (9-4) 6.0 6 4 4 5 0
  Cappuzzello   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Tobik   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
1

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1, Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Trammell (10,off Stieb); Kemp (13,off Stieb).  SH–Garcia (3,off Morris).  SF–Garcia (1,off Morris); Whitaker (3,off Stieb).  IBB–Whitt 2 (2,by Morris 2).  WP–Bomback (5), Cappuzzello (1).  IBB–Morris 2 (5,Whitt 2).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:23.  A–8,775.
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