New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
August 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the New York Yankees 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

New York Yankees 5, Detroit Tigers 8

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 1 0
Piniella dh 2 1 2 1
  Gamble ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Winfield lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 5 0 2 1
Watson 1b 4 2 2 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 1 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  Guidry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cowens cf 4 3 2 2
Trammell ss 4 1 2 1
Kemp lf 5 0 0 1
  Peters pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Wockenfuss dh 2 0 0 0
  Summers ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Jones rf 2 1 1 0
  Gibson ph,rf 2 0 2 1
Parrish c 3 0 0 1
Hebner 1b 2 1 1 1
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Papi 3b 3 0 0 1
  Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 2 1 0
Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Cappuzzello p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 9 8
New York 101 102 000590
Detroit 002 220 02x891
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
LaRoche  L (4-1) 3.2 4 4 4 2 0
  Wehrmeister   3.2 4 4 4 5 4
  Frazier   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Guidry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
7
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  W (4-5) 5.1 5 4 4 3 2
  Cappuzzello   0.1 1 1 0 0 1
  Tobik   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Saucier  SV (9) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
4
4
4

  E–Trammell (4).  2B–New York Cerone (6,off Cappuzzello), Detroit Trammell (11,off Wehrmeister).  3B–Detroit Hebner (2,off LaRoche).  HR–New York Piniella (3,3rd inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 2 out); Watson 2 (2,4th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Cowens (1,3rd inning off LaRoche 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Papi (2,off LaRoche).  HBP–Hebner (2,by LaRoche).  IBB–Summers (3,by Wehrmeister); Hebner (4,by Wehrmeister).  CS–Whitaker (1,2nd base by Wehrmeister/Cerone).  HBP–LaRoche (1,Hebner).  IBB–Wehrmeister 2 (2,Summers,Hebner).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–3:01.  A–26,848.
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