Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 22, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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)
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Texas Rangers 0, Detroit Tigers 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 0 1 0
Oliver dh 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Grubb rf 3 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 2 0 1 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
Sample lf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 4 0
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Cowens cf 4 1 3 1
Trammell ss 2 0 1 0
Gibson lf 4 0 1 1
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
Wockenfuss 1b 3 0 0 0
  Leach 1b 0 0 0 0
Papi dh 3 0 0 0
Castillo 3b 3 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 2
Texas 000 000 000041
Detroit 100 010 00x261
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (8-2) 8.0 6 2 2 2 7
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (6-6) 6.0 1 0 0 5 3
  Rozema   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Saucier  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
5

  E–Honeycutt (3), Castillo (1).  DP–Texas 1, Detroit 3.  SH–Mendoza (11,off Petry); Trammell 2 (13,off Honeycutt 2).  SB–Sundberg (1,2nd base off Petry/Parrish).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:22.  A–23,763.
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