Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
September 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1981 at Arlington 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

Detroit Tigers 8, Texas Rangers 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters dh 4 0 1 2
Trammell ss 2 0 1 0
  Kelleher ss 3 0 1 1
Kemp lf 5 1 0 0
Gibson rf 3 1 1 2
  Brown rf 1 0 0 0
Jackson 1b 4 2 2 0
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
  Fahey c 0 0 0 0
Cowens cf 2 2 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 2 2 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 2
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 9 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Sample lf 4 0 0 0
Oliver dh 3 1 1 0
Bell 3b 4 2 3 0
Jones rf 4 1 2 0
Sundberg c 3 1 1 1
Ellis 1b 4 0 0 2
  Tolleson pr 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 1 2
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 0 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5
Detroit 032 100 020890
Texas 000 000 302581
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  W (11-4) 8.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Tobik   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Saucier  SV (13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (4-7) 3.0 5 5 3 1 2
  Schmidt   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Hough   5.0 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
8
6
3
4

  E–Mendoza (12).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Peters (6,off Matlack); Brookens (8,off Schmidt), Texas Jones (1,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Gibson (7,3rd inning off Matlack 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Brookens (2,by Hough).  SB–Jackson 2 (5,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  HBP–Hough (3,Brookens).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:33.  A–9,986.
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