Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
September 4, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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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Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 4 0 1 0
Kelleher ss 1 0 0 0
  Trammell ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
Gibson rf 4 1 1 0
Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Summers dh 3 0 2 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 1 1 2
Brookens 3b 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
  Cowens ph 1 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 2 0
Sample lf 4 0 1 0
Oliver dh 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Jones rf 3 0 1 0
Sundberg c 2 0 1 0
Stein 1b 1 1 0 1
  Putnam 1b 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 1 1 2
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Mercer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 8 3
Detroit 020 000 000270
Texas 010 020 00x380
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (9-6) 8.0 8 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
1
0
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (8-4) 6.2 7 2 2 2 3
  Mercer  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Texas Oliver (23,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Parrish (8,2nd inning off Medich 1 on, 2 out), Texas Wills (2,5th inning off Wilcox 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Kelleher 2 (6,off Medich 2); Sundberg (3,off Wilcox).  SF–Stein (2,off Wilcox).  CS–Sundberg (1,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:31.  A–11,027.
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