Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters cf 3 0 2 0
  Leach rf 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 1
Gibson rf,cf 5 0 1 0
Kemp lf 4 1 2 0
Hebner 1b 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,1b 4 1 1 0
Summers dh 5 1 2 1
Parrish c 4 0 2 1
  Castillo c 0 0 0 0
Papi 3b 4 0 0 1
Whitaker 2b 3 1 0 0
Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Rothschild p 0 0 0 0
  Saucier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 5 3 2 0
Orta rf 4 2 1 1
Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 1
Thornton dh 2 0 1 1
  Hayes ph,dh 2 0 2 2
Harrah 3b 4 1 2 1
Diaz c 3 1 2 2
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kuiper ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Denny p 0 0 0 0
  Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 8
Detroit 001 002 0104101
Cleveland 022 022 00x8111
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  L (6-8) 4.2 5 6 6 2 0
  Rothschild   1.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Saucier   2.1 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
4
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Denny  W (9-4) 8.0 9 4 4 3 4
  Waits   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Spillner  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
4
6

  E–Parrish (2), Harrah (13).  2B–Detroit Summers (8,off Denny); Jackson (14,off Denny); Parrish (14,off Denny), Cleveland Diaz (16,off Saucier).  3B–Cleveland Orta (2,off Schatzeder).  HR–Cleveland Diaz (7,2nd inning off Schatzeder 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Trammell (3,off Denny).  SB–Whitaker (4,3rd base off Denny/Diaz); Bannister 2 (14,2nd base off Schatzeder/Parrish,2nd base off Saucier/Parrish); Harrah (8,2nd base off Rothschild/Parrish).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:51.  A–6,492.
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