Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
September 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1981 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Trammell ss 4 0 1 1
Gibson cf 5 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 1 0
Jackson 1b 3 0 1 0
Summers dh 3 1 2 2
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Fahey c 4 1 2 0
Jones rf 4 0 1 0
Papi 3b 3 1 1 1
  Kelleher 3b 1 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 2 0 0 0
Petry p 0 0 0 0
  Cappuzzello p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 5 0 0 0
Orta rf 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 3 1 2 0
Hassey c 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 1
Hayes dh 4 1 2 1
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 1
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin ss 0 0 0 0
  Pagel ph 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 0 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Detroit 000 012 100492
Cleveland 000 200 001382
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Petry  W (9-7) 8.1 8 3 3 1 4
  Cappuzzello  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
4
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (11-7) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Stanton   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Monge   2.2 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
6

  E–Fahey (2), Papi (3), Hargrove (7), Veryzer (10).  DP–Detroit 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Detroit Kemp (16,off Blyleven), Cleveland Hargrove (20,off Petry); Harrah (10,off Petry); Hayes (7,off Petry).  HR–Detroit Summers (3,6th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out); Papi (3,7th inning off Stanton 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Whitaker (3,2nd base by Stanton/Hassey).  SB–Hayes (4,2nd base off Petry/Fahey); Dilone (25,2nd base off Petry/Fahey).  BK–Petry (1).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–2:47.  A–7,052.
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