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Rangers 13 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
May 18, 1981

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Texas Rangers, played on May 18, 1981 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Rangers with a score of 13 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 18, 1981 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 13 H: 19 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 13
Hits: 19
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherJon Matlack  
Losing PitcherDan Petry  
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Game Winning RBIMickey Rivers 

Game Info

DateMay 18, 1981 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJon Matlack  
Home Starting PitcherDan Petry  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance10,114 
Time of Game3 hours 14 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rich Garcia
1B: Greg Kosc
2B: Don Denkinger
3B: Jim McKean

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bump Wills  Second Baseman 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Al Oliver  DH 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Johnny Grubb  Right Fielder 
Pat Putnam  First Baseman 
Leon Roberts  Left Fielder 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Mario Mendoza  Shortstop 
Don Zimmer  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Peters  Left Fielder 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Steve Kemp  DH 
John Wockenfuss  First Baseman 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Al Cowens  Center Fielder 
Tom Brookens  Third Baseman 
Lynn Jones  Right Fielder 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

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Rangers 13 @ Tigers 5
Tiger Stadium
May 18, 1981

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/18/1981 -- Texas at Detroit (N)

  Texas              AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Wills B, 2b           4  2  2  1   Peters R, lf          5  2  1  0   
Stein B, 2b           1  0  1  0   Trammell A, ss        4  0  1  0   
Rivers M, cf          4  1  1  2   Kemp S, dh            3  2  2  2   
Lisi R, cf            1  0  0  0   Wockenfuss J, 1b      2  0  1  1   
Oliver A, dh          4  2  2  0   Parrish L, c          4  0  1  2   
Bell B, 3b            4  2  1  0   Cowens A, cf          4  0  0  0   
Wagner M, 3b          1  1  1  0   Brookens T, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Grubb J, rf           4  1  2  3   Jones L, rf           4  0  0  0   
Putnam P, 1b          6  2  3  4   Whitaker L, 2b        1  1  0  0   
Roberts L, lf         4  1  2  0   Papi S, ph-2b         1  0  0  0   
Sundberg J, c         5  0  0  0   Leach R, ph           1  0  0  0   
Mendoza M, ss         5  1  4  2                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43 13 19 12                        33  5  6  5

Texas            013 007 002 -- 13
Detroit          102 000 020 --  5

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Matlack J (W)         7.1  6  5  4  3  3
Babcock B             1.2  0  0  0  0  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Petry D (L)           2.2  5  4  4  1  1
Tobik D               1.1  1  0  0  4  1
Saucier K*            1.0  2  1  1  0  1
Lopez A               0.1  1  4  4  1  0
Rozema D              3.2 10  4  4  3  2
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 6th

E -- Whitaker L, Putnam P, Bell B
DP -- Detroit 3
LOB -- Texas 14, Detroit 5
2B -- Wills B, Putnam P, Oliver A
HR -- Kemp S, Putnam P
SB -- Roberts L, Wills B
CS -- Peters R
SF -- Wockenfuss J
HBP -- by Lopez A (Bell B), by Lopez A (Grubb J)
WP -- Petry D
T -- 3:14
A -- 10114

    

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