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Blue Jays
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 12, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on August 12, 1981 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 12, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 12, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Stieb |
Home Starting Pitcher | Jack Morris |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 8,775 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 23 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Derryl Cousins 1B: Marty Springstead 2B: Joe Brinkman 3B: Dale Ford |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Lloyd Moseby | Center Fielder |
Otto Velez | DH |
John Mayberry | First Baseman |
Al Woods | Left Fielder |
Barry Bonnell | Right Fielder |
Ernie Whitt | Catcher |
Damaso Garcia | Second Baseman |
Danny Ainge | Third Baseman |
Bobby Mattick | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rick Peters | DH |
Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
Steve Kemp | Left Fielder |
Richie Hebner | First Baseman |
Champ Summers | Right Fielder |
Lance Parrish | Catcher |
Kirk Gibson | Center Fielder |
Tom Brookens | Third Baseman |
Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
Sparky Anderson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
August 12, 1981
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Morris
Griffin hits a fly ball into center field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Morris
Moseby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Morris
Velez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moseby moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mayberry vs. Morris
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Stieb
Peters hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Stieb
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ainge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Stieb
Kemp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hebner vs. Stieb
Hebner hits a popup towards third. Ainge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Morris
Woods hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonnell vs. Morris
Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Morris
Whitt hits a fly ball into center field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. Stieb
Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Stieb
Parrish takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Stieb
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Morris
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Morris
Ainge takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Morris
Griffin hits a fly ball into center field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moseby vs. Morris
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Stieb
Brookens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Stieb
Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Stieb
Peters hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Morris
Velez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Morris
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Velez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woods vs. Morris
Woods hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Velez scores. Mayberry moves to third. Woods moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bonnell vs. Morris
Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Whitt vs. Morris
Whitt is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garcia vs. Morris
Garcia bunts between the mound and first base. Morris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garcia for the out. Mayberry scores. Woods moves to third. Whitt moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ainge vs. Morris
Ainge hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Stieb
Trammell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Trammell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kemp vs. Stieb
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stieb fields it and throws to first for the out. Trammell moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hebner vs. Stieb
Hebner hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Summers vs. Stieb
Summers hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Morris
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Morris
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Morris
Velez hits a popup towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Stieb
Parrish hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Stieb
Gibson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parrish moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brookens vs. Stieb
Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stieb fields it and throws to second for the out. Parrish moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Whitaker vs. Stieb
Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Parrish tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Stieb
Peters hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Morris
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Morris
Woods hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bonnell vs. Morris
Bonnell hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Woods moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Whitt vs. Morris
Whitt is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Garcia vs. Morris
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mayberry tags and scores. Woods tags and moves to third. Whitt tags and moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ainge vs. Morris
Ainge hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Woods scores. There goes Whitt trying to get to home. Kemp throws the ball in to Parrish who tags Whitt, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Stieb
Trammell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. Stieb
Kemp hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Kemp reaches second base with a double. Trammell moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hebner vs. Stieb
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hebner for the out. Trammell scores. Kemp moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Summers vs. Stieb
Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kemp scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Stieb
Parrish is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Cappuzzello
George Cappuzzello now pitching.
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moseby vs. Cappuzzello
Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Cappuzzello
Velez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Cappuzzello
There's a wild pitch. Velez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Cappuzzello
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Bomback
Greg Wells now playing first base. Mark Bomback now pitching.
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Bomback
Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitaker vs. Bomback
Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Cappuzzello
Woods hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonnell vs. Cappuzzello
Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitt vs. Cappuzzello
Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cappuzzello fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Bomback
Peters takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Bomback
There's a wild pitch. Peters moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trammell vs. Bomback
Trammell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Whitt fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kemp vs. Bomback
Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Trammell moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hebner vs. Bomback
Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Tobik
Dave Tobik now pitching.
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Tobik
Ainge hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Tobik
Griffin bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Summers vs. Bomback
Summers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Jackson
Lynn Jones pinch runs for Champ Summers. Roy Lee Jackson now pitching.
Parrish strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Jackson
Gibson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Tigers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Jackson
Brookens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/12/1981 -- Toronto at Detroit (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Griffin A, ss 5 0 0 0 Peters R, dh 3 0 0 0 Moseby L, cf 4 0 1 0 Trammell A, ss 4 1 2 0 Velez O, dh 2 1 1 0 Kemp S, lf 4 1 2 0 Mayberry J, 1b 3 2 1 0 Hebner R, 1b 4 0 0 1 Wells G, 1b 0 0 0 0 Summers C, rf 4 0 1 1 Woods A, lf 4 1 2 1 Jones L, pr 0 0 0 0 Bonnell B, rf 4 0 0 0 Parrish L, c 3 1 1 0 Whitt E, c 2 0 0 0 Gibson K, cf 4 0 1 0 Garcia D, 2b 2 0 0 2 Brookens T, 3b 4 0 0 0 Ainge D, 3b 3 0 1 1 Whitaker L, 2b 2 0 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 4 6 4 32 3 7 3 Toronto 000 202 000 -- 4 Detroit 000 012 000 -- 3 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Stieb D (W) 6.0 6 3 3 1 1 Bomback M* 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 Jackson R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Morris J (L) 6.0 6 4 4 5 0 Cappuzzello G 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 Tobik D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th DP -- Toronto 1, Detroit 1 LOB -- Toronto 6, Detroit 5 2B -- Trammell A, Kemp S SH -- Garcia D SF -- Whitaker L, Garcia D WP -- Cappuzzello G, Bomback M T -- 2:23 A -- 8775
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