Tigers @ Yankees
April 21, 1981

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 0 6 1
Yankees 2 6 1
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 0 6 1
Yankees 2 6 1

Kirk Gibson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .333
OBP .000 .394
At Bats 4 30
Hits 0 10
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 3

Rich Gossage Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 2
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Yankee Stadium - April 21, 1981
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Strikeout
Rich Gossage
Johnny Oates
Dennis Werth
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Dave Winfield
Jerry Mumphrey
Oscar Gamble
Kirk Gibson
John Wockenfuss
Al Cowens

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 0 6 1 10
New York Yankees 2 6 1 8
Winning Pitcher Doug Bird
Losing Pitcher Milt Wilcox
Save Rich Gossage
Game Winning RBI Reggie Jackson
Attendance 15,359
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gibson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Whitaker hits a line drive into left field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Stan Papi. Wockenfuss takes first base on ball four. Cowens moves to second.
Top 9 Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dennis Werth now playing first base. Parrish is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Dennis Werth pinch hits for Jim Spencer. Werth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Nettles is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Kevin Saucier now pitching. The ball gets by Parrish for a passed ball. Jackson moves to third. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Winfield hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Summers strikes out.
Top 8 Rich Gossage now pitching. Hebner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kemp hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gibson who is chasing the ball. Mumphrey reaches third base with a triple. Gibson throws the ball in to Parrish who tags Mumphrey trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilcox fires to first and has Randolph trapped. There's the throw to Trammell who tags Randolph for the out.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Stan Papi now playing third base. Dent hits a line drive into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lynn Jones pinch hits for Mick Kelleher. Bill Castro now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Castro fields it and throws to first for the out. Cowens moves to second.
Top 7 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Oates hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Spencer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Summers takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first, with Bird covering, for the out.
Top 6 Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Winfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mumphrey is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it and throws to home to get Kelleher. Whitaker moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kelleher moves to third.
Top 5 Kelleher takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cowens hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Oates settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Oates.
Bottom 4 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Oates hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Summers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kemp moves to third.
Top 4 Hebner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kemp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gamble takes first base on ball four. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Winfield hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gibson hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kelleher hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Bird covering, for the out.
Top 3 Cowens hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Randolph hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a popup towards the mound. Wilcox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oates hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Summers takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hebner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out. Winfield scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randolph scores. Winfield moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Winfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Randolph moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher juggles the ball. That's an error on Kelleher.
Top 1 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.