Yankees @ Tigers
August 16, 1981

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 4 6 2
Tigers 2 5 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 4 6 2
Tigers 5 6 1

Kirk Gibson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .248
OBP .000 .297
At Bats 0 109
Hits 0 27
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 11

Ron Davis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 2 5
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Tiger Stadium - August 16, 1981
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Home Run
Ron Davis
Barry Foote
Dave Revering
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Dave Winfield
Jerry Mumphrey
Reggie Jackson
Kirk Gibson
Mick Kelleher
Rick Leach

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 4 6 2 9
Detroit Tigers 5 6 1 7
Winning Pitcher Aurelio Lopez
Losing Pitcher Ron Davis
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Kirk Gibson
Attendance 21,077
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Gibson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mick Kelleher pinch runs for Bill Fahey. Whitaker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Fahey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parrish scores. Leach moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ron Davis now pitching. Rick Leach pinch hits for Stan Papi. Leach takes first base on ball four. Parrish moves to second.
Bottom 9 Parrish takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gamble strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Mumphrey. The throw from Fahey and he is safe. Mumphrey steals second.
Top 9 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wockenfuss 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 8 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Foote hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Revering hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wockenfuss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kirk Gibson now playing left field. Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Trammell hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Peters strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rudy May now pitching. Whitaker hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Winfield hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fahey hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Papi strikes out.
Bottom 6 Parrish takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cowens strikes out.
Top 6 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Lopez Dent moves to second.
Top 6 Dent takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Foote hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Peters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aurelio Lopez now pitching. Revering hits a popup, foul, towards third. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wockenfuss strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive into center field. Mumphrey picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mumphrey. Peters moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 5 Trammell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Peters hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles.
Bottom 5 Whitaker hits a fly ball into left field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 George Cappuzzello now pitching. Nettles strikes out.
Top 5 Jackson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jones. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Gamble scores.
Top 5 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out. Gamble moves to second.
Top 5 Gamble hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Randolph scores.
Top 5 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wockenfuss scoops it up and throws to first, with Morris covering, for the out. Randolph moves to second.
Top 5 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fahey hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields it and throws to home to get Parrish. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Parrish hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson who is chasing the ball. Parrish reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Cowens strikes out.
Top 4 Dent hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foote hits a popup towards third. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Revering hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wockenfuss hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Peters scores. Trammell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Trammell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Peters hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Peters reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Whitaker strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fahey hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wockenfuss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi juggles the ball. That's an error on Papi. Winfield moves to second.
Top 3 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Righetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Wockenfuss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Righetti fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Dent takes first base on ball four. Revering moves to third. Foote moves to second.
Top 2 Foote hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Revering moves to second.
Top 2 Revering takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Jackson scores.
Top 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jackson moves to third.
Top 2 Jackson hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cowens. Jackson reaches second base with a double. Winfield goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Winfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Trammell hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Peters strikes out.
Top 1 Gamble hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Morris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Randolph hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.