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Tigers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 31, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 31, 1981 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Milt Wilcox |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ross Baumgarten |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 13,057 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Jerry Neudecker 2B: Rick Reed 3B: Larry McCoy |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Peters | DH |
| Alan Trammell | Shortstop |
| Steve Kemp | Left Fielder |
| Ron Jackson | First Baseman |
| Kirk Gibson | Right Fielder |
| Lance Parrish | Catcher |
| Al Cowens | Center Fielder |
| Tom Brookens | Third Baseman |
| Lou Whitaker | Second Baseman |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | Left Fielder |
| Mike Squires | First Baseman |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| Greg Luzinski | DH |
| Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
| Greg Pryor | Third Baseman |
| Bill Almon | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
August 31, 1981
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Baumgarten
Peters hits a line drive towards the mound. Baumgarten reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Baumgarten
Trammell hits a popup in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Baumgarten
Kemp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Kemp reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Baumgarten
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Wilcox
LeFlore 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 -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Wilcox
Squires 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 -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Wilcox
Fisk is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Wilcox
Luzinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Baines vs. Wilcox
There's a wild pitch. Fisk moves to third. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Baines vs. Wilcox
Baines is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemon vs. Wilcox
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Baumgarten
Gibson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Baumgarten
Parrish takes first base on ball four. Gibson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cowens vs. Baumgarten
Cowens hits a line drive towards right. Baines catches it and throws to second to double up Gibson. The throw back to first to get Parrish, and that's a triple play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Wilcox
Bernazard hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Wilcox
Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Wilcox
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. Wilcox
The throw from Parrish to Jackson and they have Almon trapped. The throw over to Trammell, who applies the tag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Baumgarten
Brookens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Baumgarten
Brookens is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Brookens moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitaker vs. Baumgarten
Whitaker hits a popup, foul, towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peters vs. Baumgarten
Peters strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Trammell vs. Baumgarten
Trammell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kemp vs. Baumgarten
Kemp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon who is chasing the ball. Kemp reaches third base with a triple. Brookens scores. Trammell goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Jackson vs. Baumgarten
Jackson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Wilcox
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Wilcox
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Wilcox
Fisk hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Baumgarten
Gibson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Baumgarten
Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Baumgarten
Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gibson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brookens vs. Baumgarten
Brookens hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Baumgarten
Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Wilcox
Luzinski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Wilcox
Baines 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 -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Wilcox
Lemon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bernazard vs. Wilcox
Bernazard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lemon moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pryor vs. Wilcox
Pryor strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Almon vs. Wilcox
Almon is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Baumgarten
Peters hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trammell vs. Baumgarten
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Baumgarten
Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Baumgarten
Jackson hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Wilcox
LeFlore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Squires vs. Wilcox
There goes LeFlore. The throw from Parrish and he is out, Trammell applying the tag. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Wilcox
Squires 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 -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Wilcox
Fisk strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Baumgarten
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Baumgarten
Parrish hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Baumgarten
Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Wilcox
Luzinski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Luzinski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Baines vs. Wilcox
Baines hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Wilcox
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bernazard vs. Wilcox
Bernazard hits a fly ball into right field. Gibson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Baumgarten
Brookens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Baumgarten
Whitaker hits a popup towards first. Squires settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Peters vs. Baumgarten
Peters hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Brookens trying to get to third. Baines throws the ball in to Pryor, who tags Brookens for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trammell vs. Baumgarten
Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baumgarten fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Molinaro vs. Wilcox
Bob Molinaro pinch hits for Greg Pryor.
Molinaro hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Wilcox
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Wilcox
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kemp vs. Hickey
Jim Morrison now playing third base. Kevin Hickey now pitching.
Kemp hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Hickey
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gibson vs. Hickey
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Hoyt
LaMarr Hoyt now pitching.
There goes Gibson. The throw from Fisk and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Parrish vs. Hoyt
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Wilcox
Squires hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Wilcox
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Wilcox
Luzinski is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Hoyt
Cowens hits a line drive towards short. Almon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brookens vs. Hoyt
Brookens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Whitaker vs. Hoyt
There goes Brookens. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Brookens steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Whitaker vs. Hoyt
Whitaker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Peters vs. Hoyt
Peters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Wilcox
Baines 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 -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Wilcox
Lemon hits a popup towards short. Trammell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Wilcox
Bernazard hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1981 -- Detroit at Chicago (N)
Detroit AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Peters R, dh 5 0 1 0 LeFlore R, lf 3 0 0 0
Trammell A, ss 3 1 0 0 Squires M, 1b 4 0 0 0
Kemp S, lf 4 0 3 2 Fisk C, c 3 0 0 0
Jackson R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Luzinski G, dh 4 1 3 1
Gibson K, rf 4 1 2 0 Baines H, rf 3 0 0 0
Parrish L, c 3 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 3 0 0 0
Cowens A, cf 4 0 1 1 Bernazard T, 2b 4 0 1 0
Brookens T, 3b 3 1 2 0 Pryor G, 3b 2 0 0 0
Whitaker L, 2b 4 0 0 0 Molinaro B, ph 1 0 0 0
Morrison J, 3b 0 0 0 0
Almon B, ss 3 0 1 0
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33 3 9 3 30 1 5 1
Detroit 002 100 000 -- 3
Chicago 000 100 000 -- 1
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox M (W) 9.0 5 1 1 2 4
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten R (L) 7.0 9 3 1 2 1
Hickey K 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Hoyt L 1.1 0 0 0 1 0
E -- Bernazard T, Fisk C
TP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Detroit 7, Chicago 6
2B -- Kemp S, Luzinski G
3B -- Kemp S
HR -- Luzinski G
SB -- Gibson K, Brookens T
CS -- Almon B, LeFlore R
HBP -- by Wilcox M (Fisk C), by Wilcox M (Lemon C)
WP -- Wilcox M
T -- 2:46
A -- 13057
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