Rangers @ Tigers
August 21, 1981

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 9 1
Tigers 7 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 9 1
Tigers 7 11 1

Mario Mendoza Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .254
OBP .333 .271
At Bats 3 169
Hits 1 43
• Singles 1 38
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 18

Kevin Saucier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 10
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Tiger Stadium - August 21, 1981
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Out
Kevin Saucier
Bill Fahey
Rick Leach
Lou Whitaker
Mick Kelleher
Alan Trammell
Steve Kemp
Al Cowens
Lynn Jones
Mario Mendoza
Jim Sundberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 4 9 1 5
Detroit Tigers 7 11 1 4
Winning Pitcher Aurelio Lopez
Losing Pitcher Danny Darwin
Save Kevin Saucier
Game Winning RBI Richie Hebner
Attendance 27,761
Time of Game 2 hours 29 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kelleher hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 The throw from Sundberg to Stein and they have Fahey trapped. The throw over to Mendoza, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 8 Fahey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Leach is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Stein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roberts is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lynn Jones now playing right field. Al Cowens now playing center field. Mick Kelleher now playing third base. Rick Leach now playing first base. Oliver hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Al Cowens pinch hits for Richie Hebner. Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Trammell scores. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 7 John Henry Johnson now pitching. Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trammell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Trammell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Peters hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mick Kelleher pinch runs for Stan Papi. Whitaker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Papi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roberts. Papi reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Kevin Saucier now pitching. Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Peters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Mendoza moves to second.
Top 7 Mendoza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fahey strikes out.
Bottom 6 Leach strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Hebner. The throw from Sundberg and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 Gibson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Leon Roberts now playing right field. Bill Stein now playing first base. Hebner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bill Stein pinch hits for Pat Putnam. Stein hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 George Cappuzzello now pitching. Leon Roberts pinch hits for Johnny Grubb. Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kemp is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Trammell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Peters hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Leach settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Oliver strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Wills. The throw from Fahey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 5 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Peters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitaker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Papi is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Fahey hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Leach. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. Sample scores.
Top 4 Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Sample reaches second base with a double. Bell scores.
Top 4 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Leach hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Charlie Hough now pitching. Gibson takes first base on ball four. Hebner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hebner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kemp hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Whitaker scores.
Bottom 3 Peters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Whitaker reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rivers hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards third. Papi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Papi hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Fahey hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Leach. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Mendoza applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Leach takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Peters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sample hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Putnam is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Top 2 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Gibson hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hebner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Kemp is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Peters hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Peters settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner scoops it up and throws to first, with Lopez covering, for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.