Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins
August 28, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1981 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 0, Minnesota Twins 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Peters dh 4 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 2 0 1 0
  Jackson 1b 1 0 0 0
Gibson cf,rf 3 0 2 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Leach rf 2 0 0 0
  Cowens ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 3 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 1 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell lf 4 1 1 0
Engle rf 4 0 1 1
Mackanin 1b 4 0 0 0
Adams dh 4 1 1 0
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 2 2 1 0
Ward cf 4 1 3 3
Laudner c 3 1 2 2
Faedo ss 4 0 0 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Koosman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Detroit 000 000 000060
Minnesota 000 200 31x6100
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (4-5) 6.1 7 5 5 3 1
  Lopez   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
1
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  W (5-6) 6.1 3 0 0 4 1
  Koosman  SV (5) 2.2 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 2.  PB–Parrish (6).  2B–Minnesota Ward (2,off Rozema); Powell (9,off Rozema); Engle (9,off Lopez); Wilfong (7,off Lopez).  HR–Minnesota Laudner (1,7th inning off Rozema 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Wilfong (1,by Rozema).  CS–Castino (4,2nd base by Rozema/Parrish).  IBB–Rozema (6,Wilfong).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:15.  A–5,415.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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