Detroit won their earlier season series against the Toronto Blue Jays in Detroit, 2-1.
Game #6 / April 16th (at Exhibition Stadium)
Lou Whitaker & Alan Trammell would lead off the 1st Inning with back-to-back singles, while Kirk Gibson (batting cleanup) with one out, would reach base on a error by Damaso Garcia. Lance Parrish would smack in Whitaker with an RBI single, followed by Trammell scoring on a John Wockenfuss sacrifice fly.
Otto Velez would hit his 2nd HR of the season against the Tigers, he had a home run on opening day; His two-run HR in the bottom of the second off of Petry, tied the game at 2-2.
After the 1st Inning, both starting pitchers settled down & kept the game gridlocked for nine consecutive innings.
For the Tigers this was not a good sign for their offense... As they were entering the 11th Inning in this game, their lineup has only produced 2 runs in their last 19 innings (3 runs in last 21).
During the top of the 10th, pinch-hitter Rick Peters hit a lead-off triple, but on the very next play Richie Hebner flied to right, Peters tagged up, but got thrown out at home on Barry Bonnell's throw from right. I read up on the 1981 Tigers' season stat lines, and one of the things that seemed to play against them was stranding base runners, they were among the league leaders in doing so.
Top of the 11th, Steve Kemp led off with a single off of Stieb, Gibson would advance the runner to second, grounding out to third. Lance Parrish would come through again for the Tigers, like he has been early on this season, with an RBI single up the middle, as Kemp scores.
That's all the Tigers would get, and that's all the Tigers would need. Kevin Saucier logs his 3rd save of the season.
Dan Petry improves to 2-0, with a 3.38 ERA & 11 K's in 16 innings; He had 7 K's, while allowing only 3 hits & a walk through 10 innings.
Dave Stieb has had two solid outings against the Tigers now, going 1-1, with a 1.40 ERA -- although he lacked K's (4) with 7 walks & 11 hits in 19.1 innings.
| Game #006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
| DETROIT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| TORONTO | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| WP: Dan Petry (2-0) / LP: Dave Stieb / SV: Kevin Saucier (3) | |||||||||||||
Real 1981 Game Result: Tigers won 2-0
My 1981 Tigers: 4-2
Real 1981 Tigers: 5-1
Replay Scoring Differential: +9
Real 1981 Game Record Differential: -1
Game #7 / April 17th (at Exhibition Stadium)
This game was a bit back & forth, both starting pitchers, Dave Rozema (Detroit) & Luis Leal (Toronto) would suffer crooked numbers in this one.
During the bottom of the 1st, Toronto would log three consecutive singles by Barry Bonnell, John Mayberry & Otto Velez; Velez's single gave Toronto a 1-0 lead.
Top of the 2nd, the Tigers counter with two runs, an RBI double by Richie Hebner & RBI single by Champ Summers, giving Tigers a 2-1 lead.
Toronto would answer back in the bottom of the 3rd, with bases loaded & two outs, Damaso Garcia delivers an two-run single, to make it 3-2 Blue Jays.
The Jays' 3-2 lead would be short-lived as Lance Parrish led off the top of the 4th, with a double; Richie Hebner, two batters later, delivers an RBI double, then came a surprise two-run home run by Tom Brookens, his 2nd of the season! He hit both off of Toronto's Leal this season, he hit 4 homers in all of real-life 1981, he already has 2 in just 7 games.
The Tigers had a 5-3 lead after 4 innings, and would go on to win 7-4 in this one; Lance Parrish added an RBI single.
Toronto's Designated Hitter Otto Velez was one of the only bright spots for the Jays, going 3-for-5, with 2 RBI (all singles); Barry Bonnell (TOR) was 1-for-3, 2 BB with 3 runs.
The Tigers' Richie Hebner (who only batted .226 in real-life 1981) went 3-for-4, 2 doubles, 2 runs & 2 RBI for the day; Hebner is batting .429 (9-for-21) now for the season, and has won playing time from the struggling John Wockenfuss & Champ Summers.
The Tigers' bullpen has been spectacular with 16.1 innings of scoreless ball, between Dave Tobik, Aurelio Lopez, Kevin Saucier and a 1/3 inning of relief from Dave Rozema.
| Game #007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| DETROIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| TORONTO | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| WP: Dave Rozema (1-0) / LP: Luis Leal / SV: Kevin Saucier (4) | ||||||||||||
Real 1981 Game Result: Tigers won 8-5
My 1981 Tigers: 5-2
Real 1981 Tigers: 6-1
Replay Scoring Differential: +12
Real 1981 Game Record Differential: -1
Next: The remaining two games of this 4-game series in Toronto (Games 8-9).
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