GAME #42 (losers’ bracket):
Johnny Bench hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Tom Seaver and Tom Hume combined on a two-hit shutout. The Reds had eight hits and advanced runners to at least second base in all eight innings that they came to bat. But the only runs came in the fourth as George Foster singled and Bench drove one over the left-field wall. Seaver was in excellent form, giving up only one hit in the first eight innings, and only one Tiger reached second base during that time. In the ninth, the Tigers threatened, getting their second hit, plus two walks, to load the bases with two out. Seaver left the game in favor of closer Hume, who got the final out. Kirk Gibson had both of the Tigers’ hits, while Ron Oester doubled twice for the Reds.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 DETROIT TIGERS (0) AT 1981 CINCINNATI REDS (2) 1981 DETROIT TIGERS AB R H BI 1981 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI Al Cowens 4 0 0 0 Dave Collins 4 0 1 0 Alan Trammell 3 0 0 0 Ken Griffey 4 0 0 0 Steve Kemp 3 0 0 0 Dave Concepcion 4 0 2 0 Kirk Gibson 4 0 2 0 George Foster 3 1 1 0 Richie Hebner 3 0 0 0 Johnny Bench 4 1 2 2 John Wockenfuss 2 0 0 0 Dan Driessen 3 0 0 0 Lance Parrish 4 0 0 0 Ray Knight 3 0 0 0 Tom Brookens 3 0 0 0 Joe Nolan 3 0 0 0 Lou Whitaker 3 0 0 0 Ron Oester 3 0 2 0 TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 31 2 8 2 1981 DETROIT TIGERS 000 000 000 -- 0 1981 CINCINNATI REDS 000 200 00x -- 2 LOB--1981 DETROIT TIGERS 7, 1981 CINCINNATI REDS 7. ERR--Milt Wilcox, Ron Oester, Ken Griffey. 2B--Dave Concepcion, Ron Oester (2). HR--Johnny Bench. HBP--Richie Hebner. SB--Dave Collins. 1981 DETROIT TIGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Milt Wilcox [L] 8.00 8 2 2 2 2 1 1981 CINCINNATI REDS Tom Seaver [W] 8.67 2 0 0 4 0 0 Tom Hume [S] 0.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Dave Concepcion, Ken Griffey. BB--John Wockenfuss (2), Alan Trammell, Steve Kemp, George Foster, Dan Driessen.
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