1982 Detroit Home Opener

April 15, 1982

  The Detroit Tigers finally had their 1982 Home Opening Game at Tiger Stadium today. The Tigers original home opening series against Toronto was postponed by bad weather, but today was a beautiful spring afternoon down at The Corner.
  The game began as a pitching duel between Detroit's Dave Rozema and Toronto's Dave Stieb. It was 1-0 in favor of Detroit when the Tigers blew the game open in the bottom of the 6th with a Larry Herndon Grand Slam Homer. The Tigers added 3 runs in the 7th, 1 in the 8th, and Rozema (pictured) completed the 9-0, 2-hit shutout victory for his 2nd Win of the season.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Toronto Blue Jays At 1982 Detroit Tigers             4/15/1982
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Garcia 2B         4  0  0  0 .261     C.Lemon RF          5  1  1  1 .200  
  R.Mulliniks 3B      4  0  1  0 .263     L.Whitaker 2B       2  3  1  0 .276  
  L.Moseby CF         4  0  0  0 .154     K.Gibson CF         4  2  2  0 .280  
  W.Upshaw 1B         4  0  0  0 .179     R.Hebner 1B         4  1  1  1 .350  
  H.Powell LF         3  0  0  0 .091     L.Herndon LF        3  1  3  5 .346  
  J.Mayberry DH       3  0  1  0 .150     E.Cabell 3B         4  0  0  0 .321  
  E.Whitt C           3  0  0  0 .316     J.Wockenfuss C      4  0  0  0 .500  
  J.Barfield RF       2  0  0  0 .278     J.Turner DH         3  1  2  1 .188  
  A.Griffin SS        3  0  0  0 .241     A.Trammell SS       4  0  1  0 .120  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  0  2  0                 Totals      33  9 11  8
 
 
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 4  3 1    -  9 11  1
 
Blue Jays (3-4)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Stieb LOSS(0-1)         6       9   8   8   5   5   2   8.53
J.Garvin                  0       0   0   0   1   0   0   ----
J.Gott                    1 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   1   6.35
R.Jackson                 0 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   3.38
Totals                    8      11   9   9   7   6   3
 
Tigers (4-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Rozema WIN(2-0)         9       2   0   0   1   4   0   1.08
Totals                    9       2   0   0   1   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,038 DATE- Thursday, April 15th 1982 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ted Hendry, Jim McKean, Al Clark, Jim Evans
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 4  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 1  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- E.Cabell
DOUBLES- R.Mulliniks(3rd), J.Mayberry(1st)
HOME RUNS- C.Lemon(1st), L.Herndon(1st), J.Turner(1st)
RBIs- C.Lemon(1st), R.Hebner(4th), L.Herndon-5(7th), J.Turner(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Herndon
WALKS- J.Barfield, L.Whitaker-3, K.Gibson, R.Hebner, L.Herndon, J.Turner
STRIKE OUTS- D.Garcia-2, J.Barfield-2, R.Hebner-3, J.Wockenfuss-2, J.Turner
GIDP- E.Cabell
RLISP 2-out- E.Whitt, J.Wockenfuss-2, L.Moseby, R.Hebner
TEAM RISP- Blue Jays: 0 for 2  Tigers: 3 for 10
 
Larry Herndon hit a grand slam and Dave Rozema whitewashed Toronto on 2 hits
at Tiger Stadium as the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9 to
0.
 
The home town fans were very appreciative of the fine hitting performance
provided by Herndon.  He slapped a single in the 2nd inning, lashed a
one-base hit scoring a run in the 4th inning and launched a rocket-shot out
of the park for a Grand Slam homerun in the 6th inning.  Detroit rapped out
11 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Rozema(2-0) went the distance for the shutout. Dave Stieb(0-1) was charged
with the loss.  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 9 hits and 5 walks in 6
innings.  
 
'I've been working on a few things in my delivery, and I think I'm hitting a
good groove.' Rozema said after the game.  'I'm ready to start another game
tomorrow!'