1991 AL Championship Series Game 2

October 9, 1991

  Tonight's game between Chicago and Detroit started out with a bang. The Tigers scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st but the White Sox came back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st. The big hit was a 3-run homer by Frank Thomas. With the game tied 4-4 in the 5th, Thomas (pictured) hit a sacrifice fly scoring the 5th run of the game for Chicago. Both teams' bullpens took over after the 5th inning and the White Sox came away with a 5-4 victory. The series heads to Detroit now with Chicago up 2 games to none.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Detroit Tigers At 1991 Chicago White Sox             10/9/1991
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Phillips LF       3  1  1  0 .143     T.Raines LF         5  1  2  0 .333  
  L.Whitaker 2B       4  1  3  3 .571     J.Cora 2B           3  2  1  0 .333  
  A.Trammell SS       5  1  0  0 .125     R.Ventura 3B        4  1  2  0 .429  
  C.Fielder 1B        3  0  1  0 .143     F.Thomas DH         2  1  2  4 .800  
G-J.Paredes PR        0  0  0  0 ----     D.Pasqua 1B         3  0  0  1 .143  
  M.Tettleton C       4  0  2  1 .286     C.Fisk C            2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Deer RF           3  0  0  0 .000   C-M.Huff PR,RF        1  0  0  0 .000  
H-D.Bergman PH        1  0  0  0 .000     S.Sosa RF           2  0  0  0 .167  
  T.Fryman 3B         3  0  0  0 .167   D-W.Newson PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Barnes DH         1  1  0  0 .000   E-R.Karkovice C       1  0  1  01.000  
A-S.Livingstone PH    0  0  0  0 ----     L.Johnson CF        4  0  1  0 .375  
B-P.Incaviglia PH,DH  1  0  0  0 .000     O.Guillen SS        4  0  1  0 .250  
F-L.Moseby PR,DH      0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  M.Cuyler CF         3  0  1  0 .167                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  4  8  4                 Totals      32  5 10  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Barnes In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Livingstone In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Fisk In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Sosa In 6th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Newson In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Incaviglia In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Fielder In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Deer In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  4  8  2
White Sox....... 3 0 1  0 1 0  0 0    -  5 10  0
 
Tigers (0-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Tanana LOSS(0-1)        5       5   5   3   3   0   1   5.40
D.Gakeler                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
J.Cerutti                 1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
P.Gibson                  0       1   0   0   0   0   0  54.00
J.Gleaton                 1 1/3   3   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8      10   5   3   3   1   1
 
White Sox (2-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Hibbard WIN(1-0)        5       6   4   4   4   3   1   7.20
M.Perez HOLD(1st)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
S.Radinsky HOLD(1st)      0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00
D.Pall HOLD(1st)          2       0   0   0   3   0   0   0.00
B.Thigpen SAVE(1st)       1       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       8   4   4   8   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,128 DATE- Wednesday, October 9th 1991 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Steve Palermo, Mike Reilly, Larry Young, Rich Garcia
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  White Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- A.Trammell, C.Fielder
DOUBLES- T.Phillips(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Whitaker(1st), F.Thomas(1st)
RBIs- L.Whitaker-3(4th), M.Tettleton(1st), F.Thomas-4(4th), D.Pasqua(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Cora(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Fryman
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Whitaker, F.Thomas, D.Pasqua
WALKS- T.Phillips, C.Fielder-2, M.Tettleton, R.Deer, S.Barnes, P.Incaviglia,
       M.Cuyler, J.Cora, F.Thomas, C.Fisk
HIT BY PITCH- T.Phillips
STRIKE OUTS- M.Tettleton, R.Deer, D.Bergman, T.Fryman, L.Johnson
GIDP- A.Trammell-2
WILD PITCHES- D.Pall
RLISP 2-out- T.Fryman, C.Fisk, T.Phillips, R.Deer, D.Pasqua, L.Whitaker,
             T.Raines
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 9  White Sox: 3 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Ozzie Guillen robbed Rob Deer of a base hit.
          Bot 1st: Milt Cuyler robbed Joey Cora of an extra base hit.
          Top 7th: Robin Ventura robbed Alan Trammell of a base hit.
 
Designated hitter Frank Thomas went deep and had 4 RBI as the Chicago White
Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 5 to 4 at New Comiskey Park.
 
Chicago jumped on top of Detroit in the 5th inning scoring a single run.
After an out was recorded, Joey Cora reached on an error.  Robin Ventura
stepped into the batter's box and he lined a one-base hit.  Thomas then hit a
sacrifice fly scoring the run.  Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they
were unable to push the needed runs across.  
 
The victory went to Greg Hibbard(1-0) who went 5 innings, allowing 4 runs.
Hibbard got help from Bobby Thigpen who earned his 1st save.  Frank
Tanana(0-1) was tagged with the loss.  He gave up 5 runs and 5 hits in 5
innings.  
 
'He gutted it out' Jeff Torborg said of Hibbard.  'I was very impressed by his
tenacity.'