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Homers by Graig Nettles, Willie Randolph and Oscar Gamble powered the Yankees to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers. Nettles connected in the second inning after a walk to Bobby Murcer to give the Bronx Bombers a 2-0 lead. New York Yankees 5, Texas Rangers 1Game Played on Saturday, April 11, 1981 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium IRangers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Yankees 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 6 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .375 Randolph 2b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .429 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .125 Mumphrey cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Oliver dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .111 Winfield lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .500 Bell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .444 Gamble rf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Sample lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Murcer dh 2 1 0 0 2 0 .333 Grubb rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .286 Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Putnam 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .429 Nettles 3b 3 1 2 2 0 0 .286 Sundberg c 2 0 1 1 1 0 .400 Cerone c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Ellis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Babcock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 8 1 2 5 Totals 28 5 6 5 4 2 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 23,845 Left on Base: Rangers 5, Yankees 3 DP: Rangers 1, Yankees 3 Doubles: Grubb (2), Rivers (1) Triples: Putnam (1) Home Runs: Nettles (1), Randolph (1), Gamble (1) Stolen Bases: Winfield (1), Randolph (1) Caught Stealing: Wills (1) GIDP: Grubb (1), Mendoza 2 (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Darwin L(0-1) 3 4 5 5 2 1 3 15 15.00 Kern 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.00 Babcock 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0.00 J. Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 6 5 5 4 2 3 32 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May W(1-0) 8 8 1 1 2 3 0 30 1.13 Gossage 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 5 0 33 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to left; Wills was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to first to second); Rivers grounded out (second to first); Oliver flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Mumphrey lined to left; Winfield lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell singled to left; Sample flied to center; Grubb grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Gamble popped to third; Murcer walked; Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory; Nettles homered [Murcer scored]; Cerone grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Yankees 2. RANGERS 3RD: Putnam tripled to left; Sundberg singled to left [Putnam scored]; Mendoza grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; Wills flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied to center; Randolph homered; Mumphrey grounded out (first unassisted); Winfield singled to center; Winfield stole second; Gamble homered [Winfield scored]; Murcer walked; Spencer struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 4TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell singled to left; Sample flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 4TH: KERN REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Nettles popped to third in foul territory; Cerone singled to right; Dent hit into a double play (right to right to shortstop) [Cerone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 5TH: Grubb doubled to left; Putnam grounded out (first unassisted) [Grubb to third]; Sundberg walked; Mendoza grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph grounded out (second to first); Mumphrey flied to left; Winfield walked; Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 6TH: Wills walked; Rivers grounded out (second to first) [Wills to second]; Oliver flied to left; Bell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: BABCOCK REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Murcer flied to left; Spencer flied to center; Nettles singled to right [Nettles out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 7TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Grubb struck out; Putnam struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: Cerone was called out on strikes; Dent flied to right; Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Mumphrey flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); ELLIS BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills singled to right; Rivers doubled to right [Wills to third]; Oliver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: WAGNER REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING SS); J. JOHNSON REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING); Winfield grounded out (second to first); Gamble grounded out (third to first); Murcer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 9TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Bell flied to right; Sample struck out; Grubb struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. |
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