Raising his league-leading batting average to .485, Carney Lansford rapped out three hits and drove in two runs as the Red Sox pounded the Rangers, 10-4. Lansford gave Boston the lead for good with an RBI single in the fourth inning and added an RBI double in the sixth and a single in the seventh. Carl Yastrzemski delivered a run-scoring single in the fifth and a two-run single during a three-run eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 10, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Tuesday, April     21, 1981 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  1  -   4  9  0
Red Sox      0  1  0    1  2  3    0  3  x  -  10 15  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              3   2   1   0     1   1   .314      Remy 2b               4   2   2   1     1   0   .250
Rivers cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Evans rf              2   1   1   2     2   0   .323
Oliver dh             4   0   2   2     0   1   .220      Yastrzemski dh        4   0   2   3     1   0   .278
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .375      Rice lf               5   1   2   0     0   1   .237
Ellis 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .167      Perez 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .206
Sundberg c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .294      Lansford 3b           4   1   3   2     0   0   .485
Roberts rf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .333      Allenson c            4   2   2   1     0   0   .310
Sample lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .206      Hoffman ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .188
Mendoza ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Miller cf             3   2   1   0     1   1   .296
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tudor p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   9   3     2   2             Totals               34  10  15  10     5   3

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 13,233
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Red Sox 6
DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 1
Errors: Hoffman
Doubles: Oliver (3), Wills (2), Sundberg (2), Allenson 2 (4), Rice (1), Lansford (4), Miller (3), Evans (1)
Triples: Perez (1)
Stolen Bases: Lansford (2)
Caught Stealing: Bell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1)
GIDP: Allenson (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(1-1)          5     8   6   6   3   2   0  24   5.93
Comer                   1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   7.71
Hough                   2     5   3   3   1   1   0  10   8.10
Totals                  8    15  10  10   5   3   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tudor W(1-0)            9     9   4   3   2   2   0  36   3.00
Totals                  9     9   4   3   2   2   0  36

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller


RANGERS 1ST: Wills was called out on strikes; Rivers grounded
out (second to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy popped to third in foul territory; Evans
grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski walked; Rice struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Ellis singled to right
[Ellis out at second (right to shortstop)]; Sundberg grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Perez flied out to left; Lansford grounded out
(third to first); Allenson doubled to left; Hoffman singled to
left [Allenson scored, Hoffman to second (on throw to home)];
Miller was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts walked; Sample singled to left [Roberts to
second]; Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Roberts to third, Sample to second]; Wills grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rivers singled to first [Roberts scored,
Sample to third]; Oliver struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Remy flied out to right; Evans walked; Yastrzemski
lined into a double play (second to first) [Evans out at first];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell singled to right; Bell was picked off and
caught stealing second (catcher to first); Ellis lined to
center; Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice doubled to right; Perez grounded out (pitcher
to first); Lansford singled to center [Rice scored]; Allenson
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lansford
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Sample
singled to shortstop; Mendoza lined into a double play (second
to first) [Sample out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Hoffman grounded out (second to first); Miller
walked; Remy singled to center [Miller to third, Remy to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to right [Miller
scored]; Yastrzemski singled to center [Remy scored]; Rice flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills walked; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Wills to second]; Oliver doubled [Wills scored]; Bell
grounded out (second to first) [Oliver to third]; Ellis grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red
Sox 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Perez tripled to center; Lansford doubled to center
[Perez scored]; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Allenson
doubled to right [Lansford scored]; Hoffman grounded out (second
to first) [Allenson to third]; Miller flied out to left; Remy
singled to third [Allenson scored]; Evans walked [Remy to
second]; Yastrzemski flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 2, Red Sox 7.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Roberts made an out to
shortstop; Sample popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Rice singled to
left [Rice out at second (left to second)]; Perez struck out;
Lansford singled to center; Lansford stole second; Allenson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Red Sox 7.

RANGERS 8TH: Mendoza flied out to right; Wills doubled to left;
Rivers flied out to center; Oliver singled to left [Wills
scored]; Bell lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
3, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: Hoffman flied out to center; Miller doubled to
left; Remy walked; Evans doubled to left [Miller scored, Remy to
third]; Yastrzemski singled to right [Remy scored, Evans scored,
Yastrzemski out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Rice
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Red Sox 10.

RANGERS 9TH: Ellis flied out to center; Sundberg doubled to
center; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sundberg to
third]; Sample reached on an error by Hoffman [Sundberg scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Mendoza forced Sample (shortstop to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 10.