Jumping to an 11-0 lead in the first two innings, the Rangers administered a 16-8 drubbing to the Red Sox. Texas scored seven runs in their first turn at bat. Bump Wills began the game with a grounder past first which turned into a double when the Red Sox' ballboy fielded it. A single by Al Oliver plated Wills and the bases became loaded following a single by Buddy Bell and a walk to Johnny Grubb.

Pat Putnam then cleared the sacks with a two-bagger. The other three runs of the big inning came on an error by Sox shortstop Glenn Hoffman and a two-run single by Wills. The Rangers added four in the second on a sacrifice fly by Putnam, two-run double by Billy Sample and RBI single by Mario Mendoza. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 16, Boston Red Sox 8
Game Played on Wednesday, April     22, 1981 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      7  4  0    2  0  0    3  0  0  -  16 18  0
Red Sox      0  5  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   8 10  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              5   2   2   2     1   1   .325      Remy 2b               1   3   1   2     4   0   .286
Rivers cf             5   1   1   0     1   1   .267      Evans rf              5   1   4   3     0   0   .389
Oliver dh             6   2   2   1     0   0   .234      Yastrzemski dh        5   0   1   3     0   0   .261
Bell 3b               6   2   2   3     0   1   .370      Rice lf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Grubb rf              4   3   2   0     1   0   .294      Perez 1b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .205
Putnam 1b             5   2   3   4     0   0   .342      Lansford 3b           3   1   1   0     2   0   .472
Sundberg c            4   2   2   1     1   1   .316      Allenson c            5   0   0   0     0   2   .265
Sample lf             5   2   2   3     0   1   .231      Hoffman ss            4   1   1   0     1   0   .194
Mendoza ss            4   0   2   2     0   0   .267      Miller cf             4   1   0   0     1   1   .258
Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rainey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44  16  18  16     4   5             Totals               37   8  10   8     8   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 15,699
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Red Sox 10
DP: Rangers 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Hoffman 2
Doubles: Wills (3), Putnam (1), Oliver (4), Sample 2 (4), Sundberg (3), Lansford (5), Evans (2)
Triples: Evans (1)
Home Runs: Bell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Putnam (1), Mendoza (1)
GIDP: Wills (1)
Hit by Pitch: Grubb (1,by Clear)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin W(1-2)           5     6   6   6   4   1   0  25   7.20
Babcock                 2     3   2   2   2   0   0  11   3.18
Kern                    2     1   0   0   2   3   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9    10   8   8   8   4   0  45

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley L(1-1)        0.2   5   7   5   2   1   0  10   7.11
Rainey                  4.1   7   6   3   0   1   0  21   6.23
Clear                   3     6   3   3   2   2   1  17   6.75
Campbell                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    18  16  11   4   5   1  51

Hit by Pitch: Clear (1)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Wills doubled; Rivers struck out; Oliver singled to
right [Wills scored]; Bell singled to left [Oliver to second];
Grubb walked [Oliver to third, Bell to second]; Putnam doubled
to center [Oliver scored, Bell scored, Grubb scored, Putnam to
third (on throw to home)]; Sundberg walked; Sample reached on an
error by Hoffman [Putnam scored, Sundberg to second]; Mendoza
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sundberg to third, Sample to
second]; Wills singled to right [Sundberg scored (unearned),
Sample scored (unearned)]; RAINEY REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING);
Rivers lined to right; 7 R (5 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy walked; Evans flied out to left; Yastrzemski
flied out to left; Rice grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver doubled to right; Bell grounded out (pitcher
to first); Grubb singled to pitcher [Oliver to third]; Putnam
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oliver scored]; Sundberg reached on
an error by Hoffman [Grubb to second]; Sample doubled to left
[Grubb scored (unearned), Sundberg scored (unearned), Sample to
third (on throw to home)]; Mendoza singled to right [Sample
scored (unearned)]; Wills was called out on strikes; 4 R (1 ER),
4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 11, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Perez singled to right; Lansford doubled to left
[Perez to third]; Allenson struck out; Hoffman made an out to
first; Miller walked; Remy singled to left [Perez scored,
Lansford scored, Miller to third]; Evans doubled to left [Miller
scored, Remy to third]; Yastrzemski singled to left [Remy
scored, Evans scored]; Rice grounded out (second to pitcher); 5
R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 11, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 11, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 3RD: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lansford
flied out to left; Allenson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 11, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Grubb singled to right; Putnam singled to right
[Grubb to second]; Sundberg doubled to left [Grubb scored,
Putnam to third]; Sample lined to third; Mendoza hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Putnam scored]; Wills popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 13, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Hoffman grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); Remy walked; Evans tripled to
center [Remy scored]; Yastrzemski flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 13, Red Sox 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver
flied out to center; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 13, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice grounded out (second to first); Perez flied
out to center; Lansford walked; Allenson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 13, Red Sox 6.

RANGERS 6TH: CLEAR REPLACED RAINEY (PITCHING); Grubb grounded
out (second to first); Putnam made an out to second; Sundberg
singled to left; Sample doubled to left [Sundberg to third];
Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 13, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 6TH: BABCOCK REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Hoffman singled
to right; Miller flied out to left; Remy walked [Hoffman to
second]; Evans singled to center [Hoffman scored, Remy to
third]; Yastrzemski forced Evans (second to shortstop) [Remy
scored]; Rice singled to third [Yastrzemski to second]; Perez
flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 13, Red Sox 8.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills walked; Rivers singled to right [Wills to
third]; Oliver made an out to third; Bell homered [Wills scored,
Rivers scored]; Grubb was hit by a pitch; Putnam singled to left
[Grubb to second]; Sundberg was called out on strikes; Sample
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 16, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 7TH: Lansford walked; Allenson flied out to left;
Hoffman forced Lansford (shortstop to second); Miller flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Red Sox 8.

RANGERS 8TH: Mendoza singled to left; Wills grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mendoza out at
second]; Rivers walked; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 8TH: KERN REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING); Remy walked;
Evans singled to left [Remy to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Remy to third, Evans to second]; Rice was
called out on strikes; Perez grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 16, Red Sox 8.

RANGERS 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED CLEAR (PITCHING); Bell struck
out; Grubb flied out to left; Putnam grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 16, Red Sox 8.

RED SOX 9TH: Lansford grounded out (second to first); Allenson
was called out on strikes; Hoffman walked; Miller was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 16, Red Sox 8.