Rick Honeycutt continued the Texas hurlers' mound mastery with a five-hitter against the Royals, carrying the Rangers to their fourth straight shutout, 7-0. With 36 consecutive scoreless innings, the Rangers were approaching the A. L. record of 54 innings and 5 shutouts, set by the Orioles in 1974.

Texas scored its first run in the third inning on an RBI double by Bump Wills. Then with two out in the fifth inning, the Rangers jumped on starter Rich Gale for four runs. With the bases loaded, Johnny Grubb, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games, singled in two mates. Pat Putnam followed with a double, driving in two more. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 7, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Thursday, April 30, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Rangers 0 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 x - 7 10 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Wills 2b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .279 Washington ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Rivers cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .333 G. Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Oliver dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .288 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Bell 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .324 Otis rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .152 Stein pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 Wathan lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Grubb rf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .333 Aikens 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Putnam 1b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .322 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Grote c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Sample lf 3 2 2 0 0 0 .317 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 5 0 1 1 Totals 33 7 10 6 3 1 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 19,352 Left on Base: Royals 6, Rangers 7 DP: Royals 0, Rangers 2 Errors: Mendoza 2 Doubles: Rivers (5), Wills (5), Putnam 2 (4), Sample (9), Grubb (5) Stolen Bases: Rivers (3) Sacrifice Flies: Wills (2) GIDP: McRae (1), White (2) Hit by Pitch: Sample (3,by Wright) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale L(1-2) 4.2 7 5 5 3 0 0 24 5.49 Martin 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.00 Splittorff 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 4.91 Wright 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 8 10 7 7 3 1 0 38 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt W(2-0) 9 5 0 0 1 1 0 33 3.32 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 1 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Wright (1) Wild Pitches: Martin (1) Balks: Splittorff (1) Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - John Shulock ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Washington was called out on strikes; G. Brett reached on an error by Mendoza; McRae singled to right [G. Brett to second]; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers doubled to right; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher) [Rivers to third]; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (second to first); Aikens grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Grubb lined to second; Putnam flied out to center; Sundberg made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Grote flied out to right; Wilson grounded out (third to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sample singled to center; Mendoza flied out to center; Wills doubled to right [Sample scored]; On a bunt Rivers grounded out (catcher to first) [Wills to third]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 4TH: G. Brett singled to left; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [G. Brett out at second]; Otis singled to shortstop; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to right; Grubb walked; Putnam doubled to left [Grubb to third]; Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); Sample flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 5TH: Aikens grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt White grounded out (catcher to first); Grote singled to center; Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Mendoza walked; Wills forced Mendoza (catcher to shortstop); Rivers singled to right [Wills to third]; Oliver made an out to shortstop; Rivers stole second; Bell walked; Grubb singled to right [Wills scored, Rivers scored, Bell to third]; Putnam doubled to left [Bell scored, Grubb scored]; MARTIN REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 5. ROYALS 6TH: Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Brett flied out to center; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 5. RANGERS 6TH: Sample doubled to left; Martin threw a wild pitch [Sample to third]; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); Wills hit a sacrifice fly to left [Sample scored]; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 6. ROYALS 7TH: Otis walked; Wathan reached on an error by Mendoza [Otis to second]; Aikens flied out to left; White grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: SPLITTORFF REPLACED MARTIN (PITCHING); Oliver singled to left; Bell forced Oliver (second to shortstop); STEIN RAN FOR BELL; Grubb doubled to left [Stein to third]; Splittorff balked [Stein scored, Grubb to third]; Putnam was called out on strikes; WRIGHT REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Sundberg flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 7. ROYALS 8TH: STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Grote flied out to center; Wilson singled to right; Washington lined to left; G. Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 7. RANGERS 8TH: Sample was hit by a pitch; Rangers Manager Don Zimmer ejected by HP umpire Vic Voltaggio; Mendoza grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sample to second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); Rivers flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 7. ROYALS 9TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis flied out to right; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 7.

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