| A three-run homer by Leon Roberts was the big blow as the Rangers posted a 6-1 victory over the White Sox. The game was 0-0 in the bottom of the sixth when Roberts connected. The blast was preceded by a double by Bump Wills and a walk to Al Oliver. The Rangers added two markers in the seventh on a squeeze bunt by Mario Mendoza and sacrifice fly by Wills, and concluded the scoring in the eighth on an RBI groundout by Johnny Grubb. [The Sporting News] |
Texas Rangers 6, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Tuesday, May 5, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 9 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 x - 6 6 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Wills 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .277 Squires 1b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .324 Rivers cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .302 Fisk c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .327 Duran ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Luzinski dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .315 Oliver dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 .292 Kuntz pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Roberts lf,cf 3 2 1 3 1 1 .250 Baines rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Stein 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .438 Lemon cf 3 1 2 0 0 1 .315 Grubb rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .328 Bernazard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .346 Putnam 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .319 Morrison 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .237 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Almon ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .360 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 1 0 1 .233 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hoyt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hickey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 1 9 1 0 9 Totals 28 6 6 6 3 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 10,399 Left on Base: White Sox 10, Rangers 4 DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Stein Doubles: Almon (3), Squires (3), Wills (6), Grubb (6) Triples: Lemon (2) Home Runs: Roberts (1) Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (1), Mendoza (6) Sacrifice Flies: Wills (4) Hit by Pitch: Lemon (5,by Darwin) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Baumgarten L(2-3) 6 5 5 5 2 5 1 25 4.45 Hoyt 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.32 Hickey 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.59 Farmer 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 8.10 Totals 8 6 6 6 3 6 1 34 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Darwin W(3-2) 8.1 9 1 1 0 9 0 36 3.62 Comer 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.72 Totals 9 9 1 1 0 9 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Darwin (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (first unassisted); Squires flied to center; Fisk flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied to left; Rivers flied to center; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski was called out on strikes; Baines lined to second; Lemon was hit by a pitch; Bernazard grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Stein flied to center; Grubb flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison lined to second; Almon grounded out (third to first); LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Putnam popped to shortstop; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Mendoza was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Squires grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills grounded out (third to first); Rivers grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled to center; Roberts was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Baines flied to left; Lemon singled to left; Bernazard struck out; Morrison singled to right [Lemon to second]; Almon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Stein singled to right; Grubb popped to pitcher; Putnam struck out; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: LeFlore struck out; Squires singled to center; Fisk singled to left [Squires to second]; Luzinski grounded out (catcher to first) [Squires to third, Fisk to second]; Baines popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Mendoza popped to first in foul territory; Wills doubled to right; Rivers struck out; Oliver walked; Roberts homered [Wills scored, Oliver scored]; Stein flied to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Rangers 3. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon tripled to center; Bernazard was called out on strikes; Morrison struck out; Almon doubled to left [Lemon scored]; LeFlore grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Grubb doubled to center; Putnam walked; HOYT REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Grubb to third, Putnam to second]; Mendoza reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Grubb scored, Putnam to third]; Wills hit a sacrifice fly to left [Putnam scored]; HICKEY REPLACED HOYT (PITCHING); DURAN BATTED FOR RIVERS; Duran flied to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 5. WHITE SOX 8TH: DURAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ROBERTS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Squires doubled to right; Fisk flied to center; Luzinski reached on an error by Stein [Squires to third, Luzinski to second]; KUNTZ RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Baines struck out; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 5. RANGERS 8TH: KUNTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); FARMER REPLACED HICKEY (PITCHING); Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Roberts walked; Stein singled to right [Roberts to third]; Grubb grounded out (second to first) [Roberts scored, Stein to second]; Putnam struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Rangers 6. WHITE SOX 9TH: Bernazard flied to center; Morrison singled to right; Almon singled to center [Morrison to second]; COMER REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); LeFlore grounded out (second to first) [Morrison to third, Almon to second]; Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 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