Tuesday May 5, 1981
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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.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 6.



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