A single by Bill Stein in the seventh inning snapped a 2-2 tie as the Rangers posted a 4-2 victory over the White Sox. Jim Sundberg led off the bottom of the seventh with a single and, one out later, moved to third on a single by Bump Wills. Stein then delivered a run-scoring single to right and Al Oliver followed with an RBI fielder's choice grounder to plate Wills. The Sox had tied the game in the top of the frame on run-scoring singles by Lamar Johnson and Bob Molinaro. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       6, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  8  0
Rangers      2  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   4  9  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Wills 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .287
Bernazard 2b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .353      Stein 3b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .450
Fisk c                4   1   1   0     0   0   .321      Oliver dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .290
Luzinski dh           2   0   1   0     1   0   .320      Ellis 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .125
  Kuntz pr,dh         1   1   0   0     0   0   .304        Duran lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .304      Roberts cf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .250
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Grubb rf              3   0   1   1     1   1   .329
Nordhagen rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Putnam lf,1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .301
  Molinaro ph,rf      1   0   1   1     0   0   .667      Sundberg c            3   1   2   0     0   0   .254
  Hill ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mendoza ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Morrison 3b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .244      Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Almon ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .351        Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Baines ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pryor ph,ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   8   2     2   1             Totals               33   4   9   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 12,104
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Rangers 6
DP: White Sox 0, Rangers 0
Doubles: Bernazard (4), Roberts (3)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns L(2-2)            6     7   3   3   1   1   0  26   4.08
Hoyt                    2     2   1   1   0   4   0   8   1.72
Totals                  8     9   4   4   1   5   0  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt               6     5   2   2   1   1   0  23   3.24
Babcock                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.86
J. Johnson W(2-1)       2.2   2   0   0   0   0   0  10   1.69
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   1   0  36

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Durwood Merrill


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Bernazard
grounded out (second to first); Fisk grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to center; Stein singled to center
[Wills to second]; Oliver singled to left [Wills to third, Stein
to second]; Ellis flied to right; Roberts grounded out (second
to first) [Wills scored, Stein to third, Oliver to second];
Grubb singled to second [Stein scored, Oliver to third]; Putnam
popped to second; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski flied to right; Johnson flied to right;
Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Mendoza
flied to right; Wills flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Morrison grounded out (third to first); Almon grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Stein flied to center; Oliver grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ellis flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: LeFlore singled to right; Bernazard singled to
right [LeFlore to second]; LeFlore was picked off second
(pitcher to second); Fisk flied to left; Luzinski walked
[Bernazard to second]; Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Roberts doubled; Grubb reached on a fielder's
choice [Roberts out at third (first to third)]; Putnam was
called out on strikes; Sundberg singled to left [Grubb to
second]; Mendoza flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Nordhagen
flied to right; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills flied to center; Stein grounded out (third to
first); Oliver popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
flied to center; Bernazard grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Ellis popped to second; Roberts flied to right;
Grubb walked; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Fisk singled to left; Luzinski singled to left
[Fisk to second]; KUNTZ RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Johnson singled to
left [Fisk scored, Kuntz to second]; BABCOCK REPLACED HONEYCUTT
(PITCHING); Lemon popped to shortstop; MOLINARO BATTED FOR
NORDHAGEN; Molinaro singled to left [Kuntz scored, Johnson to
second]; Morrison walked [Johnson to third, Molinaro to second];
BAINES BATTED FOR ALMON; J. JOHNSON REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING);
PRYOR BATTED FOR BAINES; Pryor popped to catcher in foul
territory; LeFlore forced Morrison (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: KUNTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); PRYOR STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
Sundberg singled to center; HOYT REPLACED BURNS (PITCHING);
Mendoza flied to center; Wills singled to right [Sundberg to
third]; Stein singled to right [Sundberg scored, Wills to
third]; Oliver forced Stein (second unassisted) [Wills scored];
Ellis was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: DURAN REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING LF); PUTNAM CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bernazard doubled to left; Fisk lined to
shortstop; Kuntz flied to right; Johnson popped to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Roberts was called out on strikes; Grubb struck
out; Putnam struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Rangers 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon popped to shortstop; HILL BATTED FOR
MOLINARO; Hill flied to right; Morrison singled to left; Pryor
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
2, Rangers 4.