White Sox' defensive shortcomings stood out in bold relief when the Rangers rode the merry-go-round for seven runs in the eighth inning of a 9-4 victory. Leon Roberts led off the inning with an infield hit and Johnny Grubb followed with a sacrifice bunt.

Reliever Ed Farmer fielded the ball and hurled it into right field. Roberts scored and so did Grubb when the throw to third by right fielder Baines bounded into the dugout. A single by Jim Sundberg and double by Mark Wagner set up a two-run single by Bump Wills. Bill Stein later capped the rally with another two-run single. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Thursday, May       7, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  1  -   4 11  4
Rangers      0  1  0    1  0  0    0  7  x  -   9 15  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .244      Wills 2b              5   1   2   3     0   0   .293
Bernazard 2b          5   1   2   0     0   2   .356      Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Fisk c                4   0   2   0     0   0   .333      Oliver dh             4   1   2   0     1   0   .299
Luzinski dh           3   1   0   0     1   0   .308      Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     2   0   .324
  Kuntz pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Stein 1b              5   1   1   2     0   1   .400
Johnson 1b            3   1   3   1     0   0   .339      Roberts lf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .280
  Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .324      Grubb rf              4   3   2   0     0   0   .338
Lemon cf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Sundberg c            3   1   3   0     1   0   .284
Nordhagen rf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Mendoza ss            2   0   1   1     0   0   .231
  Baines ph,rf        2   1   2   2     0   0   .222        Duran ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .286
Morrison 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Wagner ss           1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000
Almon ss              4   0   1   1     0   0   .346      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trout p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamp 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
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4  11   4     2   4             Totals               37   9  15   6     5   1

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 11,710
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Rangers 10
DP: White Sox 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Johnson, Baines, Morrison, Farmer
Doubles: Johnson (4), Baines (1), Grubb (7), Sundberg (5), Oliver (6), Wagner (1)
Triples: Baines (2)
Stolen Bases: Wills (5)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (1), Grubb (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemon (3), Johnson (1), Grubb (1)
GIDP: Stein (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Trout                   5     7   2   1   2   1   0  23   2.20
Lamp                    0.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.00
Hickey                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.42
Farmer L(0-2)           0.2   3   4   3   1   0   0   6  10.13
Hoyt                    1     2   3   2   1   0   0   7   2.70
Totals                  8    15   9   4*  5   1   0  43

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 5.1   8   3   3   1   2   0  23   3.38
Babcock W(1-0)          3.2   3   1   1   1   2   0  15   2.03
Totals                  9    11   4   4   2   4   0  38

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Bernazard singled to left;
Fisk forced Bernazard (shortstop to second); Luzinski grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers flied
out to left; Oliver singled to left; Bell singled to center
[Oliver to second]; Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson singled to left; Lemon forced Johnson
(second to shortstop); Nordhagen singled to left [Lemon to
second]; Morrison forced Nordhagen (third to second) [Lemon to
third]; Almon forced Morrison (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
doubled to right; Sundberg walked; Mendoza singled to center
[Grubb scored, Sundberg to second]; Wills flied out to right
[Sundberg to third]; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: LeFlore walked; LeFlore was caught stealing
second (pitcher to first); Bernazard struck out; Fisk singled to
left; Luzinski forced Fisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Oliver flied out to center; Bell lined to second;
Stein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnson doubled to right; Lemon out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Johnson to third]; Nordhagen
hit into a double play (center to catcher) [Johnson out at
home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Roberts singled to center; Grubb forced Roberts
(second to shortstop); Sundberg singled to left [Grubb to
second]; Mendoza forced Sundberg (shortstop to second) [Grubb to
third, Mendoza to first (error by Johnson; assist by
Bernazard)]; Wills singled to left [Grubb scored (unearned),
Mendoza to second]; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 2.

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

RANGERS 5TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bell walked;
Stein hit into a double play (left to left to shortstop to
first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bernazard singled to center; Fisk singled to
center [Bernazard to second]; Luzinski forced Fisk (shortstop to
second) [Bernazard to third]; Johnson singled to first
[Bernazard scored, Luzinski to second]; BABCOCK REPLACED MATLACK
(PITCHING); Lemon struck out; BAINES BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN;
Baines tripled to right [Luzinski scored, Johnson scored];
Morrison popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: BAINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LAMP REPLACED
TROUT (PITCHING); Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first);
Grubb singled to right; Grubb was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Sundberg doubled to left; DURAN BATTED FOR
MENDOZA; Duran walked; HICKEY REPLACED LAMP (PITCHING); Wills
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers
2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WAGNER REPLACED DURAN (PLAYING SS); Almon
grounded out (third to first); LeFlore grounded out (second to
first); Bernazard flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
doubled to right; FARMER REPLACED HICKEY (PITCHING); Bell
walked; Stein grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
3, Rangers 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
walked; KUNTZ RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Kuntz to second]; Lemon flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: KUNTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); SQUIRES REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Roberts singled to third; Grubb reached on
an error by Farmer on a sacrifice bunt [Roberts scored (no RBI),
Grubb scored (error by Baines) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Sundberg
singled to center; Wagner doubled to left [Sundberg to third];
HOYT REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Wills singled to left [Sundberg
scored, Wagner scored]; Wills stole second; Rivers grounded out
(pitcher to first); Oliver was walked intentionally; Bell
grounded out (third to first) [Wills to third, Oliver to
second]; Stein singled to center [Wills scored (unearned, but
earned for the pitcher), Oliver scored (unearned, but earned for
the pitcher), Stein to second (on throw to home)]; Roberts
reached on an error by Morrison [Stein scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Grubb popped to third in foul territory; 7 R (5 ER), 5 H,
3 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 9.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Baines doubled to left; Morrison grounded out
(third to first); Almon singled to right [Baines scored];
LeFlore flied out to right; Bernazard struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Rangers 9.