Combining on a three-hitter, Fergie Jenkins and Steve Comer pitched the Rangers to a 2-1 decision over the White Sox. The victory was the 261st of Jenkins' career. Texas scored in the fourth inning on a solo homer by Johnny Grubb and broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh wen Bump Wills drilled a leadoff double, moved to third on a balk and, after Mickey Rivers fouled out, came home on Al Oliver's fly to deep left. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Friday, May       15, 1981 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  9  0
White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              3   1   3   0     2   0   .306      LeFlore lf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .229
Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Bernazard 2b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .325
Oliver dh             3   0   0   1     0   1   .304      Fisk c                4   1   1   1     0   1   .299
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Luzinski dh           3   0   0   0     0   2   .260
Grubb rf              4   1   1   1     0   1   .290        Molinaro ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Putnam 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Roberts lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .348      Morrison 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Sundberg c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .258      Squires 1b            2   0   1   0     1   0   .290
Mendoza ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Kuntz cf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Almon ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .295
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dotson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hickey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   9   2     4   3             Totals               29   1   3   1     4   6

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 29,829
Left on Base: Rangers 9, White Sox 5
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 2
Doubles: Roberts (6), Wills (8)
Home Runs: Grubb (3), Fisk (5)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (5), Squires (2)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (1)
GIDP: Fisk (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(2-2)          7.1   3   1   1   4   6   1  29   5.57
Comer SV(4)             1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.81
Totals                  9     3   1   1   4   6   1  33

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dotson L(4-2)           8.1   9   2   2   4   3   1  37   2.94
Hickey                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.08
Totals                  9     9   2   2   4   3   1  38

Wild Pitches: Jenkins (1)
Balks: Dotson (2)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Al Clark


RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to pitcher; Rivers forced Wills
(third to second); Oliver struck out while Rivers was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Bernazard grounded
out (shortstop to first); Fisk homered; Luzinski struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb flied
out to right; Putnam flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Baines grounded out (second to first); Morrison
popped to second; Squires walked; Squires stole second; Kuntz
walked; Jenkins threw a wild pitch [Squires to third, Kuntz to
second]; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
walked; Mendoza singled to right [Sundberg to second]; Wills
walked [Sundberg to third, Mendoza to second]; Rivers popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Oliver grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bernazard was called out on strikes; Fisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell popped to second; Grubb homered; Putnam flied
out to right; Roberts doubled to left; Sundberg walked; Mendoza
forced Sundberg (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Luzinski struck out; Baines struck out; Morrison
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to right; Rivers singled to right
[Wills to third]; Oliver flied out to center; Rivers stole
second; Bell struck out; Grubb struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Squires singled to right; Kuntz forced Squires
(shortstop to second); Almon grounded out (second to first)
[Kuntz to second]; LeFlore walked; Bernazard walked [Kuntz to
third, LeFlore to second]; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Putnam lined to first; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg singled to right; Mendoza
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Luzinski popped to catcher; Baines grounded out
(pitcher to first); Morrison grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills doubled to right; Rivers popped to catcher in
foul territory; Dotson balked [Wills to third]; Oliver hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Wills scored]; Bell singled to center;
Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuntz
grounded out (pitcher to first); Almon grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Putnam flied out to center; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Bernazard
singled to right; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Fisk
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bernazard out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Mendoza flied out to left; Wills walked; HICKEY
REPLACED DOTSON (PITCHING); Rivers lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Wills out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MOLINARO BATTED FOR LUZINSKI; Molinaro grounded
out (second to first); Baines grounded out (first unassisted);
Morrison flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
White Sox 1.