A five-run explosion in the second inning triggered the White Sox to a 9-1 rout of the Rangers. Jim Morrison drilled a two-run double to begin the scoring, Bill Almon followed with a two-run single and Ron LeFlore capped the outburst with a run-scoring two-bagger.

Tony Bernazard cracked an RBI double in the third and the Sox added two fifth-ininng tallies on a solo homer by Greg Luzinski and sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon. An RBI single in the seventh by Harold Baines, who went 4-for-4, completed Chicago's scoring. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       16, 1981 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  9  1
White Sox    0  5  1    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   9 10  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              3   0   2   0     0   1   .315      LeFlore lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .230
  Stein 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .469        Kuntz lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Rivers cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .296      Squires 1b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .277
Oliver dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .304        Hill c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Roberts lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .320      Luzinski dh           4   1   1   1     0   0   .260
Putnam 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .290      Baines rf             4   3   4   1     0   0   .260
Lisi rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Lemon cf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .302
Wagner ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Bernazard 2b          2   1   1   1     1   1   .328
Cox c                 3   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Pryor 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morrison 3b           4   1   1   2     0   2   .250
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Almon ss              4   1   1   2     0   1   .294
  Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schmidt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   9   1     1   4             Totals               32   9  10   9     2   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 20,206
Left on Base: Rangers 6, White Sox 3
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 2
Errors: Wagner, Almon
Doubles: Lemon (6), Morrison (3), LeFlore (2), Bernazard (5)
Home Runs: Luzinski (4)
Stolen Bases: Almon (4), Baines (2)
Caught Stealing: Wills (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Lemon (1)
GIDP: Oliver (6), Bell (2), Luzinski (3)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (7,by Babcock)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin L(4-3)           3     7   6   6   1   2   0  17   4.87
Hough                   3     2   2   1   0   3   1  11   5.74
Babcock                 1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   2.12
Schmidt                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.09
Totals                  8    10   9   8   2   5   1  36

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns W(3-2)            9     9   1   0   1   4   0  34   3.26
Totals                  9     9   1   0   1   4   0  34

Passed Balls: Cox 2 (2)
Hit by Pitch: Babcock (1)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to left; Rivers singled to shortstop
[Wills to second]; Oliver grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Wills to third, Rivers out at second]; Bell
walked; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Squires flied out to
left; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam singled to left; Lisi flied out to center;
Wagner struck out; Cox flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (pitcher to first); Baines
singled to center; Lemon doubled to right [Baines to third];
Bernazard was walked intentionally; Morrison doubled to left
[Baines scored, Lemon scored, Bernazard to third]; Almon singled
to center [Bernazard scored, Morrison scored]; Almon stole
second [Almon to third (error by Wagner)]; LeFlore doubled
[Almon scored]; Squires flied out to right [LeFlore to third];
Fisk struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills singled to center; Wills was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Rivers
flied out to center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Luzinski flied out to left; Baines singled to
shortstop; Baines stole second; Lemon lined to shortstop;
Bernazard doubled to right [Baines scored]; Morrison struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell singled to center; Roberts flied out to left;
Putnam struck out; Lisi forced Bell (third to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: HOUGH REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Almon was
called out on strikes; LeFlore flied out to right; Squires flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox
grounded out (second to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
homered; Baines singled to center; Cox allowed a passed ball
[Baines to second]; Cox allowed a passed ball [Baines to third];
Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Baines scored (unearned)];
Bernazard struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 8.

RANGERS 6TH: Rivers singled to center; Oliver made an out to
third; Bell made an out to second; Roberts flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 6TH: STEIN REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Morrison
struck out; Almon flied out to center; LeFlore grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 8.

RANGERS 7TH: KUNTZ REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING LF); Putnam singled
to center; Lisi forced Putnam (second unassisted); Wagner made
an out to first; Cox popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BABCOCK REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Squires
walked; Fisk was hit by a pitch [Squires to second]; Luzinski
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Squires to third, Fisk out at second]; Baines singled to
pitcher [Squires scored]; Lemon grounded out (first to pitcher);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 9.

RANGERS 8TH: HILL REPLACED FISK (PLAYING C ); PRYOR REPLACED
BERNAZARD (PLAYING 2B); Stein singled to third; Rivers forced
Stein (second to shortstop) [Rivers to second (error by Almon)];
Oliver singled to center [Rivers scored (unearned)]; Bell
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Oliver
out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White
Sox 9.

WHITE SOX 8TH: SCHMIDT REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING); Pryor flied
out to left; Morrison grounded out (second to first); Almon
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 9.

RANGERS 9TH: Roberts popped to first in foul territory; Putnam
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lisi flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 9.