Driving in four runs, Wayne Nordhagen lead a 15-hit attack as the White Sox blanked the Rangers, 9-0, behind the four-hit hurling of Ross Baumgarten. Nordhagen had a run-scoring single in the first inning, two-run single in the fourth and an RBI single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       17, 1981 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
White Sox    2  3  0    2  0  0    0  2  x  -   9 15  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .305      LeFlore lf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .234
Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .295        Kuntz lf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .276
Oliver dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Squires 1b            5   2   3   1     0   0   .300
Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Fisk c                5   0   1   1     0   1   .282
Roberts lf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .321      Luzinski dh           2   1   0   0     1   0   .255
Ellis 1b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .105      Nordhagen rf          5   0   3   4     0   0   .319
Grubb rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Lemon cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .297
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Bernazard 2b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .325
Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Morrison 3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
  Stein ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .485      Almon ss              4   3   3   0     0   0   .310
Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schmidt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     0   4             Totals               38   9  15   7     2   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 30,990
Left on Base: Rangers 3, White Sox 9
DP: Rangers 1, White Sox 2
Errors: Mendoza, Almon
Doubles: Morrison (4)
Triples: Bernazard (3)
Stolen Bases: Almon (5), Squires (3)
Caught Stealing: Fisk (1)
GIDP: Wills (6), Oliver (7), Luzinski (4)
Hit by Pitch: Luzinski 2 (2,by Schmidt,by Hough)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt L(3-1)        1     6   5   4   1   1   0  11   3.82
Schmidt                 5     5   2   2   1   1   0  20   3.24
Hough                   2     4   2   2   0   1   0  11   6.11
Totals                  8    15   9   8   2   3   0  42

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten W(3-4)       9     4   0   0   0   4   0  30   3.42
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   4   0  30

Passed Balls: Sundberg (2)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (1), Hough (2)
Wild Pitches: Hough (1)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Wills made an out to second; Rivers grounded out
(third to first); Oliver grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Squires singled to shortstop; Fisk flied out to center; Luzinski
walked [Squires to second]; Nordhagen singled to center [Squires
scored, Luzinski to third]; Lemon reached on a fielder's choice
[Luzinski scored (unearned) (no RBI), Nordhagen to second (error
by Mendoza)]; Bernazard struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 0, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied out to right; Roberts made an out to
shortstop; Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Morrison doubled to left; Almon singled to right
[Morrison to third]; LeFlore singled to right [Morrison scored,
Almon to third]; Squires singled to right [Almon scored, LeFlore
to third]; SCHMIDT REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Fisk forced
Squires (pitcher to second) [LeFlore scored]; Fisk was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Luzinski made an out to
third; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 3RD: Grubb flied out to left; Sundberg struck out;
Mendoza flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordhagen flied out to center; Lemon singled to
shortstop; Bernazard grounded out (second to first) [Lemon to
second]; Morrison grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills struck out; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to
first); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Almon singled to center; Almon stole second;
LeFlore walked; Squires forced LeFlore (pitcher to shortstop)
[Almon to third]; Squires stole second; Fisk was called out on
strikes; Luzinski was hit by a pitch; Nordhagen singled to
center [Almon scored, Squires scored, Luzinski to second]; Lemon
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox
7.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell popped to catcher in foul territory; Roberts
singled to third; Ellis struck out; Grubb lined to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bernazard grounded out (second to first);
Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 7.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg singled to center; Mendoza flied out to
center; Wills grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 6TH: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Squires
singled to center; Fisk singled to left [Squires to second];
Luzinski grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Fisk out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, White
Sox 7.

RANGERS 7TH: KUNTZ REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING LF); Rivers singled
to first; Oliver grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Rivers out at second]; Bell flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Nordhagen
flied out to center; Lemon struck out; Bernazard tripled to
right; Morrison grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 7.

RANGERS 8TH: Roberts flied out to center; Ellis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 7.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Almon singled to pitcher; Kuntz singled to center
[Almon to second]; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Almon to
third, Kuntz to second]; Hough threw a wild pitch [Almon scored,
Kuntz to third]; Squires grounded out (first unassisted); Fisk
grounded out (third to first); Luzinski was hit by a pitch;
Nordhagen singled to center [Kuntz scored, Luzinski to second];
Lemon flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White
Sox 9.

RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg reached on an error by Almon [Sundberg to
first]; STEIN BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Stein singled to left
[Sundberg to second]; Wills flied out to left; Rivers made an
out to second; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 9.