Buddy Bell swatted two homers and Danny Darwin tossed a four-hitter to lead the Rangers to a 6-2 victory over the Mariners despite a triple play by Seattle. Bell gave Texas a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a solo shot and the Rangers erupted for four runs in the third when Bump Wills, Mickey Rivers and Al Oliver singled for one tally and Bell followed with a three-run blast.

The triple play came in the eighth inning. Johnny Grubb and Pat Putnam walked and were running on the first pitch to Mario Mendoza, who lined to shortstop Rick Auerbach. Auerbach stepped on second to double up Grubb and threw to first to catch Putnam off the bag for the third out. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Seattle Mariners 2

Game Played on Friday, May 22, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Rangers 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 10 0 Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 4 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 4 2 1 0 1 1 .292 Randle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .297 Edler 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .153 Oliver dh 5 1 3 2 0 0 .300 Bochte 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .221 Bell 3b 4 2 2 4 1 0 .300 Zisk dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .322 Roberts lf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .279 Burroughs rf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .289 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Meyer lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .175 Grubb rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Henderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Putnam 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .287 Narron c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Mendoza ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Auerbach ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .135 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bannister p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gleaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 10 6 7 5 Totals 31 2 4 2 2 4 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 6,956 Left on Base: Rangers 8, Mariners 4 DP: Rangers 0, Mariners 1 Errors: Edler Doubles: Oliver (9) Home Runs: Bell 2 (6), Burroughs (5) Stolen Bases: Roberts (2), Randle (4) GIDP: Bell (4) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Darwin W(5-3) 9 4 2 2 2 4 1 33 4.35 Totals 9 4 2 2 2 4 1 33 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bannister L(4-4) 2.2 5 5 5 1 2 2 14 4.63 Clay 3.1 3 0 0 2 2 0 15 4.87 Gleaton 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 6.00 Drago 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 6.00 Totals 9 10 6 6 7 5 2 41 Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Mike Reilly RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Rivers grounded out (second to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Randle flied out to left; Edler grounded out (third to first); Bochte walked; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell homered; Roberts made an out to third; Sundberg struck out; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Meyer flied out to center; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Mariners 0. RANGERS 3RD: Putnam struck out; Mendoza flied out to right; Wills singled to left; Rivers singled to second [Wills to second]; Oliver singled to left [Wills scored, Rivers to third]; Bell homered [Rivers scored, Oliver scored]; Roberts walked; CLAY REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Sundberg singled to right [Roberts to third]; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 3RD: Narron flied out to right; Auerbach grounded out (second to first); Randle singled to left; Randle stole second; Edler grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. RANGERS 4TH: Putnam singled to right; Mendoza flied out to right; Wills struck out; Rivers walked [Putnam to second]; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte lined to left; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bell walked; Roberts forced Bell (third to second); Roberts stole second; Sundberg popped to catcher in foul territory; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 5TH: Meyer grounded out (second to first); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Narron flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. RANGERS 6TH: Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Mendoza singled to third [Mendoza to second (error by Edler)]; Wills grounded out (second to first) [Mendoza to third]; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 6TH: Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle popped to third in foul territory; Edler flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. RANGERS 7TH: GLEATON REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Oliver singled to center; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; Roberts walked; Sundberg made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 0. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte walked; Zisk flied to right in foul territory; Burroughs singled to left [Bochte to second]; Meyer singled to right [Bochte scored, Burroughs to third]; Henderson grounded out (third to first) [Meyer to second]; Narron popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 1. RANGERS 8TH: Grubb walked; Putnam walked [Grubb to second]; Mendoza lined into a triple play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Grubb out at second, Putnam out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 1. MARINERS 8TH: Auerbach was called out on strikes; Randle flied out to left; Edler grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Mariners 1. RANGERS 9TH: DRAGO REPLACED GLEATON (PITCHING); Wills walked; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first) [Wills to second]; Oliver doubled to left [Wills scored]; Bell flied out to center; Roberts struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Mariners 1. MARINERS 9TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs homered; Meyer flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Mariners 2.

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