Bill Stein, who earlier had tied a league record with his sixth consecutive pinch-hit, doubled home two runs with two out in the 12th inning to lift the Rangers to a 6-4 decision over the Mariners. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Saturday, May 23, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 - 6 7 0 Mariners 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 3 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 3 0 .293 Randle 2b,ss,3b 4 0 0 0 2 0 .220 Rivers cf 6 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Edler 3b 6 0 0 0 0 0 .141 Oliver dh 6 0 0 0 0 4 .288 Auerbach ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .135 Bell 3b 5 0 0 0 1 0 .288 Paciorek lf 6 0 1 0 0 3 .324 Roberts lf 4 1 2 0 2 0 .292 Zisk dh 5 1 1 0 1 0 .318 Sundberg c 5 2 0 0 1 0 .235 Burroughs rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .291 Grubb rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Simpson cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Lisi ph,rf 2 2 1 0 2 0 .308 Gray 1b 4 2 3 4 0 0 .333 Putnam 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Bochte 1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Stein ph,1b 3 1 2 3 0 0 .526 Henderson cf,rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .160 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Bulling c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .184 Ellis ph 1 0 1 3 0 0 .150 Narron ph,c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .256 Wagner pr,ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Anderson ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Meyer ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .190 Babcock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clark p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 44 6 7 6 10 7 Totals 42 4 10 4 7 5 Time of Game: 3:28 Attendance: 31,306 Left on Base: Rangers 12, Mariners 11 DP: Rangers 1, Mariners 1 Errors: Randle, Edler, Clark Doubles: Roberts (7), Ellis (1), Stein (4), Henderson (3), Paciorek (12) Triples: Burroughs (1) Home Runs: Gray 2 (8) Sacrifice Hits: Anderson (1), Henderson (1) GIDP: Stein (2), Gray (3) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt 5 6 3 3 2 2 1 23 4.03 Babcock 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 11 2.16 Comer W(3-1) 3.1 3 0 0 2 1 0 15 3.27 J. Johnson SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.30 Totals 12 10 4 4 7 5 2 51 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clark 8 3 3 2 6 6 0 34 2.13 Andersen 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 2.70 Rawley L(0-1) 3.2 2 2 2 3 1 0 16 3.79 Drago 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.89 Totals 12 7 6 5 10 7 0 54 Wild Pitches: Rawley (2) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Nick Bremigan RANGERS 1ST: Wills walked; Wills was picked off first but was safe on an error by Clark [Wills to third]; Rivers struck out; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Bell lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Edler grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. RANGERS 2ND: Roberts made an out to second; Sundberg walked; Grubb struck out; Putnam walked [Sundberg to second]; Mendoza grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to center; Burroughs tripled to center; Gray singled to center [Burroughs scored]; Henderson popped to catcher in foul territory; Bulling flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 1. RANGERS 3RD: Wills flied out to left; Rivers popped to third in foul territory; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 1. MARINERS 3RD: Anderson singled to left; Randle grounded out (third to first) [Anderson to second]; Edler grounded out (shortstop to first) [Anderson to third]; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Roberts walked; Sundberg lined to third; Grubb forced Roberts (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 1. MARINERS 4TH: Zisk walked; Burroughs flied out to right; Gray homered [Zisk scored]; Henderson doubled to center; Bulling grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. RANGERS 5TH: Putnam made an out to shortstop; Mendoza flied out to center; Wills singled to center; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. MARINERS 5TH: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Edler lined to left; Paciorek doubled to left; Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver struck out; Bell grounded out (second to first); Roberts singled to left; Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. MARINERS 6TH: Burroughs walked; BABCOCK REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Gray grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Burroughs out at second]; Henderson walked; Henderson was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. RANGERS 7TH: LISI BATTED FOR GRUBB; Lisi flied out to center; Putnam struck out; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. MARINERS 7TH: LISI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bulling walked; Anderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bulling to second]; Randle was walked intentionally; Edler grounded out (second to first) [Bulling to third, Randle to second]; Paciorek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. RANGERS 8TH: Wills walked; Rivers lined to right; Oliver struck out; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 3. MARINERS 8TH: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Burroughs flied out to center; Gray homered; Henderson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Mariners 4. RANGERS 9TH: SIMPSON REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING CF); BOCHTE REPLACED GRAY (PLAYING 1B); HENDERSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Roberts doubled to left; Sundberg reached on an error by Edler; Lisi walked [Roberts to third, Sundberg to second]; ANDERSEN REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); STEIN BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Stein singled to center [Roberts scored, Sundberg to third, Lisi to second]; ELLIS BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Ellis doubled to center [Sundberg scored (unearned), Lisi scored, Stein scored]; WAGNER RAN FOR ELLIS; Wills was walked intentionally; RAWLEY REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); On a bunt Rivers popped to catcher in foul territory; Rawley threw a wild pitch [Wagner to third, Wills to second]; Oliver struck out; Bell was walked intentionally; Roberts popped to first in foul territory; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 4. MARINERS 9TH: STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WAGNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); COMER REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING); NARRON BATTED FOR BULLING; Narron flied out to left; MEYER BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Meyer singled to third; CRUZ RAN FOR MEYER; Randle grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to second]; Edler grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 4. RANGERS 10TH: RANDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); NARRON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Sundberg flied out to center; Lisi singled to center; Stein grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Lisi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 4. MARINERS 10TH: Paciorek struck out; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Simpson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 4. RANGERS 11TH: Wagner reached on an error by Randle; Wills flied out to left; Rivers flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 4. MARINERS 11TH: Bochte singled to center; Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Bochte to second]; Narron was walked intentionally; Cruz forced Narron (second unassisted) [Bochte to third]; Randle was walked intentionally [Cruz to second]; Edler grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 4, Mariners 4. RANGERS 12TH: AUERBACH REPLACED EDLER (PLAYING SS); RANDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Roberts walked; Sundberg forced Roberts (third to second); Lisi walked [Sundberg to second]; Stein doubled to left [Sundberg scored, Lisi scored]; DRAGO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Wagner lined to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Mariners 4. MARINERS 12TH: Paciorek grounded out (second to first); Zisk singled to center; J. JOHNSON REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Simpson flied out to left; Bochte was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Mariners 4.

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