Scattering eight hits, Rick Honeycutt pitched the Rangers to a 6-3 decision over the Twins. Texas scored in the second inning on a solo homer by Buddy Bell and added singletons in the third and fifth frames, respectively, on an RBI single by Al Oliver and run-scoring double by Mickey Rivers. Bump Wills tripled home a sixth-ining tally and slapped a two-run single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Wednesday, June 3, 1981 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Rangers 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 - 6 12 0 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 8 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .267 Ward lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Rivers cf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .279 Engle rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .213 Oliver dh 4 0 1 1 1 0 .323 Hatcher cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .297 Bell 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .297 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Putnam 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .265 R. Jackson dh 4 0 3 2 0 0 .276 Grubb rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Castino 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Sample lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .304 Mackanin 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Sundberg c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .242 Goodwin 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .295 Wagner ss 3 2 3 0 1 0 .364 Baker ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 6 12 6 3 3 Totals 32 3 8 2 1 1 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 3,789 Left on Base: Rangers 10, Twins 3 DP: Rangers 3, Twins 0 Errors: Castino Doubles: Putnam (9), Rivers (8), Bell (6), Sundberg (7), Engle (5) Triples: Wills (2) Home Runs: Bell (7) Caught Stealing: Wills (5) Sacrifice Hits: Wills (3) GIDP: Castino (2), Ward (5), Wynegar (1) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt W(5-1) 9 8 3 3 1 1 0 33 3.54 Totals 9 8 3 3 1 1 0 33 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(1-6) 6.1 9 4 4 2 3 1 31 4.04 O'Connor 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 4.67 Verhoeven 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 2.37 Totals 9 12 6 6 3 3 1 43 Wild Pitches: Honeycutt (1) Balks: Erickson (5) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Al Clark RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Rivers flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Ward flied out to left; Engle doubled; Hatcher flied out to center; Wynegar flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Twins 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell homered; Putnam struck out; Grubb struck out; Sample popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson singled; Castino grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [R. Jackson out at second]; Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Wagner singled to pitcher; Wills forced Wagner (first unassisted); Erickson balked [Wills to second]; Rivers walked; Oliver singled [Wills scored, Rivers to third]; Bell struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Goodwin singled; Baker singled [Goodwin to third]; Ward grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Goodwin scored, Baker out at second]; Engle grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. RANGERS 4TH: Putnam doubled; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Sample flied out to center [Putnam to third]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Hatcher grounded out (third to first); Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 1. RANGERS 5TH: Wagner singled; Wills reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Wagner to second]; Rivers doubled [Wagner scored, Wills to third]; Oliver was walked intentionally; Bell flied out to right; Putnam flied out to left; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Castino flied out to center; Mackanin grounded out (shortstop to first); Goodwin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 1. RANGERS 6TH: Sample flied out to left; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Wagner singled to pitcher; Wills tripled [Wagner scored]; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Baker flied out to left; Ward struck out; Engle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Twins 1. RANGERS 7TH: Oliver flied to left in foul territory; Bell doubled; O'CONNOR REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Hatcher singled; Honeycutt threw a wild pitch [Hatcher to second]; Wynegar grounded out (third to first) [Hatcher to third]; R. Jackson singled to pitcher [Hatcher scored]; Castino made an out to second; Mackanin forced R. Jackson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Twins 2. RANGERS 8TH: Sample singled; Sundberg doubled [Sample to third]; VERHOEVEN REPLACED O'CONNOR (PITCHING); Wagner walked; Wills singled [Sample scored, Sundberg scored, Wagner to third]; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rivers lined to first; Oliver flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: Goodwin flied out to right; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Ward grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 2. RANGERS 9TH: Bell reached on an error by Castino [Bell to second]; Putnam made an out to shortstop; Grubb flied out to right; Sample flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 2. TWINS 9TH: Engle walked; Hatcher singled [Engle to second]; Wynegar grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Engle to third, Hatcher out at second]; R. Jackson singled [Engle scored]; Castino grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Twins 3.

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