Buddy Bell clouted a grand slam and Al Oliver collected four hits incuding three doubles to support the four-hit pitching of Danny Darwin as the Rangers whitewashed the Blue Jays, 9-0. Texas took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Jim Sundberg and upped their margin to 3-0 in the sixth on a run-scoring double by Sundberg and sacrifice fly by Mario Mendoza. Bell's circuit swat came in the eighth after an error by Roy Lee Jackson, single by Bump Wills, an infield out and an intentional walk to Oliver. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Sunday, June      7, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  2    1  5  x  -   9 14  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moseby cf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .232      Wills 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .271
Garcia 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .229      Rivers cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .277
Velez dh              1   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Oliver dh             4   1   4   0     1   0   .329
  Upshaw ph,dh        3   0   0   0     0   2   .169      Bell 3b               4   1   1   4     0   0   .287
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Putnam 1b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .270
Woods lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .215      Grubb rf              2   2   1   0     3   0   .253
Bonnell rf            2   0   1   0     2   0   .235      Roberts lf            4   1   3   0     1   0   .339
Iorg 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .227      Sundberg c            3   0   1   3     1   2   .239
Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Mendoza ss            4   1   0   1     0   0   .254
Ainge ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .185      Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Todd p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     4   9             Totals               36   9  14   9     6   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 14,857
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Rangers 12
DP: Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Jackson
Doubles: Mayberry (4), Oliver 3 (18), Roberts (11), Sundberg (8), Putnam (10)
Home Runs: Bell (8)
Stolen Bases: Wills (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (2), Mendoza (3)
GIDP: Mayberry (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bell (2,by Todd)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Todd L(2-5)             6    10   4   4   2   1   0  30   3.78
Jackson                 1.2   4   5   0   1   2   1  11   2.51
Willis                  0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   6.07
Barlow                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.50
Totals                  8    14   9   4   6   3   1  45

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin W(7-4)           9     4   0   0   4   9   0  34   3.46
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   9   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Todd (2)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Mark Johnson


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Moseby walked; Garcia walked [Moseby to second];
On a bunt Velez struck out; Mayberry grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Garcia out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Oliver doubled to left; Bell
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: On a bunt Woods struck out; Bonnell singled to
right; On a bunt Iorg struck out; Whitt flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam flied out to center; Grubb walked; Roberts
doubled to left [Grubb to third]; Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Grubb scored]; Mendoza flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); Moseby
was called out on strikes; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Oliver doubled to left; Bell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: UPSHAW BATTED FOR VELEZ; On a bunt Upshaw struck
out; Mayberry struck out; Woods grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Grubb
singled to left; Roberts singled to left [Grubb to second];
Sundberg struck out; Mendoza flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bonnell walked; Iorg flied out to right; Whitt
made an out to shortstop; Ainge grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Rivers
grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver doubled to left; Bell
was hit by a pitch; Putnam flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Moseby grounded out (second to first); Garcia
grounded out (pitcher to first); Upshaw flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Grubb walked; Roberts singled to right [Grubb to
third]; Sundberg doubled to left [Grubb scored, Roberts to
third]; Mendoza hit a sacrifice fly to left [Roberts scored];
Wills lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Sundberg
out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Woods singled to
center; Bonnell forced Woods (third to second); Iorg was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Rivers singled to left; Oliver singled to center
[Rivers to third]; JACKSON REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Bell made
an out to second; Putnam singled to center [Rivers scored,
Oliver to second]; Grubb forced Putnam (shortstop to second)
[Oliver to third]; Roberts flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Whitt flied out to left; Ainge grounded out
(first to pitcher); Moseby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg struck out; Mendoza reached on an error by
Jackson; Wills singled to right [Mendoza to third]; Wills stole
second; Rivers struck out; Oliver was walked intentionally; Bell
homered (unearned) [Mendoza scored (unearned), Wills scored
(unearned), Oliver scored (unearned)]; Putnam doubled to right;
WILLIS REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Grubb walked; Roberts walked
[Putnam to third, Grubb to second]; BARLOW REPLACED WILLIS
(PITCHING); Sundberg walked [Putnam scored (unearned), Grubb to
third, Roberts to second]; Mendoza lined to third; 5 R (0 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 9.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Garcia singled to right; Upshaw struck out;
Mayberry doubled to right [Garcia to third]; Woods made an out
to second; Bonnell walked; Iorg lined to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 9.