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.

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