The Rangers took over first place in the A.L. West by percentage points over idle Oakland by defeating the Tigers, 8-1. Texas scored four runs in their first turn at bat on a double by Mickey Rivers, RBI single by Al Oliver, walk to Buddy Bell, run-scoring single by Bill Stein and errors by Detroit catcher Lance Parrish and third baseman Tom Brookens. Rivers drilled an RBI double and Bell delivered a sacrifice fly in the second stanza, and another error by Brookens gave the Rangers a sixth inning marker. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Monday, June      8, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  3
Rangers      4  2  0    1  0  1    0  0  x  -   8  9  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jones rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .297      Wills 2b              5   2   2   0     0   1   .274
Trammell ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .272      Rivers cf             4   2   3   1     1   0   .286
Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .284      Oliver dh             4   1   1   1     1   2   .327
Brookens 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .275      Bell 3b               1   1   1   1     3   0   .291
Parrish c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Stein lf              4   1   1   3     0   1   .448
Wockenfuss 1b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Roberts rf            3   0   0   1     1   0   .331
Cowens cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Ellis 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .194
Gibson dh             3   0   1   0     0   1   .256      Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Whitaker 2b           3   1   1   0     0   1   .283      Mendoza ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .254
Schatzeder p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cappuzzello p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   5   1     4   4             Totals               32   8   9   7     7   5

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 13,753
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Rangers 9
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 3
Errors: Brookens 2, Parrish
Doubles: Trammell (8), Jones (4), Rivers 2 (10)
Stolen Bases: Stein (1), Rivers (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (5), Stein (1)
GIDP: Brookens (2), Gibson (2), Wockenfuss (3), Sundberg (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schatzeder L(3-4)       1     6   6   5   2   0   0  11   5.50
Tobik                   3     1   1   1   3   3   0  13   2.34
Cappuzzello             1.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   8   9.82
Rozema                  2.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   9   4.30
Totals                  8     9   8   7   7   5   0  41

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt W(6-1)        8     5   1   1   2   3   0  29   3.23
Kern                    1     0   0   0   2   1   0   4   2.57
Totals                  9     5   1   1   4   4   0  33

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


TIGERS 1ST: Jones grounded out (third to first); Trammell
doubled to left; Kemp grounded out (second to first) [Trammell
to third]; Brookens lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills made an out to second; Rivers doubled to
left; Oliver singled to center [Rivers scored]; Bell walked
[Oliver to second]; Stein singled to left [Oliver scored, Bell
to third]; Stein stole second [Bell scored, Stein to third
(error by Parrish)]; Roberts reached on an error by Brookens
[Stein scored (unearned) (RBI)]; Ellis walked [Roberts to
second]; Sundberg grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Roberts out at third]; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 4.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); Wockenfuss
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens grounded out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 2ND: Mendoza singled to center; Wills singled to left
[Mendoza to second]; Rivers doubled to center [Mendoza scored,
Wills to third]; TOBIK REPLACED SCHATZEDER (PITCHING); Oliver
was walked intentionally; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Wills scored]; On a bunt Stein struck out; Roberts walked
[Rivers to third, Oliver to second]; Ellis forced Roberts
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers
6.

TIGERS 3RD: Gibson singled to right; Whitaker struck out; Jones
flied out to center; Trammell walked [Gibson to second]; Kemp
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 6.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to right; Mendoza made an out to
shortstop; Wills was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 6.

TIGERS 4TH: Brookens made an out to second; Parrish grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wockenfuss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 6.

RANGERS 4TH: Rivers walked; Oliver struck out; Bell singled to
right [Rivers to third]; Stein hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Rivers scored, Bell to second]; Roberts flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 7.

TIGERS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Gibson struck
out; Whitaker singled to center; Jones doubled to left [Whitaker
scored]; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 7.

RANGERS 5TH: CAPPUZZELLO REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING); Ellis flied
out to center; Sundberg flied out to center; Mendoza flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 7.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp walked; Brookens grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Kemp out at second]; Parrish
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 7.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills singled to left; Rivers singled to right
[Wills to third]; Rivers stole second; Oliver struck out; Bell
was walked intentionally; Stein reached on an error by Brookens
[Wills scored (RBI), Rivers to third, Bell to second, Stein to
first]; ROZEMA REPLACED CAPPUZZELLO (PITCHING); Roberts made an
out to shortstop; Ellis forced Stein (third to second); 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: Wockenfuss flied out to left; Cowens singled to
center; Gibson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Mendoza was called out
on strikes; Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 8.

TIGERS 8TH: Whitaker grounded out (third to first); Jones
grounded out (second to first); Trammell flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 8TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Oliver
grounded out (first unassisted); Bell walked; Stein made an out
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 8.

TIGERS 9TH: KERN REPLACED HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Kemp walked;
Brookens walked [Kemp to second]; Parrish struck out; Wockenfuss
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Kemp out at
third]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 8.