A two-out homer by Roy Howell in the seventh inning broke a 3-3 tie and sent the Brewers on their way to a 6-3 defeat of the Rangers. The victory was the eighth straight for Pete Vuckovich, who went seven innings before Rollie Fingers came in to pitch two perfect innings for his 12th save. Gorman Thomas also homered for the Brewers, as did Ted Simmons, who tripled home Cecil Cooper with an insurance run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Thursday, June 11, 1981 (Night game) at County Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 1 Brewers 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 x - 6 12 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .265 Bosley cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .368 Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Howell dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .248 Oliver dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .322 Bando ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Bell 3b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .293 Cooper 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .270 Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Simmons c 5 1 2 2 0 2 .207 Sample lf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .322 Oglivie lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .237 Roberts rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .323 Thomas rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .262 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Yount ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .259 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Money 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .230 Grubb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Gantner 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .273 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Babcock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 3 3 3 3 3 Totals 36 6 12 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 15,259 Left on Base: Rangers 2, Brewers 10 DP: Rangers 1, Brewers 0 Errors: Bell Doubles: Rivers (11) Triples: Bell (1), Simmons (2) Home Runs: Thomas (15), Simmons (9), Howell (3) Caught Stealing: Sample (1) GIDP: Money (1) Hit by Pitch: Oglivie (6,by Comer) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(4-5) 6.2 10 5 5 1 5 3 30 5.23 Comer 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 2.93 J. Johnson 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3.44 Babcock 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.20 Totals 8 12 6 5 3 5 3 40 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich W(8-2) 7 3 3 3 3 2 0 26 3.42 Fingers SV(12) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.34 Totals 9 3 3 3 3 3 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Comer (1) Wild Pitches: Jenkins (2) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Al Clark RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Bosley walked; Jenkins threw a wild pitch [Bosley to second]; Howell struck out; Cooper singled to right [Bosley to third]; Simmons struck out; Oglivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell struck out; Putnam struck out; Sample grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas homered; Yount grounded out (third to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to first); Gantner singled to center; Bosley struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Sundberg made an out to shortstop; Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. BREWERS 3RD: Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); Simmons struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Wills walked; Rivers doubled to right [Wills to third]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wills scored]; Bell walked; Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rivers to third, Bell to second]; Sample singled to center [Rivers scored, Bell scored]; Sample was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 4TH: Oglivie singled to right; Thomas made an out to shortstop; Yount singled to left [Oglivie to third]; Money grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Yount out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied out to right; Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 5TH: Gantner grounded out (first unassisted); Bosley flied out to right; Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Wills made an out to shortstop; Rivers flied out to center; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 1. BREWERS 6TH: Cooper flied out to left; Simmons homered; Oglivie singled to right; Thomas flied out to left [Oglivie to second]; Yount singled to center [Oglivie scored]; Money flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Bell tripled to right; Putnam made an out to shortstop; Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts walked; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 3. BREWERS 7TH: Gantner struck out; Bosley grounded out (third to first); Howell homered; Cooper singled to left; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Simmons tripled to left [Cooper scored]; Oglivie was hit by a pitch; Thomas made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 5. RANGERS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); GRUBB BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Grubb flied out to center; Wills grounded out (second to first); Rivers flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 5. BREWERS 8TH: WAGNER REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Money reached on an error by Bell; Gantner flied out to left; Bosley singled to center [Money to third]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); BANDO BATTED FOR HOWELL; Bando walked [Bosley to second]; Cooper walked [Money scored (unearned), Bosley to third, Bando to second]; BABCOCK REPLACED J. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Simmons popped to first in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 6. RANGERS 9TH: BANDO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Oliver flied out to left; Bell struck out; Putnam grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Brewers 6.

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