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.