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Tuesday August 11, 1981
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Four Texas pitchers combined on a four-hitter to boost the Rangers to a 1-0 blanking of the Yankees. The game's lone run came in the opening frame when Bump Wills, Al Oliver and Buddy Bell stroked consecutive one-out singles. Rick Honeycutt, who hurled the first 5 1/3 innings, upped his record to 7-1. [The Sporting News]


Texas Rangers 1, New York Yankees 0

Game Played on Tuesday, August 11, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .233
Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .264      Mumphrey cf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .317
Oliver dh             3   0   2   0     1   0   .325      Piniella rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Bell 3b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .293        Gamble ph,rf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Sample lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .309      Winfield lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Roberts rf            4   0   0   0     0   3   .306      Jackson dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Stein 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .422      Watson 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .174
  Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256        Revering ph,1b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .233
Sundberg c            2   0   0   0     2   0   .238      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Mendoza ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Cerone c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Honeycutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murcer ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  J. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Milbourne ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Schmidt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Righetti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   7   1     3  10             Totals               27   0   4   0     2   1

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 30,117
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Yankees 4
DP: Rangers 2, Yankees 0
Doubles: Stein (5), Wills (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (6), Mumphrey (2)
GIDP: Mumphrey (6), Jackson (5)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Honeycutt W(7-1)        5.1   2   0   0   1   0   0  18   2.99
Kern                    3     2   0   0   1   1   0  11   1.80
J. Johnson              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.38
Schmidt SV(1)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.18
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   1   0  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Righetti L(3-1)         6     6   1   1   1   9   0  25   1.50
Frazier                 3     1   0   0   2   1   0  12   0.00
Totals                  9     7   1   1   3  10   0  37

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Larry Barnett


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers struck out; Wills singled to right; Oliver
singled to left [Wills to third]; Bell singled to right [Wills
scored, Oliver to second]; Sample struck out; Roberts struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Mumphrey grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Randolph out at second];
Piniella flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Yankees 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Stein was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded
out (third to first); Mendoza struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Jackson
flied to center; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
struck out; Oliver singled to left; Bell singled to pitcher
[Oliver to third]; Sample popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Cerone
grounded out (third to first); Dent flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Roberts struck out; Stein doubled to center;
Sundberg walked; Mendoza forced Sundberg (second unassisted)
[Stein to third]; Rivers forced Mendoza (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey singled to right; Piniella flied to left; Winfield
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (third to first); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson flied to left; Watson popped to shortstop;
Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample struck out; Roberts struck out; Stein
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Cerone singled to center; Dent out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Cerone to second]; KERN REPLACED
HONEYCUTT (PITCHING); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mumphrey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 7TH: FRAZIER REPLACED RIGHETTI (PITCHING); Sundberg
walked; Mendoza forced Sundberg (pitcher to shortstop); Rivers
flied to center; Wills doubled to right [Mendoza to third];
Oliver was walked intentionally; Bell flied to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: PUTNAM REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 1B); GAMBLE BATTED
FOR PINIELLA; Gamble singled to left; Winfield flied to left;
Jackson grounded into a double play (second to first) [Gamble
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 8TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sample struck
out; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: REVERING BATTED FOR WATSON; Revering walked;
Nettles popped to third; Cerone flied to left; MURCER BATTED FOR
DENT; Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 9TH: REVERING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MILBOURNE
REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING SS); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop
to first); Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Randolph singled to right; Mumphrey out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Randolph to second]; J.
JOHNSON REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Gamble grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Randolph to third]; SCHMIDT REPLACED J. JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.



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