The Red Sox tallied twice in the top of the 10th inning to down the Rangers, 5-3. The score was 3-3 when Dwight Evans opened the 10th frame with a base on balls. Jim Rice then hit what appeared to be a double-play grounder to Bump Wills at second base but Wills booted the ball, allowing Evans to reach third as Rice was safe at first. Carl Yastrzemski then stroked a single through the drawn-in infield to produce the go-ahead run, and another run scored on a fielder's choice groundout off the bat of Carney Lansford. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 5, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    15, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0    2  -   5  7  0
Rangers      0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   3  9  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               3   0   0   0     2   0   .318      Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Stapleton ss          3   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .258
  Valdez ss           1   0   1   0     0   0   .500      Oliver dh             5   0   1   0     0   0   .319
  Hancock ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Bell 3b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .290
  Hoffman ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Grubb rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Evans rf              2   1   0   0     2   1   .330        Roberts ph,rf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .301
Rice lf               4   2   0   0     1   1   .267      Putnam 1b             3   2   2   0     0   0   .272
Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   2   1     1   0   .253        Stein ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .426
Lansford 3b           5   1   1   2     0   1   .324      Sample lf             4   1   1   2     0   1   .302
Perez dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .237      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .241
  Nichols pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Rudi ph,dh          1   0   0   0     0   1   .156        Poquette ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Gedman c              3   0   1   2     0   0   .312        Wagner ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Miller cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .293      Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Clear p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tudor p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Schmidt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   7   5     8   5             Totals               37   3   9   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 29,353
Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Rangers 7
DP: Red Sox 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Wills
Doubles: Lansford (15), Gedman (7), Bell (8)
Home Runs: Sample (1)
Stolen Bases: Putnam 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Lansford (6), Wills (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Evans (2), Gedman (1)
GIDP: Remy (6), Wagner (1)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley               6     5   2   2   0   2   1  23   4.45
Clear                   1     2   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.56
Tudor                   0.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   4   4.06
Stanley W(5-4)          2.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   8   4.22
Totals                 10     9   3   3   3   3   1  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin                  6     4   3   3   3   3   0  24   3.54
Hough                   1     2   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.28
Kern L(1-1)             2     1   2   1   4   1   0  12   2.13
Schmidt                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.00
Totals                 10     7   5   4   8   5   0  43

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Rocky Roe


RED SOX 1ST: Remy walked; Stapleton singled to center [Remy out
at third (center to third), Stapleton to second]; Evans walked;
Rice flied to right; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers struck out; Wills grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); Oliver popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lansford grounded out (third to first); Perez
grounded out (second to first); Gedman popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (second to first); Grubb singled
to center; Putnam flied to right; Sample lined to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Miller singled to center; Remy flied to center;
Stapleton grounded out (third to first) [Miller to second];
Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Mendoza
flied to center; Rivers singled to left; Wills singled to right
[Rivers to second]; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice struck out; Yastrzemski flied to left;
Lansford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Putnam singled to
center; Putnam stole second; Sample homered [Putnam scored];
Sundberg struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Gedman
lined to left; Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy flied to left; Stapleton lined to shortstop;
Evans popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver popped to second; Bell grounded out (pitcher
to first); Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Rangers 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Rice walked; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice to
third]; Lansford doubled to left [Rice scored, Yastrzemski to
third]; HOUGH REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Perez popped to first;
Gedman doubled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Lansford scored];
Miller walked; Remy grounded into a double play (shortstop to
shortstop to first) [Miller out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: CLEAR REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); VALDEZ
REPLACED STAPLETON (PLAYING SS); Putnam singled to center;
Sample struck out; Putnam stole second; Sundberg flied to left;
POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Poquette singled to center [Putnam
scored]; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 8TH: WAGNER REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); Valdez
singled to right; KERN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Evans out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Valdez to second]; Rice lined
to second; Yastrzemski was walked intentionally; Lansford popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: TUDOR REPLACED CLEAR (PITCHING); Wills walked;
Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oliver
grounded out (first unassisted); Bell doubled to right; ROBERTS
BATTED FOR GRUBB; Roberts was walked intentionally; STEIN BATTED
FOR PUTNAM; STANLEY REPLACED TUDOR (PITCHING); Stein grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Rangers 3.

RED SOX 9TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STEIN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Perez walked; NICHOLS RAN FOR PEREZ;
Gedman out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Nichols to
second]; Miller struck out; Remy was walked intentionally;
HANCOCK BATTED FOR VALDEZ; Hancock grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: NICHOLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HOFFMAN
REPLACED HANCOCK (PLAYING SS); Sample grounded out (third to
first); Sundberg walked; Wagner grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Rangers 3.

RED SOX 10TH: Evans walked; Rice reached on an error by Wills
[Evans to third]; Yastrzemski singled to center [Evans scored,
Rice to third]; SCHMIDT REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Lansford
forced Yastrzemski (right to shortstop) [Rice scored
(unearned)]; RUDI BATTED FOR NICHOLS; Lansford was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Rudi struck out; 2 R (1
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 10TH: RUDI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Rivers grounded
out (first unassisted); Wills grounded out (first to pitcher);
Oliver singled to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Rangers 3.