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.

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