Scattering six hits in a route-going performance, Rick Honeycutt hurled the Rangers to a 3-0 blanking of the Red Sox. Texas scored in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Bill Stein and twice in the eighth on a run-scoring double by Leon Roberts and a throwing error by Boston catcher Gary Allenson. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 3, Boston Red Sox 0

Game Played on Sunday, August 16, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x - 3 9 2 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Evans rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .329 Rivers cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Stapleton 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Lansford 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .323 Oliver dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .322 Rice lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Bell 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .296 Perez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Sample lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .296 Rudi dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .173 Stein 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .423 Allenson c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Putnam 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Hoffman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Roberts rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .307 Nichols cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Ojeda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mendoza ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 6 0 0 1 Totals 31 3 9 2 4 4 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 20,348 Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Rangers 10 DP: Red Sox 1, Rangers 2 Errors: Allenson, Mendoza, Honeycutt Doubles: Lansford (16), Roberts (12) Stolen Bases: Oliver (2) Sacrifice Hits: Nichols (4), Sample (2) GIDP: Stapleton (8), Allenson (4), Roberts (5) Hit by Pitch: Sundberg (1,by Ojeda) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ojeda L(1-1) 7.1 9 3 2 3 4 0 34 1.65 Campbell 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.42 Totals 8 9 3 2 4 4 0 37 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt W(8-1) 9 6 0 0 0 1 0 33 2.64 Totals 9 6 0 0 0 1 0 33 Hit by Pitch: Ojeda (1) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Jim McKean RED SOX 1ST: Evans singled to center; Stapleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; Lansford doubled to left; Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled to center; Bell singled to right [Oliver to third]; Sample struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RED SOX 2ND: Perez grounded out (third to first); Rudi singled to center; Allenson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Stein popped to second; Roberts struck out; Sundberg was hit by a pitch; Mendoza flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hoffman singled to left; Nichols out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hoffman to second]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Stapleton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills flied out to left; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RED SOX 4TH: Lansford grounded out (third to first); Rice grounded out (first to pitcher); Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Sample grounded out (third to first); Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RED SOX 5TH: Rudi singled to center; Allenson struck out; Hoffman forced Rudi (third to second); Nichols lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Roberts singled to left; Sundberg lined to left; Mendoza struck out; Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RED SOX 6TH: Evans flied out to right; Stapleton flied out to right; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Wills flied out to center; Oliver singled to right; Oliver stole second; Bell was walked intentionally; Sample walked [Oliver to third, Bell to second]; Stein singled to shortstop [Oliver scored, Bell to third, Sample to second]; Roberts grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Stein out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 1. RED SOX 7TH: Rice singled to left; Perez reached on a fielder's choice [Rice to third (error by Honeycutt)]; Rudi popped to shortstop; Allenson popped to second; Hoffman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to center; On a bunt Mendoza singled to third; Mario Mendoza called out by 1B umpire Greg Kosc but the call was overruled by HP umpire Richie Garcia; Red Sox Manager Ralph Houk ejected by Garcia; On a bunt Rivers singled to third [Mendoza to second]; Wills flied out to center; Oliver grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 1. RED SOX 8TH: On a bunt Nichols reached on an error by Mendoza; Evans flied out to right; Stapleton forced Nichols (shortstop to second); Lansford flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: Bell singled to third; Sample out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bell to second]; Stein was walked intentionally; Roberts doubled to left [Bell scored, Stein to third]; CAMPBELL REPLACED OJEDA (PITCHING); Sundberg was walked intentionally; Mendoza forced Stein (pitcher to catcher) [Roberts scored (error by Allenson) (unearned) (no RBI), Sundberg to second]; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 3. RED SOX 9TH: PUTNAM REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 1B); Rice grounded out (third to first); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Rangers 3.

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