The Brewers and Rangers split a doubleheader, the Brewers winning the first game, 3-1, and the Rangers capturing the nightcap, 8-6. In the lidlifter, Cecil Cooper and Gorman Thomas singled with two out in the first inning and Ben Oglivie followed with a three-run homer.

The Rangers exploded for six runs in the sixth inning of the second game. Texas loaded the bases on singles by Pat Putnam and Jim Sundberg and a walk to Billy Sample. Two runs came in on a double by Bill Stein, Bump Wills and Al Oliver each singled home one marker, a double by Buddy Bell brought in another and a sacrifice fly by Leon Roberts accounted for the sixth run. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 3, Texas Rangers 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, August 18, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Brewers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Molitor cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Yount ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 Cooper 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .294 Oliver dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .322 Thomas rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .263 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Oglivie lf 3 1 1 3 1 0 .244 Grubb rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Simmons dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Money 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .271 C. Moore c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .301 Sample lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Bosley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Sundberg c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .244 Yost c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .248 Romero 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Poquette ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Howell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gantner 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Schmidt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 7 3 4 2 Totals 34 1 8 0 2 1 Time of Game: 2:25 Left on Base: Brewers 7, Rangers 8 DP: Brewers 1, Rangers 0 Errors: C. Moore Doubles: Cooper (16), Sundberg (9), Rivers (13), Sample (11) Home Runs: Oglivie (7) Stolen Bases: Wills (9) Caught Stealing: Molitor (3) GIDP: Mendoza (6) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Haas W(7-4) 7.1 7 1 1 0 1 0 28 4.21 Easterly 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4.03 Fingers SV(16) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.33 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 1 0 36 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(3-6) 5.2 6 3 3 2 2 1 25 3.98 Schmidt 3.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 12 2.53 Totals 9 7 3 3 4 2 1 37 Wild Pitches: Schmidt (2) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Derryl Cousins BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (second to first); Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper singled to center; Thomas singled to left [Cooper to second]; Oglivie homered [Cooper scored, Thomas scored]; Simmons lined to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Wills grounded out (second to first); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Money struck out; C. Moore struck out; Romero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied out to right; Grubb grounded out (second to first); Putnam made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Yount singled to center; Cooper doubled to right [Yount to third]; Thomas was walked intentionally; Oglivie forced Yount (first to catcher) [Cooper to third, Thomas to second]; Simmons popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sample grounded out (third to first); Sundberg singled to left; Mendoza grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Money popped to catcher in foul territory; C. Moore flied out to right; Romero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Rivers grounded out (third to first); Wills singled to pitcher; Oliver flied out to left; Wills stole second; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Grubb struck out; Putnam singled to center; Sample made an out to first; Sundberg forced Putnam (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Oglivie walked; Simmons forced Oglivie (third to second); Money singled to center [Simmons to third]; SCHMIDT REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); C. Moore walked [Money to second]; HOWELL BATTED FOR ROMERO; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: GANTNER REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 2B); Mendoza singled to center; Rivers flied out to right; Wills flied out to left; Oliver singled to right [Mendoza to third]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 7TH: Molitor flied out to right; Yount flied out to right; Cooper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Sample made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. BREWERS 8TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Simmons singled to center; Schmidt threw a wild pitch [Simmons to second]; Money grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg doubled to right; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Poquette grounded out (second to first) [Sundberg to third]; Sundberg was picked off third but was safe on an error by C. Moore [Sundberg scored]; Rivers doubled to right; EASTERLY REPLACED HAAS (PITCHING); Wills walked; Oliver walked [Rivers to third, Wills to second]; FINGERS REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); Bell made an out to shortstop; Grubb forced Oliver (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 1. BREWERS 9TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WAGNER REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); BOSLEY BATTED FOR C. MOORE; Bosley lined to right; Gantner grounded out (pitcher to first); Molitor walked; Molitor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: YOST REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING C ); Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Sample doubled to right; Sundberg made an out to second; Poquette flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 1.

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