Tuesday August 18, 1981
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Texas Rangers 8, Milwaukee Brewers 6 (Game 2)

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

Brewers 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 - 6 10 0 Rangers 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 x - 8 11 2 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosley rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Rivers cf 4 1 0 1 1 0 .257 Howell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Wills 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .254 Cooper 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .290 Oliver dh 4 1 2 1 1 0 .325 Oglivie lf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .247 Bell 3b 4 0 2 2 1 0 .294 Thomas cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .262 Grubb rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Simmons c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .217 Roberts ph,rf 0 0 0 1 0 0 .307 Yount ss 2 2 0 1 2 0 .269 Putnam 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .274 Molitor dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .284 Sample lf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .289 Gantner 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 .283 Sundberg c 3 2 3 0 1 0 .255 Romero 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Poquette ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stein ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .431 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 10 5 3 2 Totals 30 8 11 8 8 1 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 37,310 Left on Base: Brewers 8, Rangers 8 DP: Brewers 2, Rangers 2 Errors: Wills, Kern Doubles: Thomas (9), Molitor 2 (5), Sundberg (10), Stein (6), Bell (9) Caught Stealing: Bell (3) Sacrifice Hits: Sample (3) Sacrifice Flies: Roberts (3) GIDP: Bosley (3), Howell (6) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Vuckovich L(8-3) 5 6 5 5 6 1 0 26 3.73 Augustine 0.1 4 3 3 0 0 0 5 4.19 Cleveland 2.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 9 4.35 Totals 8 11 8 8 8 1 0 40 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 5 4 3 2 2 0 0 21 5.15 Comer W(5-1) 2.2 5 3 3 1 0 0 14 2.95 Kern SV(2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 1.93 Totals 9 10 6 5 3 2 0 41 Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Marty Springstead BREWERS 1ST: Bosley grounded out (second to first); Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); Cooper walked; Oglivie reached on an error by Wills [Cooper scored (unearned) (no RBI), Oglivie to second]; Thomas flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Simmons flied to right in foul territory; Yount flied out to center; Molitor flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell walked; Bell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam walked; Sample forced Putnam (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Gantner lined to shortstop; Bosley grounded out (first to pitcher); Howell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg doubled to left; On a bunt Mendoza singled to pitcher [Sundberg to third]; Rivers forced Mendoza (second to shortstop) [Sundberg scored]; Wills flied out to center; Oliver singled to right [Rivers to third]; Bell singled to left [Rivers scored, Oliver to second]; Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 2. BREWERS 4TH: Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Thomas doubled to left; Simmons lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 4TH: Putnam walked; Sample out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Putnam to second]; Sundberg walked; Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first) [Putnam to third, Sundberg to second]; Rivers walked; Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Rangers 2. BREWERS 5TH: Yount walked; Molitor doubled to left [Yount to third]; Gantner singled to right [Yount scored, Molitor scored]; Bosley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gantner out at second]; Howell singled to right; Cooper lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver flied out to center; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Rangers 2. BREWERS 6TH: COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Oglivie singled to right; Thomas forced Oglivie (first to shortstop); Simmons singled to center [Thomas to third]; Yount reached on a fielder's choice [Thomas scored, Simmons to third]; Molitor reached on a fielder's choice [Simmons out at home (pitcher to catcher), Yount to second]; Gantner flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Putnam singled to right; Sample walked [Putnam to second]; Sundberg singled to third [Putnam to third, Sample to second]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; AUGUSTINE REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); STEIN BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Stein doubled to right [Putnam scored, Sample scored, Sundberg to third]; Rivers popped to third in foul territory; Wills singled to center [Sundberg scored, Stein to third]; Oliver singled to right [Stein scored, Wills to second]; Bell doubled to right [Wills scored, Oliver to third]; CLEVELAND REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); ROBERTS BATTED FOR GRUBB; Roberts sacrifice flied into a double play to left [Oliver scored, Bell out at third (left to third to shortstop)]; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Rangers 8. BREWERS 7TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WAGNER REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING SS); Bosley singled to right; Howell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bosley out at second]; Cooper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Rangers 8. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam made an out to second; Sample flied out to left; Sundberg singled to right; Wagner walked [Sundberg to second]; Rivers lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Rangers 8. BREWERS 8TH: Oglivie lined to shortstop; Thomas made an out to third; Simmons singled to right; Yount walked [Simmons to second]; Molitor doubled to center [Simmons scored, Yount scored]; KERN REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Gantner struck out; Jim Gantner ejected by 3B umpire Marty Springstead; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Rangers 8. RANGERS 8TH: ROMERO REPLACED GANTNER (PLAYING 2B); Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver walked; Bell lined into a double play (third to first) [Oliver out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 6, Rangers 8. BREWERS 9TH: Bosley reached on an error by Kern; Howell forced Bosley (second to shortstop); Cooper forced Howell (shortstop to second); Oglivie singled to right [Cooper to third]; Thomas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 6, Rangers 8.

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