With Danny Darwin pitching a four-hitter and Leon Roberts driving in four runs with a double and homer, the Rangers defeated the Brewers, 5-1. The Rangers went ahead 3-1 in the fourth when Roberts doubled following a single by Buddy Bell and a walk to Jim Sundberg. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Thursday, August    27, 1981 (Night game) at County Stadium
Rangers      0  0  1    2  0  2    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Brewers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   3   0     0   0   .267      Bosley rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Wills 2b              3   0   1   1     0   0   .247      Molitor dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Oliver dh             4   0   0   0     1   0   .327      Cooper 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .297
Bell 3b               3   1   2   0     2   0   .309      Oglivie lf            2   1   0   0     2   1   .246
Stein 1b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .388      Thomas cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .254
  Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Sundberg c            3   2   1   0     1   0   .274      Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Roberts rf            4   1   2   4     0   0   .301      Yount ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Sample lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .270      Gantner 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .282
Mendoza ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Darwin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Augustine p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  10   5     5   2             Totals               29   1   4   0     3   6

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance:  8,908
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Brewers 6
DP: Rangers 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Darwin
Doubles: Roberts (13), Cooper (19), Gantner (9)
Triples: Rivers (1)
Home Runs: Roberts (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Stein (1), Wills 2 (6), Simmons (1), Howell (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darwin W(8-6)           9     4   1   1   3   6   0  34   3.58
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   6   0  34

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell L(8-7)         5.1   9   5   5   3   1   1  27   3.43
Augustine               3.2   1   0   0   2   1   0  14   3.63
Totals                  9    10   5   5   5   2   1  41

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Dallas Parks


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills
grounded out (third to first); Oliver walked; Bell singled to
center [Oliver to second]; Stein flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Bosley grounded out (second to first); Molitor
lined to right; Cooper flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts
grounded out (third to first); Sample popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Oglivie walked; On a bunt Thomas singled to third
[Oglivie to second]; Simmons reached on an error by Darwin on a
sacrifice bunt [Oglivie scored (no RBI), Thomas to second];
Howell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Thomas to
third, Simmons to second]; Yount struck out; Gantner struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Mendoza flied to left; Rivers tripled to right;
Wills singled to right [Rivers scored, Wills out at second
(right to shortstop)]; Oliver grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Bosley singled to center [Bosley out at second
(center to shortstop)]; Molitor walked; Cooper doubled to right
[Molitor to third]; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Thomas
struck out; Simmons popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell singled to left; Stein out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Bell to second]; Sundberg walked; Roberts
doubled to left [Bell scored, Sundberg scored]; Sample popped to
second; Mendoza grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); Yount
popped to first in foul territory; Gantner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers
1.

RANGERS 5TH: Rivers singled to left; Wills out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Rivers to second]; Oliver lined to
shortstop; Bell was walked intentionally; Stein struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Bosley popped to third in foul territory; Molitor
struck out; Cooper flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg singled to right; Roberts homered
[Sundberg scored]; Sample flied to right; Mendoza singled to
center; AUGUSTINE REPLACED CALDWELL (PITCHING); Rivers flied to
center; Wills flied to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Oglivie struck out; Thomas struck out; Simmons
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver grounded out (catcher to first); Bell flied
to right; Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: PUTNAM REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 1B); Howell flied to
left; Yount flied to left; Gantner doubled to right; Bosley
flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg popped to shortstop; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sample walked; Mendoza forced Sample
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers
1.

BREWERS 8TH: Molitor grounded out (second to first); Cooper
flied to center; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Rivers singled to shortstop; Wills out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Rivers to second]; Oliver
flied to left; Bell was walked intentionally; Putnam popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Thomas lined to left; Simmons flied to center;
Howell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Brewers 1.