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.

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