Driving in three runs with a pair of singles, Buddy Bell sparked the Rangers to an 8-5 decision over the Brewers. Texas tallied twice in the third inning on a wild pitch and a run-scoring single by Bell, and picked up four runs in the fourth frame on two-run singles by Al Oliver and Bell. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 8, Milwaukee Brewers 5

Game Played on Saturday, August 29, 1981 (Day game) at County Stadium

Rangers 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 - 8 12 1 Brewers 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 - 5 11 2 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 3 1 0 1 0 .266 C. Moore c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Wills 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .243 Gantner 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .281 Oliver dh 4 1 2 2 1 0 .331 Molitor dh 5 1 4 0 0 0 .270 Bell 3b 5 0 2 3 0 0 .307 Cooper 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .302 Sundberg c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Thomas cf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .247 Roberts rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Oglivie lf 4 1 1 1 1 2 .246 Sample lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .285 Brouhard rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .310 Stein 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .381 Money 3b 3 0 1 1 2 0 .216 Putnam 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Yount ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 .256 Mendoza ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .255 Howell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romero 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .186 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Simmons ph,c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .209 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lerch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Augustine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 8 12 7 5 1 Totals 37 5 11 4 7 2 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 15,536 Left on Base: Rangers 8, Brewers 12 DP: Rangers 2, Brewers 2 Errors: Bell, Brouhard, Lerch Doubles: Rivers (14), Wills (12), Cooper (20), Oglivie (10) Sacrifice Hits: Mendoza (13) GIDP: Cooper (12) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack W(4-6) 5 5 2 2 4 1 0 22 4.00 Comer 2.2 6 3 2 1 0 0 16 3.12 J. Johnson 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 2.82 Kern SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 Totals 9 11 5 4 7 2 0 44 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lerch L(4-7) 3 6 4 3 2 0 0 17 4.80 Cleveland 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 9 4.18 Augustine 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 11 3.83 Slaton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.77 Totals 9 12 8 7 5 1 0 43 Wild Pitches: Lerch (5) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver singled to right; Bell flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: C. Moore grounded out (third to first); Molitor singled to center; Cooper grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Molitor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts singled to left; Sample singled to center [Roberts to second]; Stein lined into a double play (third to second) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Oglivie struck out (catcher to first); Brouhard singled to left; Money forced Brouhard (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Brewers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Mendoza singled to right; Rivers reached on an error by Lerch [Mendoza to second]; Wills grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mendoza to third, Rivers to second]; Lerch threw a wild pitch [Mendoza scored, Rivers to third]; Oliver walked; Bell singled to center [Rivers scored (unearned), Oliver to third]; Sundberg popped to second; Roberts popped to shortstop; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Yount grounded out (second to first); Romero grounded out (third to first); C. Moore walked; Molitor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Brewers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Sample walked; Stein singled to right [Sample to third]; CLEVELAND REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); Mendoza out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Stein to second]; Rivers was walked intentionally; Wills struck out; Oliver singled to left [Sample scored, Stein scored, Rivers to third, Oliver to second (on throw to home)]; Bell singled to left [Rivers scored, Oliver scored]; Sundberg popped to second; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Cooper singled to left; Thomas walked [Cooper to second]; Oglivie walked [Cooper to third, Thomas to second]; Brouhard popped to catcher in foul territory; Money walked [Cooper scored, Thomas to third, Oglivie to second]; Yount forced Money (shortstop to second) [Thomas scored, Oglivie to third]; SIMMONS BATTED FOR ROMERO; Simmons flied to left in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Brewers 2. RANGERS 5TH: SIMMONS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GANTNER REPLACED C. MOORE (PLAYING 2B); Roberts flied to center; Sample walked; Stein lined into a double play (right to right to first) [Sample out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Brewers 2. BREWERS 5TH: Gantner singled to center; On a bunt Molitor singled to catcher [Gantner to second]; Cooper grounded out (pitcher to first) [Gantner to third, Molitor to second]; Thomas lined into a double play (shortstop to shortstop to second) [Molitor out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Brewers 2. RANGERS 6TH: AUGUSTINE REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Mendoza flied to right; Rivers doubled to center; Wills doubled to right [Rivers scored]; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted) [Wills to third]; Bell flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 7, Brewers 2. BREWERS 6TH: COMER REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Oglivie flied to center; Brouhard singled to left; Money singled to center [Brouhard to third]; Yount lined to shortstop; Simmons grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 7, Brewers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to right [Sundberg to second (error by Brouhard)]; Roberts grounded out (third to first); Sample popped to center; Stein was walked intentionally; Mendoza singled to left [Sundberg scored, Stein to second]; Rivers flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Brewers 2. BREWERS 7TH: Gantner flied to left; Molitor singled to second; Cooper doubled to center [Molitor scored]; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie doubled to right [Cooper scored]; Brouhard reached on an error by Bell [Oglivie scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Money flied to right; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Brewers 5. RANGERS 8TH: SLATON REPLACED AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Bell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Brewers 5. BREWERS 8TH: Yount lined to third; Simmons walked; Gantner flied to left; Molitor singled to center [Simmons to second]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Cooper flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Brewers 5. RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Roberts popped to second; Sample popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Brewers 5. BREWERS 9TH: PUTNAM REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 1B); Thomas walked; Oglivie was called out on strikes; Brouhard lined to third; Money walked [Thomas to second]; KERN REPLACED J. JOHNSON (PITCHING); HOWELL BATTED FOR YOUNT; Howell popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Brewers 5.

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