Dave Stieb, going the distance for the eighth time, hurled the Blue Jays to a 3-0 blanking of the Rangers. All Toronto runs came in the eighth inning. George Bell led off with a double and reached third as Al Woods beat out a bunt. Garth Iorg then lined a single to plate Bell. A passed ball, sacrifice fly by Danny Ainge and squeeze bunt by Ernie Whitt brought home two more runs. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Texas Rangers 0

Game Played on Monday, August 31, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 9 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .205 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Upshaw rf,1b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .177 Sample lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Moseby cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .243 Oliver dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .332 Velez dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .233 Bell 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .314 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .231 Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Bell pr,rf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .257 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Woods lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .230 Grubb rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Iorg 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .248 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Ainge 3b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .189 Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Whitt c 1 0 0 1 2 1 .225 Poquette ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Stieb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 9 3 7 7 Totals 31 0 7 0 1 3 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 8,034 Left on Base: Blue Jays 13, Rangers 5 DP: Blue Jays 3, Rangers 2 Errors: Ainge, Bell, Wills Doubles: Bell (2) Sacrifice Hits: Whitt (5), Moseby (5) Sacrifice Flies: Ainge (1) GIDP: Mayberry (6), Oliver (12), Grubb (6), Poquette (2) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stieb W(7-9) 9 7 0 0 1 3 0 32 3.61 Totals 9 7 0 0 1 3 0 32 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(5-7) 7 8 3 2 6 7 0 34 4.53 J. Johnson 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.66 Comer 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.09 Totals 9 9 3 2 7 7 0 43 Passed Balls: Sundberg (6) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Rocky Roe BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin was called out on strikes; Upshaw grounded out (third to first); Moseby grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Sample reached on an error by Ainge; Oliver grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sample out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez walked; Mayberry grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Velez out at second]; Woods grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (third to first); Putnam singled to center; Sundberg singled to right [Putnam to third]; Grubb grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Iorg singled to left; Ainge popped to shortstop; Whitt walked [Iorg to second]; Griffin struck out; Upshaw struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Wills flied out to right; Mendoza grounded out (third to first); Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Moseby singled to first; Velez reached on an error by Bell [Moseby to second]; Mayberry flied out to left; Woods lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [Moseby out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Sample flied out to center; Oliver singled to center; Bell singled to left [Oliver to second]; Putnam struck out; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg grounded out (first unassisted); Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitt walked; Griffin singled to left [Whitt to second]; Upshaw walked [Whitt to third, Griffin to second]; Moseby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (second to first); Mendoza singled to left [Mendoza out at second (left to shortstop to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez struck out; Mayberry walked; BELL RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Woods singled to left [Bell to third, Woods to second (on throw to 3b)]; Iorg was called out on strikes; Ainge walked; Whitt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: UPSHAW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rivers struck out; Sample flied out to center; Oliver singled to left; Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Griffin flied out to left; Upshaw singled to center; Moseby flied out to left; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg struck out; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bell doubled to left; On a bunt Woods singled to pitcher [Bell to third]; Iorg singled to right [Bell scored, Woods to second]; J. JOHNSON REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Woods to third, Iorg to second]; Ainge hit a sacrifice fly to right [Woods scored, Iorg to third]; Whitt out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Iorg scored (unearned)]; Griffin popped to first; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: Wills singled to center; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Poquette grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Wills out at second]; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 9TH: WAGNER REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); Upshaw singled to right; Moseby out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Upshaw to second]; COMER REPLACED J. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Velez flied out to right; Bell walked; Woods reached on an error by Wills [Upshaw to third, Bell to second]; Iorg forced Woods (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 9TH: Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver flied out to center; Bell walked; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.

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