A three-run homer by Bill Stein keyed a seven-run ninth inning that lifted the Rangers to a 9-4 triumph over the A's. Texas trailed, 4-2, going into the ninth, but tied the game on an RBI groundout by Al Oliver and an error by Oakland third baseman Dave McKay. Stein then unloaded his blast and the Rangers added two more runs on an error by shortstop Rob Picciolo. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 9, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 9, 1981 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  7  -   9 14  0
A's          0  0  1    1  1  0    1  0  0  -   4  9  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              6   1   2   0     0   1   .249      Henderson lf          5   1   2   0     0   1   .335
Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .256      Murphy cf             4   1   1   1     1   2   .272
Oliver dh             5   2   2   1     0   0   .318      Johnson dh            3   0   2   2     1   1   .257
Bell 3b               5   1   1   1     0   0   .307      Armas rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Jones rf              2   0   0   1     1   1   .276      Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .191
  Stein ph,rf,1b      2   1   1   3     0   1   .357      Gross 3b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .194
Sundberg c            5   1   4   0     0   1   .281        Sexton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sample lf             4   2   2   0     1   0   .273        Picciolo ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Putnam 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Newman c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .254
  Ellis ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .152      McKay 2b,3b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .212
  Grubb rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Stanley ss,2b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .246        Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Poquette ph         0   0   0   1     0   0   .083      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wagner ss           2   1   1   0     0   0   .344        Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  14   7     3   6             Totals               35   4   9   4     3   5

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 11,655
Left on Base: Rangers 10, A's 7
DP: Rangers 1, A's 0
Errors: Picciolo, McKay 2
Doubles: Putnam (13), Henderson 2 (18)
Home Runs: Stein (2), Murphy (12), Gross (8)
Stolen Bases: Wagner (1), Henderson (44)
Caught Stealing: Sundberg (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (1)
GIDP: McKay (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich                  6.1   8   4   4   2   5   2  29   3.29
Kern                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   1.86
Comer W(6-1)            2.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.87
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   5   2  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford                6.1   8   2   2   1   3   0  28   3.01
Underwood L(3-6)        2     3   3   3   2   3   0  11   4.10
Jones                   0.2   3   4   1   0   0   1   7   3.27
Totals                  9    14   9   6   3   6   1  46

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Russ Goetz


RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled to right; Bell
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy struck out; Johnson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Jones struck out; Sundberg singled to left;
Sundberg was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Sample flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas flied out to center; Spencer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gross singled to right; Newman walked
[Gross to second]; McKay made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Putnam made an out to first; Mendoza flied out to
left; Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Stanley flied out to center; Henderson flied out
to right; Murphy homered; Johnson singled to third; Armas forced
Johnson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver
singled to left; Bell singled to right [Oliver to third]; Jones
reached on an error by McKay [Oliver scored, Bell to second];
Sundberg singled to right [Bell to third, Jones to second];
Sample forced Bell (third to catcher) [Jones to third, Sundberg
to second]; Putnam forced Sample (second to shortstop); 1 R, 3
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Gross
homered; Newman struck out; McKay flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Mendoza grounded out (third to first); Wills struck
out; Rivers flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Stanley flied out to left; Henderson doubled to
right; Henderson stole third; Murphy struck out; Johnson singled
to center [Henderson scored]; Armas made an out to shortstop; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver flied out to left; Bell flied out to center;
Jones walked; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Sample singled to left; Putnam doubled to right
[Sample to third]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Poquette hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sample scored]; Wills singled to right
[Putnam to third, Wills to second (on throw to home)]; UNDERWOOD
REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Rivers struck out; Oliver grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: WAGNER REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); McKay
singled to right; Stanley made an out to catcher; Henderson
doubled to right [McKay to third]; Murphy was walked
intentionally; KERN REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Johnson walked
[McKay scored, Henderson to third, Murphy to second]; COMER
REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Armas forced Henderson (third to
catcher) [Murphy to third, Johnson to second]; Spencer made an
out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Bell flied out to right; STEIN BATTED FOR JONES;
Stein struck out; Sundberg singled to left; Sample walked
[Sundberg to second]; ELLIS BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Ellis struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ELLIS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Gross singled to right; SEXTON RAN FOR
GROSS; Newman flied out to left; McKay grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Sexton out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Athletics 4.

RANGERS 9TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED SEXTON (PLAYING SS); STANLEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); Wagner singled to center; Wills singled to center [Wagner
to second]; Wagner stole third; Rivers walked [Wills to second];
Oliver forced Rivers (shortstop to second) [Wagner scored, Wills
to third]; JONES REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Bell reached on
an error by McKay [Wills scored, Oliver to second]; Stein
homered [Oliver scored, Bell scored (unearned)]; Sundberg
singled to center; Sample singled to left [Sundberg to second];
Ellis flied out to right; Wagner reached on an error by Picciolo
[Sundberg scored (unearned) (no RBI), Sample scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Wagner to second]; Wills flied out to left; 7 R (4
ER), 5 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 9, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: STEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GRUBB
REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING RF); DAVIS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Davis
flied out to right; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9,
Athletics 4.