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.

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