Pounding out 18 hits, the Rangers enjoyed a 12-2 rout of the A's. Al Oliver led the Texas attack with four hits and four RBIs. Bump Wills went 4-for-4 and Mickey Rivers was 3-for-4 with three RBIs. The Rangers took a 3-0 lead in the third inning on a single by Oliver and sacrifice fly by Buddy Bell. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 12, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 15, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 2 Rangers 0 0 3 0 2 2 5 0 x - 12 18 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .331 Wills 2b 4 4 4 0 1 0 .251 Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Rivers cf 4 2 3 3 0 0 .268 Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .255 Oliver dh 5 1 4 4 0 0 .314 Armas rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Bell 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0 .303 Spencer 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .197 Putnam 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .194 Poquette lf 5 0 1 2 0 0 .227 Heath c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Sundberg c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .278 Kearney c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .286 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Wagner ss 5 3 2 2 0 0 .357 McKay 2b 2 1 2 2 2 0 .238 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kingman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Owchinko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bordi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 6 2 5 7 Totals 40 12 18 12 3 1 Time of Game: 2:47 Attendance: 11,829 Left on Base: A's 7, Rangers 9 DP: A's 0, Rangers 3 Errors: Gross, Picciolo, Putnam Doubles: Oliver 2 (26), Wagner (2), Rivers (16) Home Runs: McKay (2) Caught Stealing: Wills (9), Rivers (4) Sacrifice Flies: Bell (8) GIDP: Gross (6), Picciolo (5), Heath (8) Hit by Pitch: Rivers (1,by Kingman) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kingman L(3-6) 4.1 8 5 5 1 0 0 22 3.88 Owchinko 1 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 2.97 McLaughlin 1.2 5 5 5 1 0 0 10 12.10 Bordi 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 8 18 12 11 3 1 0 45 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hough W(1-1) 8 5 1 0 5 7 0 32 3.43 Lacey 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 7.66 Totals 9 6 2 1 5 7 1 36 Hit by Pitch: Kingman (4) Wild Pitches: Hough (3) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Larry McCoy ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy grounded out (second to first); Johnson singled to left; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to left; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Rivers singled to left; Rivers was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Spencer walked; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Spencer out at second]; Heath flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Putnam flied out to left; Poquette reached on an error by Picciolo; Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay walked; Picciolo struck out; Henderson singled to left [McKay to second]; Murphy forced Henderson (pitcher to shortstop) [McKay to third]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Roberts flied out to left; Wagner singled to center; Wills singled to left [Wagner to second]; Rivers was hit by a pitch [Wagner to third, Wills to second]; Oliver singled to center [Wagner scored, Wills scored, Rivers to third]; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rivers scored]; Putnam flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas struck out; Spencer grounded out (second to first); Gross walked; Heath flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 4TH: Poquette made an out to third; Sundberg flied out to center; Roberts singled to left; Wagner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: McKay walked; Picciolo grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [McKay out at second]; Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to right; Rivers flied out to left; Oliver doubled to left [Wills to third]; Bell was walked intentionally; OWCHINKO REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Putnam struck out; Poquette singled to center [Wills scored, Oliver scored, Bell to second]; Sundberg flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy flied out to right; Johnson struck out; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 5. RANGERS 6TH: Roberts reached on an error by Gross; Wagner forced Roberts (third to second); Wills singled to left [Wagner to third]; Rivers singled to center [Wagner scored (unearned), Wills to third]; Oliver singled to center [Wills scored, Rivers to third]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Oliver was out trying to advance to second (catcher to second); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 7. ATHLETICS 7TH: Spencer walked; Gross reached on an error by Putnam [Spencer to second]; Heath grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Spencer to third, Gross out at second]; McKay singled to right [Spencer scored (unearned)]; Picciolo singled to center [McKay to second]; Hough threw a wild pitch [McKay to third, Picciolo to second]; Henderson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 7. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to right; Poquette flied out to left; Sundberg singled to left; Roberts singled to center [Sundberg to second]; Wagner doubled to right [Sundberg scored, Roberts scored]; Wills walked; Rivers doubled to left [Wagner scored, Wills scored]; Oliver doubled to right [Rivers scored]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 12. ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy singled to right; Johnson struck out; Armas grounded out (third to first) [Murphy to second]; Spencer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 12. RANGERS 8TH: BORDI REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); KEARNEY REPLACED HEATH (PLAYING C ); Putnam singled to right; Poquette forced Putnam (second to shortstop); Sundberg walked [Poquette to second]; Roberts flied out to left; Wagner flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Rangers 12. ATHLETICS 9TH: LACEY REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (first to pitcher); NEWMAN BATTED FOR KEARNEY; Newman flied out to left; McKay homered; Picciolo flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 12.

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