Permitting just three hits, Britt Burns pitched the White Sox to a 3-1 decision over the Mariners. The score was 1-1 when Carlton Fisk began the ninth inning with an infield hit and raced to third when third baseman Lenny Randle threw wildly to first base. A double by Chet Lemon plated Fisk, and Lamar Johnson provided insurance with an RBI single. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 3, Seattle Mariners 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 16, 1981 (Night game) at Kingdome
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  6  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  3  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore lf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .252      Cruz 2b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Bernazard 2b          3   1   0   0     1   1   .268      Randle 3b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .231
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Paciorek cf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .332
Luzinski dh           2   0   1   0     2   0   .285      Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     0   2   .332
Fisk c                3   1   1   0     1   0   .256        Allen pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lemon cf              3   1   1   2     1   0   .299      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Johnson 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .310      Gray 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Loviglio pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Bochte lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .275
  Squires 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Serna ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Morrison 3b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .227        Maler ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  Molinaro ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Anderson ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Pryor 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Bulling c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Almon ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .306        Walton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Burns p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Firova c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Clay p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     6   5             Totals               29   1   3   1     3   9

Time of Game: 3:14   Attendance:  5,178
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Mariners 4
DP: White Sox 1, Mariners 1
Errors: Randle
Doubles: Luzinski (14), Lemon (22), Bulling (2)
Home Runs: Paciorek (11)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (32), Randle (11), Paciorek (12)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (10)
GIDP: LeFlore (8)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burns W(9-4)            9     3   1   1   3   9   1  32   2.50
Totals                  9     3   1   1   3   9   1  32

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clay                    6     2   1   1   5   3   0  25   4.74
Andersen                2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6   2.18
Drago L(4-6)            1     4   2   2   0   0   0   6   5.83
Totals                  9     6   3   3   6   5   0  37

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - George Maloney


WHITE SOX 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Bernazard
grounded out (first unassisted); Baines grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to center; Randle walked; Randle
stole second; Paciorek struck out; Zisk was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Luzinski walked; Fisk flied out to right; Lemon
flied out to center; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Burroughs flied out to center; Gray flied out to
left; Bochte flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
was called out on strikes; LeFlore singled to first; LeFlore
stole second; Bernazard grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Serna flied out to left; Bulling doubled to right;
Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Baines grounded out (first unassisted); Luzinski
doubled to left; Fisk flied out to center; Lemon walked; Johnson
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Paciorek walked; Zisk struck out; Paciorek stole
second; Burroughs struck out; Gray flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Morrison grounded out (shortstop to first); Almon
grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Bochte walked; On a bunt Serna hit into a double
play (catcher to second) [Bochte out at second]; Bulling
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Mariners 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bernazard walked; Baines flied out to center;
Luzinski walked [Bernazard to second]; Fisk walked [Bernazard to
third, Luzinski to second]; Lemon forced Fisk (shortstop to
second) [Bernazard scored, Luzinski to third]; Johnson flied out
to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle was
called out on strikes; Paciorek homered; HP umpire Ken Kaiser
warned both teams after first pitch to Richie Zisk was
inside; Zisk flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: ANDERSEN REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Morrison
struck out; Ken Clay ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser for
throwing behind Jim Morrison; Almon flied out to center;
LeFlore walked; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Gray
flied out to center; Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Bernazard was called out on strikes; Baines flied
out to center; Luzinski grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 8TH: MALER BATTED FOR SERNA; Maler struck out; WALTON
BATTED FOR BULLING; Walton struck out; Cruz was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Mariners 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED MALER (PLAYING SS); FIROVA
REPLACED WALTON (PLAYING C ); DRAGO REPLACED ANDERSEN
(PITCHING); Fisk singled to third [Fisk to second (error by
Randle)]; Lemon doubled to left [Fisk scored]; Johnson singled
to center [Lemon scored]; LOVIGLIO RAN FOR JOHNSON; MOLINARO
BATTED FOR MORRISON; Molinaro forced Loviglio (first to
shortstop); Almon singled to shortstop [Molinaro to second];
LeFlore grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Almon
out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: SQUIRES REPLACED LOVIGLIO (PLAYING 1B); PRYOR
REPLACED MOLINARO (PLAYING 3B); Randle grounded out (shortstop
to first); Paciorek popped to first; Zisk singled to center;
ALLEN RAN FOR ZISK; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Mariners 1.