Yielding only two infield singles -- by Sal Butera with two out in the eighth and Hosken Powell in the ninth -- Doc Medich hurled the Rangers to a 6-0 blanking of the Twins. The Rangers scored all their runs in the second inning on an RBI single by Mark Wagner, two-run single by Bump Wills, RBI singles by Mickey Rivers and Al Oliver, and a run-scoring double by Leon Roberts. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Saturday, September 19, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 2 Rangers 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 6 11 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Wills 2b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .245 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Rivers cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .277 Corcoran 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Oliver dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .312 Adams dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Bell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Castino 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Roberts rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .290 Ward cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Sundberg c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .277 Sofield lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .158 Stein 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .336 Butera c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Putnam 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Washington ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Sample lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .268 D. Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .327 Veselic p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 0 2 0 1 4 Totals 35 6 11 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:04 Attendance: 13,065 Left on Base: Twins 4, Rangers 8 DP: Twins 0, Rangers 0 Errors: Butera, Washington, Bell Doubles: Roberts (15) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Jackson L(3-3) 1.1 7 6 6 1 1 0 12 4.41 Veselic 6.2 4 0 0 2 4 0 26 0.87 Totals 8 11 6 6 3 5 0 38 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich W(9-5) 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 31 3.22 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 31 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Russ Goetz TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (third to first); Wilfong flied out to right; Corcoran grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Rivers singled to left; Oliver flied out to right; Bell forced Rivers (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (second to first); Castino grounded out (third to first); Ward grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Butera dropped a foul fly hit by Roberts for an error; Roberts struck out; Sundberg singled to right; Stein singled to left [Sundberg to third, Stein to second (on throw to 3b)]; Sample was walked intentionally; Wagner singled to left [Sundberg scored, Stein to third, Sample to second]; Wills singled to center [Stein scored, Sample scored, Wagner to third]; Rivers singled to right [Wagner scored, Wills to third]; Oliver singled to right [Wills scored, Rivers to second]; VESELIC REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); Bell flied out to center; Roberts doubled to center [Rivers scored, Oliver to third]; Sundberg walked; Stein grounded out (first unassisted); 6 R, 7 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 3RD: Sofield grounded out (first to pitcher); Butera grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 3RD: Sample was called out on strikes; Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 4TH: Powell grounded out (second to first); Wilfong flied out to left; Corcoran lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 4TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver flied out to right; Bell walked; Roberts forced Bell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 5TH: Adams flied out to right; Castino flied out to right; Ward grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Stein grounded out (first unassisted); Sample grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 6TH: Sofield walked; Butera grounded out (third to first) [Sofield to second]; Washington flied out to right; Powell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 6TH: Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied out to left; Rivers singled to left; Oliver singled to second [Rivers to second]; Bell forced Oliver (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 7TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Corcoran grounded out (first to pitcher); Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 7TH: Roberts was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Stein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 8TH: PUTNAM REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 1B); Castino reached on an error by Bell; Ward struck out; Sofield struck out; Butera singled to left [Castino to third]; Washington struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. RANGERS 8TH: Sample singled to left; Wagner lined to second; Wills forced Sample (first to shortstop) [Wills to second (error by Washington)]; Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6. TWINS 9TH: Powell singled to second; Wilfong popped to third; Corcoran flied out to right; Adams flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Rangers 6.

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