Danny Darwin permitted just three hits as the Rangers defeated the Mariners, 4-1. Texas tallied three times in the fourth on an RBI single by Buddy Bell, throwing error by Seattle center fielder Joe Simpson and run-scoring double by Pat Putnam. Al Oliver delivered an RBI single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Monday, September 21, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Rangers 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 0 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267 Wills 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .253 Meyer 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .245 Rivers cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .280 Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .331 Oliver dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .312 Zisk dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .329 Bell 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .292 Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Putnam 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .259 Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Poquette lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Serna ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Sundberg c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .277 Simpson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Roberts rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .285 Bulling c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .233 Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Narron ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Firova c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stoddard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 3 1 3 7 Totals 29 4 8 3 1 4 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 5,873 Left on Base: Mariners 4, Rangers 3 DP: Mariners 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Simpson Doubles: Putnam (16), Sundberg (14) Triples: Cruz (3) Stolen Bases: Cruz (43) Caught Stealing: Sundberg (3) Sacrifice Hits: Rivers (3) GIDP: Burroughs (6), Oliver (17) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stoddard L(2-1) 8 8 4 4 1 4 0 31 2.60 Totals 8 8 4 4 1 4 0 31 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Darwin W(9-8) 9 3 1 1 3 7 0 32 3.62 Totals 9 3 1 1 3 7 0 32 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - George Maloney MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; Meyer was called out on strikes; Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (catcher to first); Rivers flied out to center; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte flied out to center; Burroughs struck out; Serna struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell was called out on strikes; Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Poquette grounded out (pitcher to third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. MARINERS 3RD: Simpson grounded out (second to first); Bulling walked; Cruz forced Bulling (second to shortstop); Meyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg walked; Sundberg was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Roberts was called out on strikes; Mendoza flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. MARINERS 4TH: Paciorek was called out on strikes; Zisk walked; Bochte singled to third [Zisk to second]; Burroughs grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bochte out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills singled to right; Rivers singled to first [Wills to second]; Oliver flied out to center; Bell singled to center [Wills scored, Rivers scored (error by Simpson) (no RBI), Bell to second (on throw to home)]; Putnam doubled to right [Bell scored]; Poquette grounded out (second to first) [Putnam to third]; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 3. MARINERS 5TH: Serna flied out to center; Simpson flied out to center; Bulling flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 5TH: Roberts flied out to left; Mendoza flied out to left; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 3. MARINERS 6TH: Cruz tripled to center; Meyer grounded out (first unassisted) [Cruz scored]; Paciorek was called out on strikes; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Rivers singled to right; Oliver grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 3. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte flied out to left; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Serna grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to left; Poquette flied out to center; Sundberg doubled to left; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 3. MARINERS 8TH: Simpson flied out to right; NARRON BATTED FOR BULLING; Narron struck out; Cruz popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: FIROVA REPLACED NARRON (PLAYING C ); Mendoza struck out; Wills singled to center; Rivers out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wills to second]; Oliver singled to right [Wills scored]; Bell forced Oliver (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 4. MARINERS 9TH: Meyer flied out to center; Paciorek singled to left; Zisk struck out; Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 4.

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