Glenn Abbott, getting relief help from Shane Rawley, pitched the Mariners to a 2-1 triumph over the Rangers. Paul Serna cracked a leadoff homer in the seventh inning and, after Dave Henderson and Bud Bulling followed with singles, Henderson scored Seattle's second run as Julio Cruz bounced into a double play. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 2, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 23, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 8 1 Rangers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Wills 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .326 Oliver dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Zisk dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .327 Bell 3b 2 0 0 1 1 1 .293 Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Parsons rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Sample ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Gray 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Poquette lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Serna ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 .283 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Henderson cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .168 Roberts rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Bulling c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stein ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .336 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 8 1 0 4 Totals 30 1 4 1 1 2 Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 7,644 Left on Base: Mariners 6, Rangers 4 DP: Mariners 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Serna, Bell Doubles: Gray (7) Home Runs: Serna (4) Caught Stealing: Sundberg (4) Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (4) Sacrifice Flies: Bell (9) GIDP: Cruz (4) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott W(4-7) 8.1 3 1 0 0 2 0 28 3.66 Rawley SV(7) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.42 Totals 9 4 1 0 1 2 0 32 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Honeycutt L(10-6) 9 8 2 2 0 4 1 35 3.11 Totals 9 8 2 2 0 4 1 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Russ Goetz MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Paciorek singled to left; Zisk singled to right [Paciorek to third]; Burroughs forced Zisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (second to first); Rivers flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. MARINERS 2ND: Gray doubled to right; Serna struck out; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gray to third]; Bulling grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (second to first); Putnam flied out to center; Poquette grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Randle singled to left; Paciorek flied out to center; Zisk forced Randle (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to left; Sundberg was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Mendoza grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. MARINERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Gray grounded out (pitcher to first); Serna reached on an error by Bell; Henderson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to right; Rivers reached on an error by Serna; Oliver singled to right [Rivers to third]; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rivers scored (unearned)]; Putnam flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 1. MARINERS 5TH: Bulling singled to third; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bulling to second]; Randle grounded out (third to first); Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Poquette grounded out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 1. MARINERS 6TH: Zisk flied out to center; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Gray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Mendoza struck out; Wills flied out to left; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Rangers 1. MARINERS 7TH: Serna homered; Henderson singled to left; Bulling singled to right [Henderson to third]; Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Henderson scored (no RBI), Bulling out at second]; Randle grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Oliver grounded out (third to first); Bell struck out; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1. MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek grounded out (second to first); Zisk grounded out (third to first); Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: PARSONS REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING RF); Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1. MARINERS 9TH: Gray flied out to right; Serna struck out; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: STEIN BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Stein flied out to center; Wills singled to shortstop; RAWLEY REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Rivers singled to left [Wills to second]; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted) [Wills to third, Rivers to second]; Bell was walked intentionally; SAMPLE BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Sample forced Bell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1.

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