A run-scoring single by Tom Paciorek in the 11th inning enabled the Mariners to edge the Rangers, 2-1. Dan Meyer singled with one out and stole second to set the stage for Paciorek's game-winning hit. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 2, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Thursday, September 24, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Mariners 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 8 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 5 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Wills 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 .253 Meyer 3b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .249 Rivers cf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .276 Randle 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Oliver dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .307 Paciorek lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .327 Bell 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .292 Zisk dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .326 Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Anderson pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Ellis ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .146 Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .270 Norman pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burroughs rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .251 Poquette lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .190 Allen pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tolleson pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Henderson rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .168 Wagner ph,ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .315 Simpson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Serna ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Roberts rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Bulling c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Stein ph,lf 2 0 0 1 1 2 .330 Parsons ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Firova c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grubb ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Narron ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Sample ph,rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 2 8 2 5 6 Totals 35 1 4 1 8 3 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 7,087 Left on Base: Mariners 8, Rangers 10 DP: Mariners 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Bell Home Runs: Meyer (2) Stolen Bases: Meyer (4), Tolleson (2) Caught Stealing: Cruz (8), Rivers (5) Sacrifice Hits: Simpson (6), Putnam (1) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie 6.1 2 1 1 3 1 0 24 2.97 Andersen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.18 Rawley W(3-6) 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 16 4.13 Drago SV(5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5.74 Totals 11 4 1 1 8 3 0 44 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich L(9-6) 10.2 8 2 2 4 6 1 41 3.12 Comer 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.75 Totals 11 8 2 2 5 6 1 43 Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Bill Haller MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Meyer homered; Paciorek reached on an error by Bell; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first) [Paciorek to second]; Bochte walked; Burroughs popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers was called out on strikes; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. MARINERS 2ND: Simpson lined to pitcher; Serna struck out; Bulling flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Meyer popped to third; Paciorek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts popped to second; Mendoza popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. MARINERS 4TH: Zisk singled to center; Bochte forced Zisk (shortstop to second); Burroughs singled to center [Bochte out at third (center to third)]; Simpson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. MARINERS 5TH: Serna grounded out (shortstop to first); Bulling struck out; Cruz singled to center; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Putnam flied out to left; Poquette walked; Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. MARINERS 6TH: Meyer grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek flied out to center; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Roberts grounded out (third to first); Mendoza grounded out (first unassisted); Wills singled to center; Rivers walked [Wills to second]; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte singled to center; Burroughs popped to first in foul territory; Simpson lined into a double play (second to first) [Bochte out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Bell walked; Putnam out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bell to second]; Poquette singled to left [Bell to third]; ANDERSEN REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); TOLLESON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Tolleson stole second; Sundberg walked; STEIN BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Stein walked [Bell scored, Tolleson to third, Sundberg to second]; GRUBB BATTED FOR MENDOZA; RAWLEY REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); SAMPLE BATTED FOR GRUBB; Sample forced Tolleson (third to catcher) [Sundberg to third, Stein to second]; Wills forced Sample (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. MARINERS 8TH: TOLLESON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Serna flied out to left; PARSONS BATTED FOR BULLING; Parsons flied out to right; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: FIROVA REPLACED PARSONS (PLAYING C ); Rivers walked; Rivers was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Oliver flied to left in foul territory; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. MARINERS 9TH: Meyer popped to second; Paciorek singled to left; Zisk struck out; Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: Putnam grounded out (second to first); WAGNER BATTED FOR TOLLESON; Wagner popped to shortstop; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. MARINERS 10TH: WAGNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Burroughs walked; ALLEN RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Simpson out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Allen to second]; Serna struck out; NARRON BATTED FOR FIROVA; Narron grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 10TH: NARRON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HENDERSON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING RF); Stein was called out on strikes; Sample walked; Wills singled to left [Sample to second]; Rivers flied out to left; Oliver forced Wills (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Rangers 1. MARINERS 11TH: Cruz flied out to center; Meyer singled to right; Meyer stole second; Paciorek singled to left [Meyer scored, Paciorek out at second (left to second)]; Zisk walked; ANDERSON RAN FOR ZISK; Bochte walked [Anderson to second]; COMER REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Henderson walked [Anderson to third, Bochte to second]; Simpson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 11TH: ANDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); RANDLE REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 3B); Bell singled to left; ELLIS BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Ellis walked [Bell to second]; NORMAN RAN FOR ELLIS; Wagner forced Bell (pitcher to shortstop) [Norman to second]; DRAGO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Sundberg popped to second; Stein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 2, Rangers 1.

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