Striking out eight batters and permitting only five hits, John Butcher earned his first victory of the season as the Rangers shut out the Angels, 1-0. The game's lone tally came on a two-out solo homer by Bobby Johnson in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 1, California Angels 0

Game Played on Saturday, October 3, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .207 Tolleson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .211 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Sundberg lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Carew ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Sample cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .280 Burleson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Ellis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Sconiers 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Roberts rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271 Baylor dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 B. Johnson c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .357 Grich 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .305 Werner dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Harris lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Wagner 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Downing lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Norman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Ferguson c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Butcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .180 Lubratich 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .063 Moreno p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 5 0 1 8 Totals 31 1 5 1 2 6 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 11,550 Left on Base: Angels 6, Rangers 6 DP: Angels 0, Rangers 0 Doubles: Sconiers (1), Downing (14), Roberts (17) Home Runs: B. Johnson (2) Sacrifice Hits: Ferguson (1) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moreno L(1-3) 8.2 5 1 1 2 6 1 33 2.87 Totals 8.2 5 1 1 2 6 1 33 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butcher W(1-2) 9 5 0 0 1 8 0 33 1.63 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 8 0 33 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman ANGELS 1ST: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Patek grounded out (second to first); Sconiers doubled to right; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Tolleson struck out; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Sample singled to center; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 2ND: Grich struck out; Harris struck out; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Roberts struck out; B. Johnson flied out to center; Werner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 3RD: Beniquez was called out on strikes; Lubratich grounded out (pitcher to first); Harlow walked; Patek forced Harlow (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: DOWNING REPLACED HARRIS (PLAYING LF); Wagner grounded out (third to first); Norman singled to third; Tolleson flied out to center; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 4TH: Sconiers grounded out (second to first); Baylor flied out to right; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Sample struck out; Ellis popped to second; Roberts doubled to left; B. Johnson walked; Werner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 5TH: Downing singled to left; Ferguson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Downing to second]; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lubratich lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Wagner flied out to center; Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolleson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 6TH: Harlow was called out on strikes; Patek grounded out (third to first); Sconiers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to center; Sample flied out to left; Ellis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 7TH: Baylor struck out; Grich struck out; Downing doubled to left; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Roberts flied out to left; B. Johnson struck out; Werner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Lubratich flied out to right; Harlow singled to center; CAREW BATTED FOR PATEK; Carew forced Harlow (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: BURLESON REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING SS); Wagner flied out to center; Norman flied out to center; Tolleson singled to right; Sundberg walked [Tolleson to second]; Sample popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. ANGELS 9TH: Sconiers lined to left; Baylor grounded out (shortstop to first); Grich singled to left; Downing flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 9TH: Ellis flied out to center; Roberts popped to first; B. Johnson homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Rangers 1.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".