Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
May 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1981 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 0 0
Rivers cf 5 1 2 0
Oliver dh 5 1 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 1
Putnam 1b 4 2 2 0
Grubb rf 4 1 2 1
Roberts lf 3 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 3 2
Mendoza ss 4 0 1 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Randle 2b 4 0 2 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 2 1
Gray 1b 5 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Henderson cf 3 1 1 1
  Simpson ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Bulling c 2 0 1 1
  Narron ph,c 1 0 0 0
Anderson ss 4 1 1 0
Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Clay p 0 0 0 0
  Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Texas 020 100 2005131
Seattle 010 110 000391
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (3-3) 6.2 8 3 3 2 5
  Hough   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
6
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Parrott   6.0 11 3 3 0 1
  Clay  L (0-4) 0.1 1 2 0 0 0
  Bannister   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Andersen   2.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
3
0
1

  E–Bell (5), Randle (3).  DP–Seattle 1.  2B–Texas Grubb (8,off Parrott); Putnam (8,off Parrott), Seattle Meyer (3,off Matlack); Randle (2,off Matlack); Paciorek (13,off Matlack).  HR–Seattle Henderson (4,4th inning off Matlack 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Roberts (1,off Parrott); Bell (3,off Clay).  HBP–Randle (1,by J Johnson).  SB–Randle (5,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg).  WP–J Johnson (1), Clay (4).  HBP–J Johnson (1,Randle).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:29.  A–6,382.
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