Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
May 31, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 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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Seattle Mariners 5, Texas Rangers 3

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Simpson cf 5 1 3 3
Randle lf 5 0 0 0
  Parsons lf 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 4 0 1 0
Gray dh 5 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 5 1 3 0
  Henderson pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Meyer 3b 5 1 4 1
Narron c 3 1 1 0
Auerbach ss 5 1 1 0
Cruz 2b 4 0 2 1
Allard p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 15 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 0 0
Stein lf 3 2 2 0
Oliver dh 4 1 3 3
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ellis ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Grubb rf 4 0 1 0
Roberts cf 4 0 2 0
Wagner ss 4 0 1 0
Cox c 3 0 2 0
  Sundberg ph 1 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Seattle 001 103 0005150
Texas 100 000 0203110
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Allard  W (3-1) 7.1 10 3 3 1 3
  Rawley  SV (4) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (3-4) 5.0 9 4 4 0 4
  Comer   4.0 6 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Seattle Meyer (4,off Jenkins); Burroughs (3,off Jenkins), Texas Oliver (14,off Allard); Cox (1,off Allard); Roberts 2 (10,off Allard 2).  HR–Seattle Simpson (1,3rd inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out), Texas Oliver (3,8th inning off Allard 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Narron (1,off Jenkins).  IBB–Bochte (1,by Comer).  SB–Simpson (2,2nd base off Jenkins/Cox); Cruz (26,2nd base off Jenkins/Cox).  IBB–Comer (6,Bochte).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:15.  A–16,636.
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