Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees
August 12, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Texas Rangers 4, New York Yankees 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 0
Wills 2b 5 0 1 0
Oliver dh 5 0 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Grubb rf 4 1 1 0
Putnam 1b 4 1 3 1
Sample lf 3 1 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 2 1
Mendoza ss 3 1 2 1
  Stein ph 0 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 2 2 0 0
Mumphrey cf 3 1 0 0
Piniella rf 2 0 1 1
  Gamble ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Winfield lf 4 0 1 2
Jackson dh 4 1 1 0
Watson 1b 2 0 1 0
  Revering ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 1 2
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 5
Texas 001 210 0004121
New York 102 002 00x561
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   4.0 3 3 1 2 2
  Jenkins  L (4-6) 3.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
3
2
2
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   4.2 7 4 3 0 2
  LaRoche  W (4-0) 2.2 4 0 0 0 1
  Frazier  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
0
3

  E–Mendoza (9), Mumphrey (5).  DP–Texas 1, New York 2.  2B–Texas Putnam (11,off LaRoche); Rivers (12,off LaRoche); Bell (7,off LaRoche), New York Piniella (6,off Matlack); Winfield (14,off Matlack).  3B–Texas Mendoza (1,off Reuschel); Grubb (1,off Reuschel).  HR–New York Nettles (9,6th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sample (4,by Reuschel).  SH–Mumphrey (3,off Matlack).  SB–Randolph (11,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg).  HBP–Reuschel (1,Sample).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Larry Barnett, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:08.  A–20,918.
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