Milwaukee Brewers vs Texas Rangers
August 18, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 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

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Texas Rangers 8

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Bosley rf 5 0 1 0
Howell 3b 5 0 1 0
Cooper 1b 4 1 0 0
Oglivie lf 5 0 2 0
Thomas cf 5 1 1 0
Simmons c 4 1 2 0
Yount ss 2 2 0 1
Molitor dh 4 1 2 2
Gantner 2b 4 0 1 2
  Romero 2b 0 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Augustine p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 10 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 0 1
Wills 2b 5 1 1 1
Oliver dh 4 1 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 2 2
Grubb rf 3 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,rf 0 0 0 1
Putnam 1b 2 1 1 0
Sample lf 2 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 2 3 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 1 0
  Poquette ph 0 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 1 1 2
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 11 8
Milwaukee 100 021 0206100
Texas 002 006 00x8112
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  L (8-3) 5.0 6 5 5 6 1
  Augustine   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Cleveland   2.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
8
1
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   5.0 4 3 2 2 0
  Comer  W (5-1) 2.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Kern  SV (2) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
3
2

  E–Wills (5), Kern (1).  DP–Milwaukee 2, Texas 2.  2B–Milwaukee Thomas (9,off Jenkins); Molitor 2 (5,off Jenkins,off Comer), Texas Sundberg (10,off Vuckovich); Stein (6,off Augustine); Bell (9,off Augustine).  SH–Sample (3,off Vuckovich).  SF–Roberts (3,off Cleveland).  CS–Bell (3,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:33.  A–37,310.
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