Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
September 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 9, Texas Rangers 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 3
Upshaw rf 3 3 1 0
Moseby cf 5 1 2 4
Velez dh 3 1 0 0
  Manrique ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 1
Woods lf 3 2 2 1
Iorg 2b 5 0 2 0
Ainge 3b 4 2 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 2 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 0 0
Sample lf 3 0 1 0
  Jones lf 2 1 2 3
Oliver dh 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
  Johnson c 1 0 0 0
Grubb rf 3 1 1 0
Wills 2b 3 0 2 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Tolleson ph,ss 2 1 0 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Whitehouse p 0 0 0 0
  Mercer p 0 0 0 0
  Butcher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Toronto 112 320 0009141
Texas 000 000 201390
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  W (4-8) 9.0 9 3 3 3 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (8-7) 2.1 6 4 4 2 4
  Whitehouse   1.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Mercer   3.0 4 2 2 2 3
  Butcher   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
5
9

  E–Griffin (23).  2B–Toronto Upshaw (3,off Darwin), Texas Oliver (22,off Clancy); Sundberg (12,off Clancy).  HR–Toronto Moseby (8,4th inning off Whitehouse 2 on, 2 out), Texas Jones (1,7th inning off Clancy 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Whitt (6,off Whitehouse).  SF–Woods (2,off Whitehouse).  SB–Moseby (9,3rd base off Darwin/Sundberg); Ainge (8,3rd base off Whitehouse/Sundberg).  CS–Whitt (2,3rd base by Darwin/Sundberg).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:43.  A–8,358.
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