Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
September 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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

Toronto Blue Jays 1, Texas Rangers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0
Moseby cf 4 1 1 1
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
  Upshaw pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 0 0
Ainge 3b 2 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 0
Leal p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 2 1 0
Sample lf 4 0 2 3
Oliver dh 4 0 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Putnam 1b 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 2 2 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Toronto 000 100 000162
Texas 101 000 20x481
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Leal  L (4-10) 6.2 5 3 2 1 3
  Garvin   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
1
5
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  W (9-3) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Griffin 2 (25), Wills (8).  DP–Toronto 2, Texas 1.  2B–Toronto Griffin (16,off Honeycutt); Martinez (5,off Honeycutt), Texas Mendoza (6,off Leal); Sample (14,off Garvin).  3B–Toronto Bell (1,off Honeycutt).  HR–Toronto Moseby (9,4th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Rivers (8,2nd base off Leal/Martinez).  CS–Jones (1,2nd base by Jackson/Martinez).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:23.  A–6,851.
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