Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
September 7, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics 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 1, Oakland Athletics 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 0 2 0
Sample lf 4 0 1 0
Oliver dh 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Jones rf 4 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
  Tolleson pr 0 0 0 0
Stein 1b 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 2 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1
Bosetti dh 4 1 0 0
Armas rf 3 0 0 0
Klutts 3b 3 0 2 1
  Stanley 2b 1 0 0 0
Newman c 3 0 1 0
Moore 1b 3 0 0 0
McKay 2b,3b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Texas 000 000 001173
Oakland 100 010 00x270
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (9-4) 8.0 7 2 2 1 5
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
1
5
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  W (10-6) 9.0 7 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
3

  E–Bell 2 (10), Wills (9).  2B–Oakland Newman (12,off Honeycutt).  HR–Texas Jones (2,9th inning off Norris 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Armas (5,by Honeycutt).  SB–Tolleson (1,2nd base off Norris/Newman).  IBB–Honeycutt (1,Armas).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:11.  A–36,393.
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