Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
September 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1981 at Arlington Stadium. The Seattle Mariners 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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Seattle Mariners 2, Texas Rangers 1

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 3 0 0 0
Randle 3b 4 0 1 0
Paciorek lf 4 0 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0
  Parsons rf 0 0 0 0
Gray 1b 4 0 1 0
Serna ss 4 1 1 1
Henderson cf 4 1 1 0
Bulling c 3 0 2 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 0 1 0
Rivers cf 4 1 1 0
Oliver dh 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 2 0 0 1
Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0
  Sample ph 1 0 0 0
Poquette lf 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Stein ph 1 0 0 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Seattle 000 000 200281
Texas 000 100 000141
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  W (4-7) 8.1 3 1 0 0 2
  Rawley  SV (7) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
1
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (10-6) 9.0 8 2 2 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
4

  E–Serna (5), Bell (13).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Seattle Gray (7,off Honeycutt).  HR–Seattle Serna (4,7th inning off Honeycutt 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Cruz (4,off Honeycutt).  SF–Bell (9,off Abbott).  IBB–Bell (10,by Rawley).  CS–Sundberg (4,2nd base by Abbott/Bulling).  IBB–Rawley (6,Bell).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–1:50.  A–7,644.
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