Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers
September 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 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 5 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 5 2 2 1
  Randle 3b 0 0 0 0
Paciorek lf 5 0 2 1
Zisk dh 4 0 1 0
  Anderson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 3 0 1 0
  Allen pr 0 0 0 0
  Henderson rf 0 0 0 0
Simpson cf 4 0 0 0
Serna ss 4 0 0 0
Bulling c 2 0 0 0
  Parsons ph 1 0 0 0
  Firova c 0 0 0 0
  Narron ph,c 1 0 0 0
Beattie p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 8 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 2 0
Rivers cf 3 0 0 0
Oliver dh 5 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ellis ph 0 0 0 0
  Norman pr 0 0 0 0
Poquette lf 2 0 1 0
  Tolleson pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Roberts rf 2 0 0 0
  Stein ph,lf 2 0 0 1
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Sample ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 4 1
Seattle 100 000 000 01280
Texas 000 000 100 00141
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Beattie   6.1 2 1 1 3 1
  Andersen   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Rawley  W (3-6) 4.0 2 0 0 3 1
  Drago  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
4
1
1
8
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  L (9-6) 10.2 8 2 2 4 6
  Comer   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
8
2
2
5
6

  E–Bell (14).  DP–Texas 1.  HR–Seattle Meyer (2,1st inning off Medich 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Simpson (6,off Medich); Putnam (1,off Beattie).  SB–Meyer (4,2nd base off Medich/Sundberg); Tolleson (2,2nd base off Andersen/Bulling).  CS–Cruz (8,2nd base by Medich/Sundberg); Rivers (5,2nd base by Rawley/Firova).  U–George Maloney, Russ Goetz, Bill Haller.  T–2:58.  A–7,087.
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