Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners
September 29, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1981 at Kingdome. The Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Texas Rangers 6, Seattle Mariners 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 1 0
Rivers cf 4 1 1 0
Oliver dh 2 1 1 1
Bell 3b 1 1 0 0
  Tolleson 3b 3 0 1 0
Sundberg c 2 1 0 0
  Johnson c 1 0 1 1
Roberts rf 4 1 1 0
Sample lf 4 1 2 3
Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0
Wagner ss 4 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 5
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Simpson cf 4 0 1 0
Meyer 3b 5 1 2 0
Paciorek lf 4 1 1 0
Zisk dh 3 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 3 0 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 0 2 2
  Walton pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Serna 2b 4 0 0 0
Anderson ss 2 0 0 0
  Narron ph 1 0 0 0
  McHenry ss 0 0 0 0
  Parsons ph 0 0 0 0
  Allen pr 0 0 0 0
Bulling c 3 0 1 0
  Maler ph 1 0 0 0
Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Texas 031 000 002691
Seattle 000 002 000271
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (10-6) 7.0 6 2 2 3 2
  Kern  SV (6) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Clark  L (2-5) 4.0 4 4 3 4 2
  Parrott   4.0 1 0 0 2 4
  Rawley   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Andersen   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
7
6

  E–Wagner (4), Bulling (4).  DP–Seattle 1.  PB–Bulling (4).  2B–Texas Rivers (21,off Clark); Oliver (29,off Rawley).  HR–Texas Sample (3,2nd inning off Clark 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Oliver (2,by Clark); Sample (7,by Parrott); Parsons (2,by Kern).  IBB–Sundberg (6,by Parrott).  SB–Sample (4,2nd base off Clark/Bulling); Wills (11,2nd base off Parrott/Bulling).  CS–Paciorek (10,2nd base by Medich/Sundberg).  WP–Clark (7).  BK–Clark (3).  HBP–Kern (1,Parsons); Clark (1,Oliver); Parrott (1,Sample).  IBB–Parrott (1,Sundberg).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:57.  A–4,810.
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