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Rangers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 16, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers, played on May 16, 1981 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny Darwin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Britt Burns |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 20,206 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ted Hendry 1B: Jim Evans 2B: Al Clark 3B: Steve Palermo |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Al Oliver | DH |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Leon Roberts | Left Fielder |
| Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
| Rick Lisi | Right Fielder |
| Mark Wagner | Shortstop |
| Larry Cox | Catcher |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | Left Fielder |
| Mike Squires | First Baseman |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| Greg Luzinski | DH |
| Harold Baines | Right Fielder |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
| Jim Morrison | Third Baseman |
| Bill Almon | Shortstop |
| Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 16, 1981
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Burns
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Burns
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Burns
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Burns
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Roberts vs. Burns
Roberts strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Darwin
LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Lisi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Darwin
Squires hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Darwin
Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Burns
Putnam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lisi vs. Burns
Lisi hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Burns
Wagner strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Burns
Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Darwin
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Darwin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Darwin
Baines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Darwin
Lemon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lisi. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Baines moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bernazard vs. Darwin
Bernazard is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Morrison vs. Darwin
Morrison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Morrison reaches second base with a double. Baines scores. Lemon scores. Bernazard moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Almon vs. Darwin
Almon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bernazard scores. Morrison scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LeFlore vs. Darwin
There goes Almon. The throw from Cox, and Wagner drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
LeFlore vs. Darwin
LeFlore hits a line drive into left center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Almon scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Squires vs. Darwin
Squires hits a fly ball into right field. Lisi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LeFlore moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fisk vs. Darwin
Fisk strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Burns
Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Burns
Burns fires to first and has Wills trapped. There's the throw to Bernazard who tags Wills for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Burns
Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Burns
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Darwin
Luzinski hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Darwin
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Darwin
There goes Baines. The throw from Cox and he is safe. Baines steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Darwin
Lemon hits a line drive towards short. Wagner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bernazard vs. Darwin
Bernazard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lisi. Bernazard reaches second base with a double. Baines scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morrison vs. Darwin
Morrison strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Burns
Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Burns
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Putnam vs. Burns
Putnam strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lisi vs. Burns
Lisi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Hough
Charlie Hough now pitching.
Almon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Hough
LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Lisi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Hough
Squires hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Burns
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cox vs. Burns
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Burns
Wills strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Hough
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Hough
Luzinski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baines vs. Hough
Baines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Hough
The ball gets by Cox for a passed ball. Baines moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lemon vs. Hough
The ball gets by Cox for a passed ball. Baines moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Lemon vs. Hough
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baines tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Hough
Bernazard strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Burns
Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Burns
Oliver hits a popup towards third. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Burns
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Burns
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Hough
Bill Stein now playing second base.
Morrison strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Hough
Almon hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Hough
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Burns
Rusty Kuntz now playing left field.
Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lisi vs. Burns
Lisi hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Bernazard fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wagner vs. Burns
Wagner hits a popup towards first. Squires settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cox vs. Burns
Cox hits a popup, foul, towards third. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Babcock
Bob Babcock now pitching.
Squires takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Babcock
Fisk is hit by the pitch. Squires moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Luzinski vs. Babcock
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Squires moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Baines vs. Babcock
Baines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Babcock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Squires scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Babcock
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Babcock covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Burns
Marc Hill now catching. Greg Pryor now playing second base.
Stein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Burns
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards second. Pryor fields the ball and throws to second. Almon drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Almon. Rivers moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Burns
Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Burns
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pryor vs. Schmidt
Dave J. Schmidt now pitching.
Pryor hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Schmidt
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Schmidt
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Burns
Roberts hits a popup, foul, towards first. Squires settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Burns
Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burns fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lisi vs. Burns
Lisi hits a fly ball into right field. Baines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1981 -- Texas at Chicago (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Wills B, 2b 3 0 2 0 LeFlore R, lf 4 0 1 1
Stein B, 2b 1 0 1 0 Kuntz R, lf 0 0 0 0
Rivers M, cf 4 1 2 0 Squires M, 1b 3 1 0 0
Oliver A, dh 4 0 1 1 Fisk C, c 3 0 0 0
Bell B, 3b 3 0 1 0 Hill M, c 0 0 0 0
Roberts L, lf 4 0 0 0 Luzinski G, dh 4 1 1 1
Putnam P, 1b 4 0 2 0 Baines H, rf 4 3 4 1
Lisi R, rf 4 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 3 1 1 1
Wagner M, ss 3 0 0 0 Bernazard T, 2b 2 1 1 1
Cox L, c 3 0 0 0 Pryor G, 2b 1 0 0 0
Morrison J, 3b 4 1 1 2
Almon B, ss 4 1 1 2
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 9 1 32 9 10 9
Texas 000 000 010 -- 1
Chicago 051 020 10x -- 9
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin D (L) 3.0 7 6 6 1 2
Hough C 3.0 2 2 1 0 3
Babcock B 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Schmidt D 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Burns B (W) 9.0 9 1 0 1 4
E -- Wagner M, Almon B
DP -- Texas 1, Chicago 2
LOB -- Texas 6, Chicago 3
2B -- Lemon C, Morrison J, LeFlore R, Bernazard T
HR -- Luzinski G
SB -- Almon B, Baines H
CS -- Wills B
SF -- Lemon C
HBP -- by Babcock B (Fisk C)
PB -- Cox L 2
T -- 2:43
A -- 20206
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