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Rangers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 17, 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 17, 1981 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 17, 1981 |
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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 17, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Honeycutt |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ross Baumgarten |
Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
City | Chicago |
State | IL |
Attendance | 30,990 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Jim Evans 1B: Al Clark 2B: Steve Palermo 3B: Ted Hendry |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
Al Oliver | DH |
Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
Leon Roberts | Left Fielder |
John Ellis | First Baseman |
Johnny Grubb | Right Fielder |
Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
Mario Mendoza | Shortstop |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Ron LeFlore | Left Fielder |
Mike Squires | First Baseman |
Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
Greg Luzinski | DH |
Wayne Nordhagen | Right Fielder |
Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
Tony Bernazard | Second Baseman |
Jim Morrison | Third Baseman |
Bill Almon | Shortstop |
Tony LaRussa | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
May 17, 1981
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Baumgarten
Wills 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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Baumgarten
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Baumgarten
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Honeycutt
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Honeycutt
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Honeycutt
Fisk 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, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Honeycutt
Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Squires moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nordhagen vs. Honeycutt
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Squires scores. Luzinski moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lemon vs. Honeycutt
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Mendoza. Luzinski scores. Nordhagen moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bernazard vs. Honeycutt
Bernazard strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Baumgarten
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Nordhagen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Baumgarten
Roberts hits a popup towards short. Almon settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Baumgarten
Ellis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Honeycutt
Morrison hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Morrison reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Almon vs. Honeycutt
Almon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morrison moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
LeFlore vs. Honeycutt
LeFlore hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morrison scores. Almon moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Squires vs. Honeycutt
Squires hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Almon scores. LeFlore moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fisk vs. Schmidt
Dave J. Schmidt now pitching.
Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. LeFlore scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Luzinski vs. Schmidt
There goes Fisk. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Luzinski vs. Schmidt
Luzinski hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Baumgarten
Grubb 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, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Baumgarten
Sundberg strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. Baumgarten
Mendoza hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Schmidt
Nordhagen 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, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Schmidt
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bernazard vs. Schmidt
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morrison vs. Schmidt
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Baumgarten
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Baumgarten
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baumgarten fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Baumgarten
Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Schmidt
Almon 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--
LeFlore vs. Schmidt
There goes Almon. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Almon steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
LeFlore vs. Schmidt
LeFlore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Squires vs. Schmidt
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out. Almon moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fisk vs. Schmidt
There goes Squires. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Squires steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fisk vs. Schmidt
Fisk is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Luzinski vs. Schmidt
Luzinski is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nordhagen vs. Schmidt
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Almon scores. Squires scores. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Schmidt
Lemon 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, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Baumgarten
Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Baumgarten
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Baumgarten
Ellis strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grubb vs. Baumgarten
Grubb hits a line drive towards third. Morrison reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Schmidt
Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morrison vs. Schmidt
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Schmidt
Almon hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Baumgarten
Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mendoza vs. Baumgarten
Mendoza 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, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Baumgarten
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeFlore vs. Schmidt
LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Squires vs. Schmidt
Squires 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--
Fisk vs. Schmidt
Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Squires moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Luzinski vs. Schmidt
Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Baumgarten
Rusty Kuntz now playing left field.
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires fields the ball and throws to Baumgarten covering. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Baumgarten
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Baumgarten
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordhagen vs. Hough
Charlie Hough now pitching.
Nordhagen 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, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Hough
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernazard vs. Hough
Bernazard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb who is chasing the ball. Bernazard reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Morrison vs. Hough
Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Baumgarten
Roberts 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, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Baumgarten
Ellis 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, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Baumgarten
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Hough
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuntz vs. Hough
Kuntz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Almon moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Squires vs. Hough
The ball gets by Sundberg for a passed ball. Almon moves to third. Kuntz moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Squires vs. Hough
There's a wild pitch. Almon scores. Kuntz moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Squires vs. Hough
Squires hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Squires for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
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, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Luzinski vs. Hough
Luzinski is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nordhagen vs. Hough
Nordhagen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuntz scores. Luzinski moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Hough
Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Baumgarten
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon misplays the ball. That's an error on Almon. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stein vs. Baumgarten
Bill Stein pinch hits for Mario Mendoza.
Stein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Baumgarten
Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Kuntz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - White Sox, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivers vs. Baumgarten
Rivers 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, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Baumgarten
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
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/17/1981 -- Texas at Chicago (D) Texas AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI Wills B, 2b 4 0 0 0 LeFlore R, lf 3 1 1 1 Rivers M, cf 4 0 1 0 Kuntz R, lf 1 1 1 0 Oliver A, dh 4 0 0 0 Squires M, 1b 5 2 3 1 Bell B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Fisk C, c 5 0 1 1 Roberts L, lf 3 0 1 0 Luzinski G, dh 2 1 0 0 Ellis J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Nordhagen W, rf 5 0 3 4 Grubb J, rf 3 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 5 0 1 0 Sundberg J, c 3 0 1 0 Bernazard T, 2b 4 0 1 0 Mendoza M, ss 2 0 0 0 Morrison J, 3b 4 1 1 0 Stein B, ph 1 0 1 0 Almon B, ss 4 3 3 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 0 4 0 38 9 15 7 Texas 000 000 000 -- 0 Chicago 230 200 02x -- 9 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Honeycutt R (L)* 1.0 6 5 4 1 1 Schmidt D 5.0 5 2 2 1 1 Hough C 2.0 4 2 2 0 1 Chicago IP H R ER BB SO Baumgarten R (W) 9.0 4 0 0 0 4 * Pitched to 4 batters in 2nd E -- Mendoza M, Almon B DP -- Texas 1, Chicago 2 LOB -- Texas 3, Chicago 9 2B -- Morrison J 3B -- Bernazard T SB -- Almon B, Squires M CS -- Fisk C HBP -- by Schmidt D (Luzinski G), by Hough C (Luzinski G) WP -- Hough C PB -- Sundberg J T -- 2:35 A -- 30990
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