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Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 8, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers, played on September 8, 1981 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 8, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 8, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Charlie Hough |
Home Starting Pitcher | Steve McCatty |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 17,469 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Russ Goetz 1B: George Maloney 2B: Rocky Roe 3B: Ken Kaiser |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
Billy Sample | Left Fielder |
Al Oliver | DH |
Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
Bob Jones | Right Fielder |
Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
Mario Mendoza | Shortstop |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rickey Henderson | Left Fielder |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Cliff Johnson | DH |
Tony Armas | Right Fielder |
Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
Mike Heath | Catcher |
Fred Stanley | Second Baseman |
Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
September 8, 1981
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. McCatty
Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sample vs. McCatty
Sample hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. McCatty
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCatty juggles the ball. That's an error on McCatty. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. McCatty
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hough
Murphy 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 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hough
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Hough
Armas strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. McCatty
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. McCatty
Sundberg strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. McCatty
Putnam hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Hough
Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Hough
Gross hits a popup in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hough
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. McCatty
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off McCatty, and towards Gross, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. McCatty
Mendoza strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. McCatty
Rivers hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Heath fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hough
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Hough
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Picciolo for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. McCatty
Sample hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. McCatty
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. McCatty
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Hough
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hough
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Armas vs. Hough
There goes Johnson. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Hough
Armas strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. McCatty
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. McCatty
Sundberg hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. McCatty
Putnam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. McCatty
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with McCatty covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Hough
Spencer hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Hough
Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Hough
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. McCatty
Mendoza hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. McCatty
Rivers hits a popup towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. McCatty
Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Hough
Stanley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Hough
There's a wild pitch. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Picciolo vs. Hough
Picciolo strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Hough
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Hough
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. McCatty
Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. McCatty
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. McCatty
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Hough
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Hough
Armas hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Hough
Spencer strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. McCatty
Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. McCatty
Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. McCatty
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. McCatty
Tom Poquette pinch hits for Mario Mendoza.
Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Hough
Mark Wagner now playing shortstop.
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heath vs. Hough
Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Wayne Gross.
There goes Sexton. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Sexton steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Hough
Heath takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Stanley vs. Comer
Steve Comer now pitching.
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. Sexton moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Picciolo vs. Comer
Picciolo bunts towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Sexton scores. Stanley moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Henderson vs. Comer
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stanley scores. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murphy vs. Mercer
Mark Mercer now pitching.
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Kern
Jim Kern now pitching.
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. McCatty
Dave McKay now playing third base.
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. McCatty
Sample hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. McCatty
Oliver strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/8/1981 -- Texas at Oakland (N) Texas AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Rivers M, cf 4 0 1 0 Henderson R, lf 4 1 2 2 Sample B, lf 4 0 0 0 Murphy D, cf 3 0 0 0 Oliver A, dh 4 0 0 0 Johnson C, dh 3 0 0 0 Bell B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Armas T, rf 3 0 0 0 Jones B, rf 3 0 0 0 Spencer J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 3 0 0 0 Gross W, 3b 3 0 1 0 Putnam P, 1b 3 0 1 0 Sexton J, pr 0 1 0 0 Wills B, 2b 3 0 1 0 McKay D, 3b 0 0 0 0 Mendoza M, ss 2 0 0 0 Heath M, c 2 0 0 0 Poquette T, ph 1 0 0 0 Stanley F, 2b 3 1 1 0 Wagner M, ss 0 0 0 0 Picciolo R, ss 2 0 0 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 0 3 0 26 3 4 3 Texas 000 000 000 -- 0 Oakland 100 000 02x -- 3 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Hough C (L)* 7.0 3 3 3 2 7 Comer S 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 Mercer M+ 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 Kern J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO McCatty S (W) 9.0 3 0 0 0 7 * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th E -- McCatty S LOB -- Texas 3, Oakland 3 HR -- Henderson R SB -- Sexton J CS -- Johnson C SH -- Picciolo R WP -- Hough C T -- 2:26 A -- 17469
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