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Rangers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 11, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers, played on August 11, 1981 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 11, 1981 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 11, 1981 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Honeycutt |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Righetti |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 30,117 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lou DiMuro 1B: Nick Bremigan 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Larry Barnett |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
Al Oliver | DH |
Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
Billy Sample | Left Fielder |
Leon Roberts | Right Fielder |
Bill Stein | First Baseman |
Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
Mario Mendoza | Shortstop |
Don Zimmer | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
Jerry Mumphrey | Center Fielder |
Lou Piniella | Right Fielder |
Dave Winfield | Left Fielder |
Reggie Jackson | DH |
Bob Watson | First Baseman |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Rick Cerone | Catcher |
Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
Gene Michael | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Rangers
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
August 11, 1981
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Righetti
Rivers strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Righetti
Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Righetti
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bell vs. Righetti
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wills scores. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sample vs. Righetti
Sample strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Righetti
Roberts strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Honeycutt
Randolph takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mumphrey vs. Honeycutt
Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Honeycutt
Piniella 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, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Righetti
Stein is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Righetti
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. Righetti
Mendoza strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Honeycutt
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Honeycutt
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Honeycutt
Watson 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, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Righetti
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Righetti
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Righetti
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Righetti
Bell hits a line drive towards the mound. Righetti can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sample vs. Righetti
Sample hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Honeycutt
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Honeycutt
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Honeycutt
Dent hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Righetti
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Righetti
Stein hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mumphrey. Stein reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sundberg vs. Righetti
Sundberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mendoza vs. Righetti
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Randolph fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Stein moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rivers vs. Righetti
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Honeycutt
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mumphrey vs. Honeycutt
Mumphrey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Honeycutt
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Winfield vs. Honeycutt
Winfield hits a line drive into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Righetti
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Righetti
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Righetti
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Honeycutt
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Honeycutt
Watson hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Honeycutt
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stein scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. Righetti
Sample strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Righetti
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Righetti
Stein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Righetti covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Honeycutt
Cerone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dent vs. Honeycutt
Dent bunts towards the mound. Honeycutt fields it and throws to first for the out. Cerone moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randolph vs. Kern
Jim Kern now pitching.
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mumphrey vs. Kern
Mumphrey is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Frazier
George Frazier now pitching.
Sundberg takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mendoza vs. Frazier
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Frazier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Frazier
Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Frazier
Wills hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Piniella. Wills reaches second base with a double. Mendoza moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Oliver vs. Frazier
Oliver is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bell vs. Frazier
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Kern
Pat Putnam now playing first base. Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Lou Piniella.
Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Winfield vs. Kern
Winfield hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Kern
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wills scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. Frazier
Oscar Gamble now playing right field.
Sample strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Frazier
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Frazier
Putnam hits a line drive towards short. Dent reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Kern
Dave Revering pinch hits for Bob Watson.
Revering takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Kern
Nettles hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Kern
Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Kern
Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Bucky Dent.
Murcer 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
Top 9
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Frazier
Dave Revering now playing first base. Larry Milbourne now playing shortstop.
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mendoza vs. Frazier
Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Frazier
Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Kern
Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mumphrey vs. Kern
Mumphrey bunts towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gamble vs. Johnson
John Henry Johnson now pitching.
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. Randolph moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Winfield vs. Schmidt
Dave J. Schmidt now pitching.
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/11/1981 -- Texas at New York (N) Texas AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Rivers M, cf 5 0 0 0 Randolph W, 2b 3 0 1 0 Wills B, 2b 4 1 2 0 Mumphrey J, cf 3 0 1 0 Oliver A, dh 3 0 2 0 Piniella L, rf 2 0 0 0 Bell B, 3b 4 0 2 1 Gamble O, ph-rf 2 0 1 0 Sample B, lf 4 0 0 0 Winfield D, lf 4 0 0 0 Roberts L, rf 4 0 0 0 Jackson R, dh 3 0 0 0 Stein B, 1b 3 0 1 0 Watson B, 1b 2 0 0 0 Putnam P, 1b 1 0 0 0 Revering D, ph-1b 0 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 2 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 0 0 Mendoza M, ss 4 0 0 0 Cerone R, c 3 0 1 0 Dent B, ss 1 0 0 0 Murcer B, ph 1 0 0 0 Milbourne L, ss 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 1 7 1 27 0 4 0 Texas 100 000 000 -- 1 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Honeycutt R (W) 5.1 2 0 0 1 0 Kern J 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 Johnson J 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Schmidt D (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Righetti D (L) 6.0 6 1 1 1 9 Frazier G 3.0 1 0 0 2 1 DP -- Texas 2 LOB -- Texas 9, New York 4 2B -- Stein B, Wills B SH -- Dent B, Mumphrey J T -- 2:24 A -- 30117
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