Rangers @ Mariners
May 24, 1981

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Top 9	R	H	E
Rangers	5	13	1
Mariners	3	9	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Rangers	5	13	1
Mariners	3	9	1

Mickey Rivers Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.290
OBP	.500	.321
At Bats	4	155
Hits	2	45
• Singles	2	39
• Doubles	0	6
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	7
RBI’s	0	10

Larry Andersen Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	1

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Kingdome - May 24, 1981

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Out

Larry Andersen

Jerry Narron

Gary Gray

Lenny Randle

Dan Meyer

Jim Anderson

Tom Paciorek

Joe Simpson

Jeff Burroughs

Mickey Rivers

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Joe Simpson now playing center field. Jerry Narron now catching. Rivers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Narron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 8 John Henry Johnson now pitching. Jerry Narron pinch hits for Bud Bulling. Narron hits a line drive into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Joe Simpson pinch hits for Dave Henderson. Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Meyer moves to second.

Bottom 8 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 8 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andersen fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Mendoza hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Charlie Hough now pitching. Gray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hough fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Paciorek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bulling moves to second.

Bottom 7 Randle hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bulling takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Larry Andersen now pitching. Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver scores. That run is unearned.

Top 7 Floyd Bannister now pitching. Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to third.

Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Rivers moves to third. Oliver moves to second.

Top 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Randle. Rivers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 7 Ken Clay now pitching. Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Matlack fires to first and picks off Henderson.

Bottom 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell juggles the ball. That's an error on Bell.

Bottom 6 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Matlack fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson fields it and throws to third for the out.

Top 6 Mendoza hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second.

Top 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Grubb hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Gray hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Paciorek hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Paciorek reaches second base with a double. Anderson goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 5 Randle bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

Bottom 5 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Bulling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Henderson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Matlack covering, for the out.

Bottom 4 Burroughs strikes out.

Top 4 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

Top 4 Mendoza hits a fly ball into right field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Putnam scores. Roberts moves to second.

Top 4 Roberts hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Putnam moves to third.

Top 4 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out.

Top 4 Putnam hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Putnam reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 3 Zisk strikes out.

Bottom 3 Gray hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Matlack spins and fires to second, and Randle is picked off.

Bottom 3 Paciorek takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Randle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Randle reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meyer fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Anderson strikes out.

Bottom 2 Bulling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Meyer scores.

Bottom 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Meyer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Meyer reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Burroughs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb scores.

Top 2 Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Putnam tags and scores.

Top 2 Grubb hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Grubb reaches second base with a double. Putnam moves to third.

Top 2 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Bell strikes out.

Bottom 1 Zisk hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Gray strikes out.

Bottom 1 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Randle moves to third.

Bottom 1 There goes Randle. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Randle steals second.

Bottom 1 Randle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground for a double play.

Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Mickey Rivers Season Stats

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Joe Simpson now playing center field. Jerry Narron now catching. Rivers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Narron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Rangers @ Mariners
May 24, 1981