Athletics @ Rangers
September 14, 1981

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 0
Rangers 2 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 8 0
Rangers 2 7 0

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .269
OBP .333 .329
At Bats 2 201
Hits 0 54
• Singles 0 38
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 20

Rick Langford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 9 0
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Arlington Stadium - September 14, 1981
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Out
Rick Langford
Jeff Newman
Jim Spencer
Dave McKay
Wayne Gross
Fred Stanley
Rickey Henderson
Dwayne Murphy
Tony Armas
Billy Sample
Tom Poquette

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 5 8 0 5
Texas Rangers 2 7 0 6
Winning Pitcher Rick Langford
Losing Pitcher Doc Medich
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Tony Armas
Attendance 9,995
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Sample hits a popup, foul, towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Poquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Henderson strikes out.
Top 9 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Kern covering, for the out.
Top 9 McKay hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a line drive towards short. Stanley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Kern now pitching. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam fields it and throws to second for the out. Armas moves to third.
Top 8 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Armas moves to second.
Top 8 Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mark Wagner now playing shortstop. Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Bottom 7 Mark Wagner pinch hits for Mario Mendoza. Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sample hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 There goes Henderson. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Mendoza applying the tag.
Top 7 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McKay for the out.
Top 6 Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gross hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills bunts towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 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.
Bottom 4 Mendoza strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sample hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McKay reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. McKay moves to third.
Top 4 Stanley hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McKay hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. McKay reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Newman strikes out.
Bottom 3 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Armas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mendoza strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sample takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Putnam scores. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. Putnam moves to third.
Bottom 2 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newman scores. McKay scores. There goes Murphy trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Top 2 Murphy is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Stanley bunts towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. McKay moves to second.
Top 2 McKay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gross scores. Newman moves to third.
Top 2 Newman takes first base on ball four. Gross moves to second.
Top 2 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Spencer strikes out.
Top 1 Armas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Murphy strikes out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.