The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals, 9 to 8, on May 3, 1981.

Final

Royals

5-11

8

Rangers

11-9

9

KCR

TEX

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

7

0

7

1

2

8

0

3

9

0

10

0

1

R

8

9

H

16

12

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

KCR

TEX

Single by Johnny Grubb; Bump Wills and Al Oliver scored.

0

2

Bottom 2nd

KCR

TEX

Sacrifice fly by Bump Wills; Bill Stein scored.

0

3

Top 6th

KCR

TEX

Single by Hal McRae; Willie Wilson scored.

1

3

Double by Willie Aikens; John Wathan scored.

2

3

Single by Amos Otis; Hal McRae and Willie Aikens scored.

4

3

Single by Frank White; Amos Otis scored.

5

3

Home run by Cesar Geronimo; Frank White scored.

7

3

Top 7th

KCR

TEX

Single by Amos Otis; Willie Aikens scored.

8

3

Bottom 7th

KCR

TEX

Single by Al Oliver; Bill Stein and Mario Mendoza scored.

8

5

Bottom 8th

KCR

TEX

Double by Pat Putnam; Johnny Grubb scored.

8

6

Single by Bill Stein; Jim Sundberg scored.

8

7

Single by Bump Wills; Pat Putnam scored.

8

Bottom 10th

KCR

TEX

Home run by Pat Putnam.

8

9

Royals

Rangers

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	SB	CS	TB
Willie Wilson LF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
John Wathan C	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hal McRae DH	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2
Willie Aikens 1B	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Amos Otis CF	5	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	2
Jamie Quirk 3B	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3
Lee May PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Chalk 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White 2B	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Cesar Geronimo RF	5	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	5
U L Washington SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	44	8	16	8	1	7	1	1	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Paul Splittorff	2.0	4	3	3	2	0	0
Renie Martin	4.0	3	2	2	2	0	0
Ken Brett	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Dan Quisenberry	0.2	3	2	1	0	0	0
Juan Berenguer (L)	1.1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Totals	9.0	12	9	7	6	2	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Bump Wills 2B	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Mickey Rivers CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Duran LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Ellis PH,1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Oliver DH	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3
Leon Roberts LF,CF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Grubb RF	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg C	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Pat Putnam 1B,LF	4	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	6
Bill Stein 3B	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
Mario Mendoza SS	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	9	12	9	1	6	2	1	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR
Fergie Jenkins	5.1	11	7	7	3	1
Dave Schmidt	3.1	4	1	1	2	0
John Henry Johnson (W)	1.1	1	0	0	2	0
Totals	10.0	16	8	8	7	1

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More Rangers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

4

García

RBI

15

García

AVG

.308

García

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Bradford

K

22

Eovaldi

ERA

0.96

Robertson

Team Rankings

HR

15

21st

R

87

9th

SO

139

20th

ERA

3.87

14th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	9	8	.529
Angels	8	8	.500	0.5
Athletics	7	10	.412	2.0
Mariners	7	10	.412	2.0
Astros	6	12	.333	3.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/16	TEX	@	DET	1:10 PM
Wed 4/17	TEX	@	DET	1:10 PM
Thu 4/18	TEX	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 4/19	TEX	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Sat 4/20	TEX	@	ATL	7:20 PM

Last Game

Tigers

9-7

0

Final

1

Rangers

9-8

Mon 15 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

7

Trout

7

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

22

Ozuna

19

Ward

18

Steer

Batting Average Leaders

.403

Altuve

.390

Contreras

.373

Volpe

Hit Leaders

29

Altuve

26

Kwan

26

Ohtani

Run Leaders

20

Betts

17

Jr.

16

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.483

Winker

.479

Contreras

.476

Altuve

SLG Leaders

.750

O'Neill

.746

Ozuna

.731

Busch

SB Leaders

8

Turang

7

Jr.

7

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Detmers

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

31

Crochet

30

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.86

Blanco

0.98

Singer

WHIP Leaders

0.62

Bradford

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.50

Detmers

13.25

Peralta

12.94

Gore

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Peralta

12.50

Jones

12.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Bradford

2

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

333

Betts

272

Ohtani

268.2

Ozuna

DraftKings Points Leaders

250

Betts

210

Ohtani

205

Altuve

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0