The Texas Rangers squeaked out a win over 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

Explore

More Rangers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

13

Seager

RBI

38

García

AVG

.282

Smith

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Dunning

K

56

Gray

ERA

2.21

Gray

Team Rankings

HR

61

14th

R

258

10th

SO

488

17th

ERA

4.02

17th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	33	27	.550
Rangers	28	30	.483	4.0
Astros	26	33	.441	6.5
Athletics	24	36	.400	9.0
Angels	21	37	.362	11.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 6/2	TEX	@	MIA	1:40 PM
Mon 6/3	DET	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Tue 6/4	DET	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Wed 6/5	DET	@	TEX	8:05 PM
Fri 6/7	SFG	@	TEX	8:05 PM

Last Game

Marlins

21-38

0

Final

7

Rangers

28-30

Sat 1 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

19

Tucker

19

Judge

18

Henderson

RBI Leaders

57

Ramírez

53

Ozuna

49

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.340

Arraez

.326

Betts

.326

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

83

Arraez

75

Contreras

75

Jr.

Run Leaders

52

Jr.

48

Contreras

44

Schwarber

OBP Leaders

.420

Profar

.419

Betts

.409

Soto

SLG Leaders

.639

Judge

.611

Ozuna

.607

Ohtani

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

20

Turang

20

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

95

Glasnow

93

Crochet

90

Flaherty

ERA Leaders

1.70

Suárez

1.72

Lugo

1.73

López

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Suárez

0.82

Skubal

0.91

Glasnow

K/9 Leaders

12.16

Gray

12.01

Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

6

Kirby

10

Imanaga

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

874.4

Jr.

832.3

Ramírez

829.2

Tucker

DraftKings Points Leaders

669

Jr.

636

Ohtani

619

Ramírez

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