GAME #4 (winners’ bracket first round):
Mario Mendoza’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and turned out to be the game-winner for the Rangers. Billy Sample led off the inning with a double and he was sacrificed to third to set up Mendoza. The Rangers outhit the Mariners 12-3 but those hits were scattered throughout the game. Doc Medich pitched a complete-game win for Texas, with seven strikeouts, three hits and one run allowed. Floyd Bannister gave up 12 hits and two runs in eight innings for the Mariners.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 SEATTLE MARINERS (1) AT 1981 TEXAS RANGERS (2) 1981 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1981 TEXAS RANGERS AB R H BI Julio Cruz 3 0 0 0 Mickey Rivers 4 0 1 0 Lenny Randle 4 0 1 0 Bump Wills 4 0 0 0 Tom Paciorek 3 0 0 0 Al Oliver 4 0 1 0 Richie Zisk 3 1 1 0 Buddy Bell 4 1 2 0 Bruce Bochte 3 0 0 0 Pat Putnam 4 0 2 0 Jeff Burroughs 2 0 0 0 Jim Sundberg 4 0 2 1 Joe Simpson 4 0 1 1 Billy Sample 3 1 2 0 Jerry Narron 4 0 0 0 Leon Roberts 2 0 0 0 Jim Anderson 2 0 0 0 Mario Mendoza 3 0 2 1 TOTALS 28 1 3 1 TOTALS 32 2 12 2 1981 SEATTLE MARINERS 010 000 000 -- 1 1981 TEXAS RANGERS 000 100 10x -- 2 LOB--1981 SEATTLE MARINERS 7, 1981 TEXAS RANGERS 7. 2B--Joe Simpson, Pat Putnam, Al Oliver, Billy Sample (2). HBP--Richie Zisk. SACB--Julio Cruz, Jeff Burroughs, Leon Roberts. SB--Mickey Rivers. 1981 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Floyd Bannister [L] 8.00 12 2 2 0 2 0 1981 TEXAS RANGERS Doc Medich [W] 9.00 3 1 1 4 7 0 WP--Floyd Bannister, Doc Medich. SO--Julio Cruz (2), Jim Anderson, Joe Simpson, Lenny Randle, Jerry Narron, Tom Paciorek, Jim Sundberg, Bump Wills. BB--Jim Anderson, Jeff Burroughs, Bruce Bochte, Tom Paciorek.
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