Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
April 14, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 4, Texas Rangers 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 2 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 1 0 0
Orta rf 4 1 1 4
Charboneau lf 3 0 0 0
Hassey c 3 0 0 0
  Alexander ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 1 0 0 0
  Pruitt ph 1 0 0 0
  Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0
  Mora ph 1 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 2 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Oliver rf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 2 1 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 1 0
  Putnam 1b 1 0 0 0
Zisk dh 3 1 1 0
Sample lf 2 2 1 1
Sundberg c 3 1 1 4
Norman ss 4 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 7 7 6
Cleveland 400 000 000460
Texas 600 000 01x770
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (0-1) 6.1 7 6 6 4 2
  Monge   1.2 0 1 1 3 2
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
7
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (1-0) 6.2 6 4 4 4 1
  Lyle  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Texas 1.  PB–Sundberg (2).  2B–Cleveland Kuiper (1,off Medich), Texas Rivers 2 (3,off Waits 2); Oliver (3,off Waits).  HR–Cleveland Orta (1,1st inning off Medich 3 on, 1 out), Texas Sundberg (1,1st inning off Waits 3 on, 2 out).  SH–Wills (2,off Waits).  IBB–Bell (2,by Monge).  SB–Sample (1,2nd base off Monge/Alexander).  WP–Monge (1).  IBB–Monge (1,Bell).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:32.  A–8,656.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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