California Angels vs Oakland Athletics
April 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1980 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the California Angels 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)
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California Angels 1, Oakland Athletics 6

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Cowens cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 1 2 0
Ford rf 1 0 0 0
  Harlow cf 3 0 1 0
Baylor dh 3 0 1 1
Carew 1b 3 0 1 0
Downing c 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 0 0 0
Grich 2b 2 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ss 0 0 0 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 1 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 2
Page dh 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 1 2 1
Gross 3b 4 1 2 0
  Klutts pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Newman c 5 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 1 2 1
Guerrero ss 3 2 1 0
Picciolo 2b 4 0 1 1
Keough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 10 5
California 000 100 000153
Oakland 213 000 00x6100
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp  L (0-1) 2.2 7 6 5 2 3
  Martinez   3.1 1 0 0 5 1
  LaRoche   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Montague   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
8
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  W (3-0) 9.0 5 1 1 4 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
4

  E–Ford (1), Rudi (1), LaRoche (1).  DP–Oakland 2.  2B–California Lansford (2,off Keough); Carew (3,off Keough), Oakland Murphy (1,off Knapp); Revering (4,off Knapp).  HBP–Baylor (1,by Keough).  SB–Henderson (3,2nd base off Martinez/Downing).  HBP–Keough (1,Baylor).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:48.
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