Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
April 27, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers 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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Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 3 0
Wills 2b 3 1 1 0
Oliver rf 5 0 2 1
Bell 3b,ss 5 1 1 2
Staub dh 5 0 2 0
Putnam 1b 5 0 2 0
Norris lf 5 0 3 1
Sundberg c 5 0 0 0
Norman ss 2 0 1 0
  Sample ph 0 1 0 0
  Frias ss 0 0 0 0
  Grubb ph 0 0 0 0
  Roberts 3b 0 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 15 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 5 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 4 2 1 0
Hargrove 1b 5 2 2 1
Johnson dh 5 1 1 1
Orta rf 3 1 1 1
Charboneau lf 4 0 2 1
Hassey c 4 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 2 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 3 1
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 6
Texas 100 000 1024153
Cleveland 000 420 10x7131
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (1-2) 3.2 5 4 1 1 1
  Rajsich   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Devine   4.0 6 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
4
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (2-1) 6.1 10 2 2 1 1
  Stanton   2.2 5 2 2 3 0
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
4
1

  E–Rivers (2), Norman (4), Jenkins (1), Veryzer (5).  DP–Texas 2, Cleveland 2.  PB–Sundberg (6).  2B–Cleveland Johnson (2,off Jenkins); Harrah (1,off Rajsich).  3B–Cleveland Hassey (1,off Devine).  IBB–Kuiper (2,by Jenkins).  SB–Norris (1,2nd base off Barker/Hassey).  CS–Norris (1,Home by Barker/Hassey).  IBB–Jenkins (2,Kuiper).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:09.  A–12,879.
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