Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
April 29, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 1980 at Tiger Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers 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 10, Detroit Tigers 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 4 2
Wills 2b 3 0 1 1
Oliver lf 2 0 0 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 1
Staub dh 4 1 1 0
Zisk rf 4 2 2 2
  Norris rf 0 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 2 3 1
Sundberg c 4 2 2 0
Frias ss 3 1 2 2
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 10 16 10
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 0
  Brookens ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Gibson cf 3 0 1 0
  Stegman ph 1 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 1 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
Summers rf 2 2 2 1
Thompson 1b 3 1 2 0
Parrish c 3 1 2 3
Wockenfuss dh 3 0 1 1
Trammell ss 2 0 1 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 10 5
Texas 142 001 210160
Detroit 000 032 05100
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (1-2) 5.1 9 5 5 1 1
  Darwin   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Rajsich  SV (2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
7.0
10
5
5
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (3-2) 1.1 5 5 5 0 0
  Hiller   4.2 8 3 3 1 2
  Billingham   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
7.0
16
10
10
1
2

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Putnam (3,off Morris); Rivers (5,off Hiller), Detroit Kemp (5,off Comer).  HR–Texas Zisk (2,3rd inning off Hiller 1 on, 1 out), Detroit Parrish (4,5th inning off Comer 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Wills (3,off Morris).  SF–Oliver (1,off Morris); Wills (2,off Hiller); Frias (1,off Billingham).  WP–Morris (1).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:23.  A–7,941.
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