New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins
May 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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New York Yankees 9, Minnesota Twins 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0
  Stanley 2b 0 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 0 0 1
Watson 1b 5 2 3 0
Jackson rf 5 3 3 3
Soderholm dh 3 1 2 1
  Spencer ph,dh 2 1 1 2
Piniella lf 2 1 1 0
  Brown ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 5 0 0 0
Cerone c 5 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 0 1 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Mackanin 2b 4 0 0 0
Landreaux lf 5 0 4 4
Smalley ss 5 0 1 0
Castino 3b 5 1 2 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 2 1
Vega dh 3 1 1 1
Edwards cf 4 1 1 0
Norwood rf 3 1 1 0
Wynegar c 4 1 0 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Felton p 0 0 0 0
  Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
New York 200 102 3109132
Minnesota 000 020 2206122
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (1-0) 7.0 10 6 4 3 5
  May  SV (2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
3
7
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  L (2-2) 5.1 8 5 3 1 2
  Verhoeven   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Felton   1.0 3 3 3 1 1
  Erickson   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Marshall   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
6
2
5

  E–Stanley (2), Nettles (6), Wynegar (1), Erickson (1).  DP–New York 2.  2B–New York Soderholm (3,off Zahn); Jackson (3,off Felton); Watson (3,off Erickson), Minnesota R Jackson (2,off Guidry).  HR–New York Jackson (5,1st inning off Zahn 1 on, 2 out); Spencer (3,7th inning off Felton 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Jones (1,off Erickson).  HBP–Randolph (1,by Erickson).  SB–Brown (2,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar).  CS–Norwood (1,2nd base by Guidry/Cerone).  HBP–Erickson (3,Randolph).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:49.  A–17,067.
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