Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
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 Arlington Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 7, Texas Rangers 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Garcia ss 5 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 5 0 1 0
Singleton rf 5 0 1 0
Murray 1b 5 1 4 0
Ayala lf 4 1 1 0
  Bumbry pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Roenicke cf 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 0 1 0 0
  Lowenstein lf 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 2 3 2
May dh 3 1 2 3
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 2
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 2 2 0
Oliver lf 2 1 1 2
  Norris lf 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 1
Ellis 1b 2 0 0 0
  Putnam 1b 1 0 0 0
Zisk dh 3 0 2 0
  Roberts pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Grubb ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Sample rf 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 2 2
Frias ss 2 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Baltimore 000 011 0507130
Texas 200 000 210581
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (3-2) 7.1 8 5 5 2 1
  Stoddard  SV (4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
1
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   7.0 8 4 4 2 4
  Kern  L (1-3) 0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Lyle   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
5

  E–Ellis (2).  DP–Baltimore 3, Texas 1.  2B–Baltimore DeCinces 2 (4,off Matlack,off Kern); Ayala (1,off Matlack); May (3,off Kern), Texas Bell (8,off Flanagan); Wills (3,off Flanagan).  HR–Texas Oliver (3,1st inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out); Sundberg (3,7th inning off Flanagan 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bumbry (2,off Lyle).  HBP–Sample (1,by Flanagan).  SB–DeCinces (1,3rd base off Matlack/Sundberg); May (1,2nd base off Matlack/Sundberg).  WP–Matlack (2).  HBP–Flanagan (1,Sample).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:42.  A–21,962.
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