Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees
May 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, New York Yankees 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 1 2
Wills 2b 4 0 1 1
Oliver lf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 2 0 1 0
  Zisk ph,rf 3 0 0 0
  Roberts 1b 0 0 0 0
Norris rf,1b,rf 5 0 1 1
Grubb dh 1 0 1 0
  Ellis ph,dh 3 1 1 0
Sundberg c 4 1 3 0
Frias ss 2 1 0 0
  Walton ph 0 0 0 0
  Harrelson pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 0 1 1
Murcer lf 3 1 1 2
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 1 0
Jackson dh 5 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 1 0
  Watson ph,1b 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0
Brown rf 4 1 2 0
Dent ss 3 1 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 1
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Texas 001 000 300 15111
New York 100 030 000 0481
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   4.2 6 4 3 1 2
  Lyle  W (2-1) 5.1 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
8
4
3
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   5.1 5 1 0 1 1
  May   1.0 3 3 3 2 0
  Davis  L (2-2) 3.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.0
11
5
4
3
1

  E–Jenkins (2), Spencer (4).  DP–Texas 1, New York 1.  2B–Texas Putnam (4,off Griffin); Sundberg (7,off Griffin), New York Randolph (7,off Jenkins); Jones (6,off Lyle).  3B–New York Brown (3,off Lyle).  HR–New York Murcer (1,1st inning off Jenkins 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Harrelson (1,off Davis); Bell (2,off Davis); Dent (4,off Jenkins).  SF–Oliver (2,off Davis); Cerone (3,off Jenkins); Murcer (1,off Jenkins).  IBB–Watson (2,by Lyle).  CS–Jones (3,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  IBB–Lyle (2,Watson).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:59.  A–48,030.
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