California Angels vs Texas Rangers
May 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The California Angels 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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California Angels 5, Texas Rangers 4

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 0 0 0
Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0
Carew 1b 3 0 0 0
Ford rf 4 2 2 0
Rudi lf 3 1 1 1
Grich 2b 3 1 1 2
Garr dh 3 1 3 1
Cruz ss 3 0 1 0
Donohue c 3 0 1 1
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 2 1 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 3 0 1 0
Ellis dh 3 0 1 1
Putnam 1b 3 0 1 0
Grubb rf 3 1 1 0
Sundberg c 2 1 0 0
Frias ss 2 0 1 0
  Norris ph 0 0 0 0
  Zisk ph 1 1 1 3
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 4
California 020 003 0590
Texas 000 100 3472
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (1-0) 6.0 6 3 3 2 1
  LaRoche  SV (1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
7.0
7
4
4
2
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  L (3-2) 5.1 8 5 4 1 3
  Darwin   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
7.0
9
5
4
1
4

  E–Grubb (1), Frias (5).  DP–California 1, Texas 1.  2B–California Rudi (4,off Medich).  HR–California Grich (5,6th inning off Medich 1 on, 1 out), Texas Zisk (7,7th inning off LaRoche 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Wills (1,by Martinez).  HBP–Martinez (1,Wills).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–2:04.  A–16,803.
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