California Angels vs Texas Rangers
May 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 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 9, Texas Rangers 8

California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 2 2 1
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 0
Carew 1b 5 1 3 1
Ford rf 5 1 2 1
Rudi lf 5 1 3 1
Grich 2b 3 1 1 0
Garr dh 3 1 0 0
  Cowens ph,dh 1 1 1 3
Cruz ss 4 1 1 2
Donohue c 4 0 0 0
Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Montague p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Clear p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 6 2 2 1
Wills 2b 4 2 3 2
Oliver lf 4 0 1 1
Bell 3b 5 0 1 2
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Zisk dh 5 1 2 1
Grubb rf 3 1 2 0
  Sample ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 2 0
Harrelson ss 1 0 0 0
  Walton ph 1 0 0 0
  Frias ss 0 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 1 0 0
  Roberts ss 1 0 0 0
  Ellis ph 0 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 13 7
California 100 220 4009141
Texas 000 034 1008131
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Kison   5.0 10 5 4 0 4
  Montague   0.2 2 2 0 1 0
  LaRoche   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
  Clear  W (2-2) 2.2 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
13
8
5
4
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer   4.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Devine   0.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Rajsich   2.0 1 1 1 0 3
  Kern  L (2-5) 0.0 0 2 0 1 0
  Lyle   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
7
3
6

  E–Cruz (5), Roberts (3).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–California Rudi (5,off Comer), Texas Wills 2 (7,off Kison 2); Sundberg (8,off Kison); Oliver (12,off Kison).  HR–California Harlow (2,1st inning off Comer 0 on, 0 out); Cruz (1,4th inning off Comer 1 on, 2 out); Ford (2,7th inning off Rajsich 0 on, 2 out); Cowens (1,7th inning off Lyle 2 on, 2 out), Texas Zisk (8,7th inning off LaRoche 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Ellis (1,by Clear).  SB–Wills (12,2nd base off Clear/Donohue); Ellis (1,2nd base off Clear/Donohue).  WP–Kern (1).  HBP–Clear (1,Ellis).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–John Shulock.  T–3:00.  A–16,232.
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