Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
July 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1980 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Texas Rangers 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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Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 6 1 1 0
Wills 2b 4 1 0 1
Oliver lf 6 0 2 1
Bell 3b 5 2 2 2
Zisk rf 2 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 1 0 0 0
  Norris rf 1 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,dh 3 0 1 0
Staub 1b 3 0 1 0
  Roberts pr,1b 1 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 1 0 0 0
  Sample ph 1 0 0 0
  Frias ss 3 0 2 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 11 4
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Powell rf 6 1 2 0
Sofield lf 2 0 1 0
  Jackson R. ph 1 0 0 0
  Edwards lf 1 0 0 0
Smalley ss 5 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 2 1
Wynegar c 5 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 1 1 0
  Morales ph,dh 2 0 1 0
  Mackanin pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Cubbage 1b 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 5 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 1 1 2
Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
  Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0
  Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 8 3
Texas 000 101 010 0014110
Minnesota 120 000 000 000381
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   6.2 7 3 3 1 1
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Darwin  W (5-1) 4.1 1 0 0 0 7
Totals
12.0
8
3
3
2
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.0 5 3 3 4 4
  Corbett   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Verhoeven  L (0-2) 3.2 6 1 1 0 2
  Kinnunen   0.1 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
12.0
11
4
4
6
8

  E–Verhoeven (2).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Texas Oliver 2 (20,off D Jackson,off Verhoeven), Minnesota Landreaux (15,off Medich).  3B–Minnesota Sofield (3,off Medich).  HR–Texas Bell 2 (11,4th inning off D Jackson 0 on, 2 out,6th inning off D Jackson 0 on, 2 out), Minnesota Castino (6,2nd inning off Medich 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Wills (6,off Verhoeven).  IBB–Bell (7,by Kinnunen).  SH–Sofield (8,off Medich); Cubbage (2,off Medich).  CS–Grubb (1,2nd base by Verhoeven/Wynegar).  IBB–Kinnunen (1,Bell).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–3:34.  A–32,948.
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