Chicago White Sox vs Texas Rangers
July 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 3, Texas Rangers 11

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Kimm c 5 0 1 0
Morrison 2b 5 0 3 0
Johnson dh 5 0 3 2
Nordhagen rf 5 0 0 0
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Pruitt lf 3 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 1 1 0
Squires 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz ss 3 1 1 0
Dotson p 0 0 0 0
  Kravec p 0 0 0 0
  Hoyt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 1 0 0
  Sample cf 1 0 0 0
Wills 2b 5 1 1 1
Oliver lf 5 2 3 1
Bell 3b 3 2 2 0
Zisk rf 3 2 2 1
  Norris rf 2 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 2 4 3
Putnam 1b 4 0 1 1
Roberts c 4 1 1 4
Harrelson ss 0 0 0 0
  Frias ss 4 0 1 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 15 11
Chicago 001 000 0023110
Texas 000 551 00x11151
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Dotson  L (7-5) 4.0 6 6 6 2 2
  Kravec   0.1 4 4 4 1 0
  Hoyt   3.2 5 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
15
11
11
3
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (6-5) 6.0 6 1 1 2 0
  Lyle  SV (8) 3.0 5 2 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
2
3
1

  E–Oliver (6).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Lemon (19,off Matlack), Texas Oliver (22,off Hoyt).  3B–Texas Wills (3,off Kravec).  HR–Texas Roberts (5,4th inning off Dotson 2 on, 2 out).  SB–Lemon (3,3rd base off Matlack/Roberts).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:28.  A–11,256.
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