Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
July 18, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1980 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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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Texas Rangers 7, Baltimore Orioles 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 3 0
Wills 2b 4 1 1 2
Oliver lf 5 0 1 3
Bell 3b 4 0 0 1
Zisk rf 4 0 0 0
Ellis dh 3 0 0 0
Staub 1b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 2 1 1
Roberts ss 3 1 2 0
  Grubb ph 1 1 1 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 10 7
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,cf 1 1 0 0
Dauer 3b 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Lowenstein lf 2 0 1 0
  Ayala ph 1 0 0 1
  Graham 3b 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 0 2 2
Crowley dh 4 1 2 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 4 1 2 0
Garcia ss,2b 4 2 2 1
Sakata 2b 2 0 0 0
  Murray ph 1 0 1 1
  Belanger pr,ss 1 2 1 1
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 14 7
Texas 000 021 0047101
Baltimore 000 000 62x8141
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich   6.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Kern  L (2-11) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Johnson   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Darwin   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Lyle   1.2 5 2 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
7
4
2
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  W (9-8) 8.0 7 3 3 3 2
  Stoddard   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Martinez  SV (6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
3

  E–Sundberg (6), Sakata (1).  DP–Texas 2, Baltimore 1.  2B–Texas Wills (18,off T Martinez).  3B–Baltimore Belanger (2,off Lyle).  HR–Texas Sundberg (6,6th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Wills (11,off Flanagan).  IBB–Roenicke (4,by Johnson).  IBB–Johnson (1,Roenicke).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:44.  A–22,659.
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