Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees
August 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 4, New York Yankees 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 2 0
Wills 2b 3 1 1 0
Oliver lf 4 2 2 1
Bell 3b 4 1 2 2
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Staub 1b 3 0 1 1
Sample rf 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
  Frias ss 1 0 0 0
Roberts ss,c 3 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 1 1
Jones cf 5 0 0 0
Gamble dh 2 0 1 0
  Piniella ph,dh 3 1 1 0
Jackson rf 4 2 2 1
Spencer 1b 4 1 1 0
Cerone c 4 2 3 1
  Oates pr,c 0 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 4 2 3 2
  Rodriguez 3b 0 0 0 0
Dent ss 1 1 1 2
  Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 1 1 2
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 10 14 9
Texas 000 100 201480
New York 020 431 00x10140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (5-9) 3.1 9 6 6 1 2
  Rajsich   1.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Lyle   2.2 2 1 1 1 4
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
10
10
5
9
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (9-7) 6.0 2 1 1 2 3
  Lollar  SV (2) 3.0 6 3 3 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2, New York 1.  2B–Texas Oliver (27,off Lollar), New York Soderholm (10,off Perry); Piniella (8,off Lyle).  3B–Texas Wills (4,off Lollar); Rivers (4,off Lollar).  HR–Texas Oliver (9,4th inning off Underwood 0 on, 2 out); Bell (12,7th inning off Lollar 1 on, 1 out), New York Soderholm (6,2nd inning off Perry 0 on, 2 out); Brown (9,4th inning off Perry 1 on, 1 out); Jackson (30,5th inning off Rajsich 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Staub (2,off Lollar).  SB–Bell (3,2nd base off Lollar/Oates).  CS–Rivers (4,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone); Wills (7,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:40.  A–28,603.
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