Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1980 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 2 0
Wills 2b 3 0 1 1
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 1 0
Staub rf 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Frias ss 2 0 1 0
  Roberts ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dilone rf 4 0 1 0
Bannister 2b 4 1 2 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Charboneau lf 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 2
Hassey c 3 0 1 0
Alexander dh 3 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Dybzinski ss 2 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Texas 100 000 000161
Cleveland 000 002 00x260
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (10-10) 7.1 6 2 2 1 7
  Johnson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
1
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (9-10) 8.2 6 1 1 0 1
  Cruz  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
1

  E–Rivers (7).  DP–Texas 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Bannister (11,off Jenkins).  3B–Texas Rivers (5,off Waits).  HR–Cleveland Harrah (8,6th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Wills (14,off Waits).  SB–Rivers (18,2nd base off Waits/Hassey); Dilone (42,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  CS–Frias (1,2nd base by Waits/Hassey); Charboneau (4,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:10.  A–9,960.
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