Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
September 1, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 1, Texas Rangers 9

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Bailor lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Moseby rf 3 0 0 0
Howell 3b 2 0 1 1
  Hodgson pr,lf 2 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
  Ault 1b 1 0 0 0
Iorg 2b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell dh 3 0 2 0
Ainge cf,3b 3 0 1 0
Whitt c 3 0 0 0
McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Schrom p 0 0 0 0
  Kucek p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample cf 4 2 2 0
Grubb rf,lf 3 2 2 5
Oliver lf 4 1 1 0
  Norris rf 1 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 3 2 1 2
Sundberg c 3 0 2 1
Roberts 3b 4 0 2 1
Richardt 2b 4 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 3 2 1 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9
Toronto 000 100 000173
Texas 005 400 00x9110
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
McLaughlin  L (4-8) 2.2 6 5 2 2 2
  Jefferson   0.1 2 3 3 2 0
  Schrom   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Kucek   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Barlow   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
6
6
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (11-9) 9.0 7 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
6

  E–Griffin (30), Howell (12), Jefferson (2).  DP–Toronto 3, Texas 2.  2B–Toronto Griffin (23,off Medich); Howell (22,off Medich), Texas Oliver (34,off McLaughlin); Grubb (9,off Jefferson); Sample (5,off Barlow).  HR–Texas Grubb (4,3rd inning off McLaughlin 2 on, 1 out); Putnam (10,4th inning off Schrom 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Moseby (4,by Medich).  HBP–Medich (3,Moseby).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:31.  A–8,224.
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