Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
September 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Texas Rangers 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 2 0
Bailor lf 4 1 2 0
Moseby rf 5 1 1 3
Howell 3b 5 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 2 0
  Cannon pr 0 0 0 0
  Ault 1b 1 0 0 0
Bonnell dh 4 0 1 0
Iorg 2b 4 0 2 0
Ainge cf 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 3 2 3 1
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 13 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample cf 3 0 0 0
  Rivers ph 1 0 1 0
  Davis ss 0 0 0 0
Grubb rf,cf 4 1 1 1
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Zisk dh 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 3 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Roberts 3b 3 0 1 0
Richardt 2b 2 0 0 0
  Staub ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
  Ellis ph 1 0 0 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Toronto 000 010 3004130
Texas 000 101 000262
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (12-10) 9.0 6 2 2 3 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (3-9) 6.1 10 4 4 2 1
  Johnson   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Darwin   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
2
4

  E–Davis (1), Richardt (2).  DP–Texas 1.  HR–Toronto Whitt (5,5th inning off Figueroa 0 on, 1 out); Moseby (6,7th inning off Figueroa 2 on, 1 out), Texas Putnam (11,4th inning off Stieb 0 on, 2 out); Grubb (5,6th inning off Stieb 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Griffin (10,off Figueroa); Whitt (3,off Darwin).  WP–Darwin (3).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:22.  A–6,984.
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