Texas Rangers vs California Angels
September 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1980 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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, California Angels 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 4 0
Grubb rf 2 1 0 1
  Zisk ph 1 0 0 0
Oliver lf 5 1 2 1
Staub dh 3 0 0 0
  Sample ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 3 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Frias 3b 1 0 0 0
  Roberts ph,3b 3 0 2 1
Harrelson ss 2 1 1 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis ss 1 0 0 0
Richardt 2b 4 0 1 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Thon ss 5 1 2 0
Kubski rf 4 1 1 0
Lansford 3b 3 2 1 1
Thompson dh 3 2 0 0
Harris 1b 4 1 3 2
Grich 2b 3 0 0 1
Harlow cf 4 1 1 3
Clark lf 3 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 0 0
Dorsey p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 8 7
Texas 001 030 0004123
California 530 000 00x880
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  L (12-10) 0.2 3 5 1 1 1
  Hough   5.1 5 3 3 6 4
  Darwin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
8
4
8
5
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Dorsey  W (1-2) 5.0 10 4 4 2 2
  LaRoche  SV (4) 4.0 2 0 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
8

  E–Putnam (8), Harrelson (12), Hough (1).  DP–Texas 2, California 1.  2B–California Kubski (1,off Medich); Harris (1,off Hough).  HR–California Harlow (4,1st inning off Medich 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Grubb (3,off Dorsey).  SB–Lansford (11,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  WP–Medich (7), Hough (7).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Dallas Parks.  T–2:43.  A–23,006.
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