Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
October 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The Minnesota Twins 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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Minnesota Twins 6, Texas Rangers 3

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Ward lf 3 1 1 1
  Johnston ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Castino 3b 4 1 2 1
Landreaux cf,lf 3 1 1 1
Smalley ss 4 0 2 1
Morales dh 5 0 1 1
Wynegar c 4 1 1 0
Mackanin 2b 5 0 1 1
Jackson 1b 4 1 2 0
Rivera rf 4 1 2 0
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Corbett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers dh 5 1 4 0
Wills 2b 3 1 0 0
Oliver lf 5 0 0 1
Bell 3b 3 0 2 1
Zisk rf 3 0 1 0
  Staub ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Putnam 1b 1 0 0 0
Roberts c 4 0 0 0
Sample cf 3 0 2 0
  Norris ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Harrelson ss 2 1 0 0
  Grubb ph 1 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Minnesota 120 111 0006130
Texas 000 000 300391
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn  W (14-18) 6.1 8 3 3 3 3
  Corbett   2.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  L (10-10) 4.1 10 5 4 2 4
  Hough   4.2 3 1 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
5
8

  E–Sample (2).  DP–Minnesota 1.  PB–Roberts 2 (5).  2B–Minnesota Rivera (7,off Matlack); Wynegar (18,off Matlack), Texas Sample (9,off Zahn).  SH–Ward (1,off Matlack); Castino (21,off Matlack).  SB–Landreaux (8,2nd base off Hough/Roberts).  CS–R Jackson (8,2nd base by Hough/Roberts).  WP–Corbett (3), Hough (8).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:50.
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