A wild pitch in the 12th inning produced the only run of the game as the Rangers opened the season with a 1-0 victory over the Yankees. Mickey Rivers led off the Texas 12th with an infield hit, reached second when third baseman Graig Nettles threw wildly past first and was sacrificed to third by Bump Wills. Intentional walks to Al Oliver and Buddy Bell loaded the sacks before Rich Gossage relieved Tom Underwood on the mound for the Yankees. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 1, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Thursday, April     10, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Rivers cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .200
Jones cf              5   0   0   0     0   3   .000      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Watson 1b             5   0   3   0     0   1   .600      Oliver rf             4   0   0   0     1   2   .000
Jackson rf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Piniella lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Zisk dh               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gamble ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ellis 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Soderholm dh          3   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spencer ph,dh       1   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Sample lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sundberg c            4   0   3   0     0   0   .750
Cerone c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Staub ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norman ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   0   4   0     1   8             Totals               37   1   4   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 33,196
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Rangers 5
DP: Yankees 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Nettles 2
Doubles: Sundberg (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (1)
GIDP: Rivers (1)
Hit by Pitch: Gamble (1,by Kern)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry                  9     2   0   0   0   4   0  29   0.00
Underwood L(0-1)        2.1   2   1   1   2   1   0  11   3.86
Gossage                 0     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                 11.1   4   1   1   2   5   0  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 9     3   0   0   0   5   0  30   0.00
Kern                    0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   0.00
Lyle W(1-0)             2.2   1   0   0   0   3   0   9   0.00
Totals                 12     4   0   0   1   8   0  42

Passed Balls: Sundberg (1)
Hit by Pitch: Kern (1)
Wild Pitches: Gossage (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Durwood Merrill


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Jones
struck out; Watson singled to right; Jackson singled to center
[Watson to third]; Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills
grounded out (second to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm lined to left; Nettles popped to catcher
in foul territory; Cerone popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell reached on an error by Nettles; Zisk made an
out to second; Ellis grounded out (third to first) [Bell to
second]; Sample made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (third to first); Randolph
grounded out (third to first); Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to third; On a bunt Frias made an
out to third; Rivers grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Watson singled to center; Sundberg allowed a passed
ball [Watson to second]; Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Watson to third]; Piniella made an out to shortstop; Soderholm
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to right; Oliver grounded out
(first to pitcher); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles flied out to center; Cerone flied out to
right; Dent grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Ellis
struck out; Sample grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
flied out to left; Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg singled to left; Frias forced Sundberg
(third to shortstop); Rivers flied out to center; Wills popped
to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Rangers 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson made an out to second; Piniella struck out;
Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bell struck
out; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Rangers 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles flied out to center; Cerone flied out to
right; Dent grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Ellis flied out to center; Sample flied out to
right; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 9TH: PUTNAM REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Randolph
grounded out (third to first); Jones was called out on strikes;
Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Frias grounded out (third to first); Rivers
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 10TH: KERN REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Jackson grounded
out (second to first); GAMBLE BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Gamble was
hit by a pitch; SPENCER BATTED FOR SODERHOLM; Spencer walked
[Gamble to second]; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Nettles
struck out; Cerone forced Gamble (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 10TH: SPENCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GAMBLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); UNDERWOOD REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING);
Oliver struck out; Bell grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 11TH: Dent flied to right in foul territory; Randolph
struck out; Jones lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 11TH: Putnam flied out to center; Sample popped to first
in foul territory; Sundberg doubled to center; STAUB BATTED FOR
FRIAS; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

YANKEES 12TH: NORMAN REPLACED STAUB (PLAYING SS); Watson singled
to center; Jackson struck out; Gamble grounded out (first
unassisted) [Watson to second]; Spencer made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 12TH: Rivers singled to third [Rivers to second (error
by Nettles)]; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Rivers to third]; Oliver was walked intentionally; Bell was
walked intentionally [Oliver to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED
UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Gossage threw a wild pitch [Rivers scored,
Oliver to third, Bell to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
0, Rangers 1.