New York Yankees 9, Texas Rangers 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, April 13, 1980 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium

Yankees      0  0  0    0  6  2    1  0  0  -   9 12  1
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   4  8  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           2   2   1   0     3   0   .200      Rivers cf             2   1   1   0     1   0   .500
Jones cf              3   1   2   2     2   1   .300        Norris cf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
Gamble lf             4   1   1   2     0   1   .286      Wills 2b              5   1   0   0     0   1   .154
  Brown lf            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Oliver rf             5   0   0   2     0   0   .071
Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .083      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .167
Watson dh             4   1   2   0     1   1   .538      Staub lf              3   1   2   0     1   1   .714
Spencer 1b            4   2   1   4     1   1   .111      Zisk dh               4   0   1   1     0   0   .154
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Putnam 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .143
Cerone c              4   2   3   1     0   0   .250      Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Oates c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             3   1   1   0     0   1   .333
Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .167        Sample ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   9  12   9     9   6             Totals               36   4   8   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:39
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Rangers 8
DP: Yankees 0, Rangers 3
Errors: Spencer
Doubles: Randolph (1), Jones (2), Cerone (1), Rivers (1), Staub (2)
Triples: Staub (1)
Home Runs: Spencer (1)
Caught Stealing: Dent (1)
GIDP: Nettles 2 (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(1-0)            6.1   7   4   4   2   3   0  29   5.68
Kaat                    2.2   1   0   0   1   0   0  10   2.70
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   3   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer L(0-1)            5     7   6   6   6   1   1  25  10.80
Darwin                  2     4   3   3   2   4   0  11  13.50
Devine                  1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Kern                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    12   9   9   9   6   1  43

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


YANKEES 1ST: 2:30 rain delay before start of game;
Randolph walked; Jones struck out; Gamble flied to right in foul
territory; Jackson lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers doubled to center; Wills grounded out
(second to first) [Rivers to third]; Oliver grounded out (second
to pitcher) [Rivers scored]; Bell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Watson singled to right; Spencer flied out to left;
Nettles grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Watson
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Staub struck out; Zisk popped to catcher in foul
territory; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Cerone flied out to center; Dent singled to left;
Dent was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Randolph
walked; Jones walked [Randolph to second]; Gamble grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Norman
flied out to center; Rivers reached on an error by Spencer
[Rivers to first]; Wills lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Jackson walked; Watson singled to right [Jackson to
second]; Spencer lined to left; Nettles grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub doubled to left; Zisk
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Rangers 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Cerone singled to center; Dent flied out to right;
Randolph walked [Cerone to second]; Jones singled to left
[Cerone to third, Randolph to second]; Gamble singled to right
[Cerone scored, Randolph scored, Jones to second]; Jackson flied
out to right [Jones to third]; Watson walked [Gamble to second];
Spencer homered [Jones scored, Gamble scored, Watson scored];
Nettles made an out to second; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Putnam popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg
singled to right; Norman was called out on strikes; Rivers
walked [Sundberg to second]; Wills struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 6, Rangers 1.

YANKEES 6TH: NORRIS REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); DARWIN
REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Cerone singled to center; Dent struck
out; Randolph doubled to center [Cerone to third]; Jones doubled
to center [Cerone scored, Randolph scored]; Gamble struck out;
Jackson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 8, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: BROWN REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING LF); Oliver popped
to third in foul territory; Bell made an out to third; Staub
tripled to right; Zisk singled to center [Staub scored]; Putnam
walked [Zisk to second]; Sundberg made an out to shortstop; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 8, Rangers 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Watson struck out; Spencer walked; Nettles walked
[Spencer to second]; Cerone doubled to left [Spencer scored,
Nettles out at third (left to third)]; Dent grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Norman singled to center; Norris singled to left
[Norman to second]; Wills forced Norris (shortstop to second)
[Norman to third, Wills to first]; KAAT REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first) [Norman
scored, Wills to second]; Bell singled to left [Wills scored];
Staub walked [Bell to second]; Zisk forced Bell (third
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 9, Rangers 4.

YANKEES 8TH: DEVINE REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones walked; Brown singled
to right [Jones to third]; Jackson hit into a double play to
left [Brown out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 9, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Putnam grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg
flied out to center; SAMPLE BATTED FOR NORMAN; Sample lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Rangers 4.

YANKEES 9TH: FRIAS REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING SS); KERN REPLACED
DEVINE (PITCHING); Watson grounded out (second to first);
Spencer struck out; Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: OATES REPLACED CERONE (PLAYING C ); Norris grounded
out (first to pitcher); Wills grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 9, Rangers 4.