After hitting two homers, Buddy Bell doubled in the eighth inning to spark a two-run rally that brought the Rangers a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox, who were stopped on their four-game winning streak. Al Oliver, who also had a homer for the Rangers, doubled in the eighth and scored on Bell's two-bagger to knot the count at 5-5. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 5
Game Played on Friday, April     18, 1980 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      1  0  0    1  0  2    0  2  0  -   6 10  1
Red Sox      0  0  4    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  3


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   0   0     0   2   .353      Remy 2b               3   0   1   0     0   1   .241
Wills 2b              5   1   2   0     0   2   .200      Burleson ss           4   2   1   1     1   0   .125
Oliver rf             5   2   3   2     0   0   .229      Lynn cf               4   1   2   1     1   0   .346
Bell 3b               4   3   3   3     0   0   .290      Rice lf               5   0   2   1     0   0   .321
Zisk dh               4   0   0   0     0   0   .160      Yastrzemski dh        2   0   0   0     2   1   .280
Grubb lf              1   0   0   0     2   0   .000      Perez 1b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .320
  Sample ph,lf        1   0   1   1     0   0   .200      Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Putnam 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Brohamer 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .300
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     1   1   .450      Evans rf              3   1   1   0     1   2   .095
Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Stanley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Norris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Renko p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  10   6     3   6             Totals               32   5   9   4     5   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 10,580
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Red Sox 8
DP: Rangers 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Norman, Brohamer 2, Stanley
Doubles: Oliver 2 (5), Bell (2), Lynn (2)
Home Runs: Bell 2 (2), Oliver (1)
Caught Stealing: Wills (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Remy 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (1)
GIDP: Putnam (1), Norman (2), Perez (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer                   3     6   4   3   1   0   0  15  10.13
Darwin W(1-0)           5     3   1   1   3   5   0  21   3.75
Kern SV(1)              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                  9     9   5   4   5   5   0  40

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stanley                 7     7   5   5   3   4   3  30   3.38
Lockwood L(0-1)         0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2  18.00
Burgmeier               1.1   2   0   0   0   2   0   7   4.05
Renko                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1.00
Totals                  9    10   6   6   3   6   3  39

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


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied to center; Wills singled to right;
Wills was picked off first but was safe on an error by Stanley
[Wills to second]; Oliver doubled to left [Wills scored]; Bell
reached on a fielder's choice [Oliver out at third (shortstop
unassisted)]; Zisk flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to center; Burleson grounded out
(second to first) [Remy to second]; Lynn grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Remy to third]; Rice grounded out (pitcher to second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Putnam
grounded out (second to first); Sundberg walked; Norman popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Perez grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second];
Fisk popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers lined to center; Wills grounded out (pitcher
to first); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Brohamer singled to left; Evans singled to center
[Brohamer to second]; Remy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Brohamer to third, Evans to second]; Burleson singled
to left [Brohamer scored, Evans to third]; Lynn singled to right
[Evans scored, Burleson to third]; Rice singled to center
[Burleson scored, Lynn to second]; Yastrzemski popped to first;
Perez reached on an error by Norman [Lynn scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Rice out at home (center to third to catcher)]; 4 R (3
ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Red Sox 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell homered; Zisk flied to center; Grubb walked;
Putnam grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Grubb out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 4TH: DARWIN REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Fisk flied to
left; Brohamer singled to center; Evans struck out; Remy was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox
4.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg reached on an error by Brohamer [Sundberg
to first]; Norman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; Rivers struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson walked; Lynn doubled to left [Burleson to
third]; Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Yastrzemski was
walked intentionally; Perez hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Burleson scored]; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills struck out; Oliver homered; Bell homered;
Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb walked; Putnam
singled to center [Grubb to third]; Sundberg forced Putnam
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox
5.

RED SOX 6TH: Brohamer popped to third; Evans struck out; Remy
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 7TH: NORRIS BATTED FOR NORMAN; Norris grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rivers was called out on strikes; Wills
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: FRIAS REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING SS); Burleson flied
to left; Lynn flied to center; Rice singled to right;
Yastrzemski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red
Sox 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Oliver doubled to left; LOCKWOOD REPLACED STANLEY
(PITCHING); Bell doubled to right [Oliver scored]; Zisk flied to
center; BURGMEIER REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PITCHING); SAMPLE BATTED
FOR GRUBB; Sample singled to center [Bell scored]; Putnam struck
out; Sundberg was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 8TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez lined to
right; Fisk was called out on strikes; Brohamer popped to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Red Sox 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Frias grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills singled to center; Oliver
reached on an error by Brohamer [Wills to third, Oliver to
second]; RENKO REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Wills was picked
off and caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher to third); 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: Evans walked; KERN REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Remy
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Evans to second];
Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn walked; Rice
forced Lynn (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 6, Red Sox 5.