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Friday May 9, 1980
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Richie Zisk homered in the second inning to tie the score at 1-1 and then hit for the circuit again in the 11th to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory over the White Sox. Bob Molinaro homered in the first inning for the White Sox. [The Sporting News]


Texas Rangers 2, Chicago White Sox 1

Game Played on Friday, May 9, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

White Sox    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   1  6  0
Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   2  6  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Washington lf,rf      5   0   2   0     0   2   .340      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Molinaro dh           4   1   2   1     0   0   .373      Wills 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .273
  Nordhagen ph,dh     0   0   0   0     1   0   .357      Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Baines rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .343
  Bannister ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Ellis 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Bosley ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .316        Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   1   .282
L. Johnson 1b         5   0   0   0     0   1   .303        Roberts 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .265      Zisk dh               4   2   2   2     0   1   .227
Morrison 2b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .277      Sample rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .194
Moore 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .241        Grubb ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Kimm c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .318      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .296
  Foley ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Frias ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .237
Pryor ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chappas ph,ss       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Baumgarten p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   1   6   1     2   6             Totals               31   2   6   2     1   2

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 23,600
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Rangers 1
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Sundberg, Frias
Doubles: Lemon (7)
Home Runs: Molinaro (2), Zisk 2 (4)
Stolen Bases: Washington (4)
Caught Stealing: Molinaro (2), Sample (1), Wills 2 (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Frias (2)
GIDP: Moore (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Baumgarten              7     4   1   1   1   0   1  23   4.60
Proly L(0-1)            3     2   1   1   0   2   1  10   1.30
Totals                 10     6   2   2   1   2   2  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins                10.1   6   1   1   2   5   1  38   4.19
Lyle                    0     0   0   0   0   0   0   0   2.87
Kern W(2-3)             0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.97
Totals                 11     6   1   1   2   6   1  40

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Mike Reilly


WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington was called out on strikes; Molinaro
homered; Baines grounded out (second to first); L. Johnson
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills
grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon doubled to left; Morrison walked; Moore
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Lemon to third, Morrison out at second]; Kimm grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (second to first); Ellis flied
out to right; Zisk homered; Sample walked; Sample was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor made an out to third; Washington singled to
center; Molinaro lined to center; Baines grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to right; Frias out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Sundberg to second]; Rivers reached on
a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Sundberg out
at third (pitcher to shortstop), Rivers out at second (shortstop
to third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: L. Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory;
Lemon struck out; Morrison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills singled to third; Wills was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
catcher); Oliver lined to left; Bell made an out to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Moore flied out to center; Kimm grounded out
(third to first); Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Ellis grounded out (third to first); Zisk lined to
left; Sample grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Washington struck out; Molinaro grounded out
(first unassisted); Baines grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to center; Frias singled to
shortstop; Rivers forced Frias (second to shortstop) [Rivers to
first]; Wills forced Rivers (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: L. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Lemon
grounded out (third to first); Morrison grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver lined to right; Bell flied out to left;
Ellis made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PUTNAM REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Moore
grounded out (third to first); Kimm grounded out (pitcher to
first); Pryor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: PROLY REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Zisk struck
out; GRUBB BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Grubb grounded out (first
unassisted); Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); Molinaro singled to center;
Molinaro was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Baines reached on an error by Frias [Baines to first]; L.
Johnson lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: On a bunt Frias grounded out (pitcher to first);
Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Wills singled to right;
Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Lemon made an out to second; Morrison grounded
out (third to first); Moore singled to third; FOLEY BATTED FOR
KIMM; Foley flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 10TH: FOLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Putnam struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

WHITE SOX 11TH: ROBERTS REPLACED PUTNAM (PLAYING 1B); CHAPPAS
BATTED FOR PRYOR; Chappas lined to right; Washington singled to
first; Washington stole second [Washington to third (error by
Sundberg)]; LYLE REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); NORDHAGEN BATTED
FOR MOLINARO; Nordhagen walked (walk was charged to Jenkins);
BANNISTER BATTED FOR BAINES; KERN REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING);
BOSLEY BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Bosley struck out; L. Johnson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 11TH: NORDHAGEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WASHINGTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
LF); CHAPPAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Zisk homered; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 2.



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