Piling up 17 hits, the A's trounced the Rangers, 15-7. The A's had a 15-1 lead before the Rangers rallied for six runs in the eighth inning to make the score more respectable. Jeff Newman drove in four runs for the A's with a double and two singles. Mickey Klutts homered with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 15, Texas Rangers 7
Game Played on Saturday, May       24, 1980 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  6  0  -   7  8  3
A's          0  1  0    5  3  3    3  0  x  -  15 17  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .305      Henderson lf          5   1   1   1     1   0   .258
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Murphy cf             4   1   1   1     1   0   .292
  Harrelson 2b,ss     0   1   0   1     2   0   .000      Revering 1b           6   1   1   0     0   1   .325
Oliver lf             3   1   1   1     2   1   .294      Page dh               3   4   3   1     2   0   .252
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .345      Gross 3b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .265
Ellis dh              5   2   3   2     0   1   .314        Klutts 3b           2   1   1   3     0   0   .267
Grubb rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Armas rf              3   3   2   1     1   0   .304
  Sample ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .205        Davis ph,rf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .143
Putnam 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Newman c              5   1   3   4     0   0   .229
  Sundberg c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Guerrero ss           2   1   0   0     1   0   .217
Roberts c,2b          3   1   1   1     1   0   .194        McKay ph,2b         1   0   1   0     0   0   .192
Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Picciolo 2b,ss        5   1   2   1     0   3   .292
  Norris ph,1b        0   0   0   1     1   0   .220      McCatty p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7   8   7     7   2             Totals               40  15  17  13     6   4

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  5,061
Left on Base: Rangers 9, A's 9
DP: Rangers 2, A's 0
Errors: Wills, Frias 2, Guerrero
Doubles: Ellis (2), Armas (3), Newman (5), Revering (8)
Home Runs: Klutts (1)
Stolen Bases: Bell (2)
Caught Stealing: Newman (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (8)
GIDP: Revering (4)
Hit by Pitch: McKay (2,by Devine)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(3-2)            3.1   6   6   4   4   2   0  19   3.58
Rajsich                 1     2   3   1   1   0   0   6   5.82
Comer                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   9.39
Devine                  2     8   6   6   1   2   1  16   4.91
Lyle                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.79
Totals                  8    17  15  11   6   4   1  48

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McCatty W(4-4)          7     5   5   5   4   1   0  31   5.33
Jones                   0.2   2   2   2   3   0   0   7   2.87
Lacey                   1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.55
Totals                  9     8   7   7   7   2   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Devine (1)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Russ Goetz


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers made an out to second; Wills grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver walked; Bell lined to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy forced Henderson (second
to shortstop); Revering struck out; Page walked [Murphy to
second]; Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
lined to left; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas doubled to left; Newman singled to center
[Armas scored]; Guerrero lined to shortstop; Picciolo struck out
while Newman was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts popped to first in foul territory; Frias
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Murphy walked; Revering grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills lined to right; Oliver grounded out (second
to first); Bell singled to center; Bell stole second; Ellis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page singled to right; On a bunt Gross singled
[Page to second]; Armas singled to left [Page scored, Gross to
second]; Newman flied out to right [Gross to third, Armas to
second]; Guerrero was walked intentionally; On a bunt Picciolo
singled [Gross scored, Armas to third, Guerrero to second];
Henderson reached on an error by Wills [Armas scored (RBI),
Guerrero scored (unearned) (no RBI), Picciolo to third]; RAJSICH
REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Picciolo scored (unearned), Henderson to
second]; Rangers Manager Pat Corrales ejected by HP umpire
George Maloney; Revering grounded out (second to first); 5 R
(3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics 6.

RANGERS 5TH: Grubb lined to left; Putnam flied out to left;
Roberts popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Athletics 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Frias dropped a foul fly hit by Page for an
error; Page singled to third; Gross popped to first in foul
territory [Page to third]; Armas walked; Newman doubled to left
[Page scored (unearned), Armas scored]; COMER REPLACED RAJSICH
(PITCHING); Guerrero reached on an error by Frias [Newman scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Picciolo singled to right [Guerrero to
second]; Henderson made an out to third; Murphy grounded out
(first to pitcher); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 9.

RANGERS 6TH: KLUTTS REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Frias reached
on an error by Guerrero [Frias to second]; Rivers flied out to
left; Wills flied out to center; Oliver walked; Bell forced
Oliver (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Athletics 9.

ATHLETICS 6TH: DEVINE REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Revering
doubled to right; Page walked; Klutts homered [Revering scored,
Page scored]; Armas grounded out (second to first); Newman lined
to second; MCKAY BATTED FOR GUERRERO; McKay singled to center;
Picciolo struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Athletics
12.

RANGERS 7TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PICCIOLO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Ellis doubled to right; Grubb grounded
out (second to first); Putnam made an out to second; Roberts
singled to center [Ellis scored]; Frias popped to second in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 12.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HARRELSON REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Henderson
singled to left; Murphy singled to left [Henderson to second];
Revering flied out to center [Henderson to third]; Page singled
to left [Henderson scored, Murphy to second]; Klutts grounded
out (second to first) [Murphy to third, Page to second]; DAVIS
BATTED FOR ARMAS; Davis singled to second [Murphy scored, Page
to third]; Newman singled to left [Page scored, Davis to
second]; McKay was hit by a pitch [Davis to third, Newman to
second]; Picciolo struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 15.

RANGERS 8TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Rivers singled
to center; Harrelson walked [Rivers to second]; Oliver singled
to center [Rivers scored, Harrelson to third]; Bell walked
[Oliver to second]; JONES REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Ellis
singled to right [Harrelson scored, Oliver scored, Bell to
second]; Grubb flied out to left; Putnam lined to right; Roberts
walked [Bell to third, Ellis to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR
FRIAS; Norris walked [Bell scored, Ellis to third, Roberts to
second]; Rivers singled to shortstop [Ellis scored, Roberts to
third, Norris to second]; Harrelson walked [Roberts scored,
Norris to third, Rivers to second]; LACEY REPLACED JONES
(PITCHING); Oliver struck out; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Athletics 15.

ATHLETICS 8TH: HARRELSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
SUNDBERG REPLACED PUTNAM (PLAYING C ); ROBERTS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 2B); NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LYLE REPLACED
DEVINE (PITCHING); Henderson grounded out (third to first);
Murphy flied out to center; Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 15.

RANGERS 9TH: Bell flied out to right; Ellis singled to center;
SAMPLE BATTED FOR GRUBB; Sample forced Ellis (shortstop
unassisted); Sundberg forced Sample (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Athletics 15.