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Successive homers by Dwayne Murphy and Mitchell Page after a walk to Rickey Henderson in the fourth inning started the A's off to a 6-3 victory over the Rangers. Murphy singled for another RBI when the A's clinched the outcome with two runs in the seventh. Steve McCatty held the Rangers to six hits, including a two-run double by Al Oliver and homer by Richie Zisk. [The Sporting News] Oakland Athletics 6, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Friday, May 30, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA's 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 - 6 12 2
Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 6 1
A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Henderson lf 4 2 2 2 1 1 .267 Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .303
Murphy cf 5 1 3 3 0 2 .311 Wills 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .257
Page dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .261 Oliver lf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .287
Gross 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .325
Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .293 Zisk dh 3 1 2 1 1 0 .271
Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220
Klutts 3b,ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .279 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306
Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .215 Norris rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250
McKay pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Harrelson ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Edwards 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .241 Sample ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200
McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frias ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Perry 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 36 6 12 6 1 9 Totals 33 3 6 3 2 3
Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 26,613
Left on Base: A's 5, Rangers 5
DP: A's 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Klutts, Edwards, Harrelson
Doubles: Oliver (15), Putnam (5)
Home Runs: Murphy (5), Page (1), Zisk (9)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (2)
GIDP: Guerrero (5)
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
McCatty W(5-4) 9 6 3 2 2 3 1 35 4.83
Totals 9 6 3 2 2 3 1 35
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Perry L(3-3) 6.1 6 4 4 1 7 2 26 3.79
Kern 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.56
Lyle 2.1 5 1 1 0 2 0 10 3.24
Totals 9 12 6 6 1 9 2 38
Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Dave Phillips
ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson was called out on strikes; Murphy was
called out on strikes; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills lined
to first; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross grounded out (second to first); Armas
struck out; Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Bell was called out on strikes; Zisk walked; Putnam
lined into a double play (right to first) [Zisk out at first]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Klutts reached on an error by Harrelson [Klutts
to first]; Guerrero grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Klutts out at second]; Edwards struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Norris grounded out (first to
pitcher); Harrelson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson walked; Murphy homered [Henderson
scored]; Page homered; Gross lined to left; Armas struck out;
Newman struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Rivers flied out to center; Wills grounded out
(first unassisted); Oliver lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Rangers 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Klutts grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero
grounded out (third to first); Edwards singled to right;
Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics
3, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 5TH: Bell flied out to center; Zisk singled to
shortstop; Putnam flied out to left; Sundberg reached on an
error by Edwards [Zisk to second, Sundberg to first]; Norris
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: On a bunt Murphy singled to shortstop; Page lined
to left; Gross grounded out (first to pitcher) [Murphy to
second]; Armas singled to shortstop [Murphy to third]; Newman
lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Harrelson flied out to right; Rivers singled to
center; Wills singled to right [Rivers to third (error by
Klutts), Wills to second (on throw)]; Oliver doubled to left
[Rivers scored (unearned), Wills scored]; Bell flied out to
right [Oliver to third]; Zisk flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Klutts singled to left; Guerrero out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Klutts to second]; KERN
REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Edwards reached on a fielder's
choice; Henderson singled to right [Klutts scored, Edwards out
at third (right to third to first to third), Henderson to second
(on throw to 3b)]; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Murphy singled
to center [Henderson scored, Murphy out at second (center to
pitcher to shortstop to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 7TH: Putnam doubled to center; Sundberg flied out to
right; Norris walked; SAMPLE BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Sample was
called out on strikes; Rivers forced Norris (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: FRIAS REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING SS); Page singled
to center; Gross made an out to third; Armas flied out to right;
Newman forced Page (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 8TH: Wills lined to third; Oliver grounded out (first
unassisted); Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Athletics 5, Rangers 2.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Klutts struck out; Guerrero singled to center;
MCKAY RAN FOR GUERRERO; Edwards singled to center [McKay to
second]; Henderson singled to left [McKay scored, Edwards out at
third (left to third)]; Henderson stole second; Murphy was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 6,
Rangers 2.
RANGERS 9TH: KLUTTS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCKAY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Zisk homered; Putnam lined to left;
Sundberg lined to right; Norris lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 6, Rangers 3.
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