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 3
Game Played on Friday, May       30, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A'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.