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Thursday June 12, 1980
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Scattering seven hits, Mike Caldwell hurled the Brewers to an 8-1 victory over the Rangers. The Brewers picked up three unearned runs in the first inning. Robin Yount singled and Don Money walked. With two outs, Ben Oglivie's grounder skipped past Rangers first baseman Pat Putnam for an error, scoring Yount, and Sixto Lezcano and Sal Bando followed with RBI singles. The Brewers added four in the eighth on a two-run double by Lezcano, RBI double by Money and run-scoring single by Gorman Thomas. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 8, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Thursday, June 12, 1980 (Day game) at County Stadium

Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  1
Brewers      3  0  0    0  0  0    1  4  x  -   8 14  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sample rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Yount ss              5   1   1   0     0   3   .324
  Rivers ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .269        Romero ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
  Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Money 1b              4   2   2   1     1   1   .214
Wills 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .233      Cooper dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .349
Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .302        Davis pr,dh         0   2   0   0     1   0   .268
Zisk dh               3   1   1   0     1   0   .273      Thomas cf             4   1   2   1     0   2   .212
Putnam 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .252      Oglivie lf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .319
Ashford 3b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .000      Lezcano rf            4   0   2   3     1   0   .237
Hart cf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Bando 3b              3   0   1   2     0   1   .207
Roberts c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Gantner 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Harrelson ss          2   0   1   0     0   1   .162      Moore c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .305
  Norris ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Caldwell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   1     1   2             Totals               37   8  14   7     3   8

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 29,140
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Brewers 11
DP: Rangers 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Putnam
Doubles: Zisk (5), Wills (9), Moore (6), Money (3), Lezcano (12)
Stolen Bases: Moore (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Thomas (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bando (3)
GIDP: Oliver (2), Cooper (4)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (1,by Perry)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(3-5)            6    10   4   1   1   6   0  31   3.82
Kern                    1.2   4   4   4   2   2   0  11   6.19
Babcock                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   6.23
Totals                  8    14   8   5   3   8   0  43

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(6-2)         9     7   1   1   1   2   0  33   3.13
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   2   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Perry (3)
Wild Pitches: Perry (3)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Rocky Roe


RANGERS 1ST: Sample popped to first in foul territory; Wills
grounded out (third to first); Oliver flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount singled to left; Money walked [Yount to
second]; Cooper flied to left; Thomas was called out on strikes;
Oglivie reached on an error by Putnam [Yount scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Money to second]; Lezcano singled to right [Money
scored (unearned), Oglivie to second]; Bando singled to left
[Oglivie scored (unearned), Lezcano to second]; Gantner grounded
out (first unassisted); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Brewers 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk doubled to left; Putnam grounded out (first
unassisted) [Zisk to third]; Ashford grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Zisk scored]; Hart struck out; Debut game for Mike
Hart; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Moore doubled to right; Yount struck out; Money
singled to center [Moore to third]; Cooper grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Money out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first);
Harrelson singled to right; Sample grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Harrelson to second]; Wills flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Thomas struck out; Oglivie grounded out (second to
first); Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (third to first); Putnam singled to right; Ashford
flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando struck out; On a bunt Gantner singled to
pitcher; Moore grounded out (third to first) [Gantner to
second]; Yount struck out but Gantner advanced to third and
Yount advanced to first on a wild pitch; Money grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: On a bunt Hart grounded out (third to first);
Roberts popped to first in foul territory; Harrelson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Cooper singled to right; Thomas out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Cooper to second]; Oglivie singled to
left [Cooper to third]; Lezcano popped to first in foul
territory; Bando was hit by a pitch [Oglivie to second]; Gantner
forced Bando (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample flied to center; Wills doubled to left;
Oliver grounded out (second to first) [Wills to third]; Zisk
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Moore flied to center; On a bunt Yount popped to
catcher in foul territory; Money was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); Ashford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hart singled to shortstop;
Roberts forced Hart (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: Cooper singled to pitcher; DAVIS RAN FOR COOPER;
Thomas singled to right [Davis to second]; KERN REPLACED PERRY
(PITCHING); Oglivie struck out; Lezcano walked [Davis to third,
Thomas to second]; Bando hit a sacrifice fly to right [Davis
scored]; Gantner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORRIS BATTED
FOR HARRELSON; Norris singled to center; RIVERS BATTED FOR
SAMPLE; Rivers forced Norris (second to shortstop); Wills
singled to right [Rivers to second]; Oliver grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wills out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FRIAS REPLACED
RIVERS (PLAYING SS); Moore singled to center; Moore stole
second; Yount was called out on strikes; Money doubled to left
[Moore scored]; Davis walked; Thomas singled to center [Money
scored, Davis to third]; Oglivie popped to third; Lezcano
doubled to right [Davis scored, Thomas scored]; BABCOCK REPLACED
KERN (PITCHING); Bando grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 8.

RANGERS 9TH: ROMERO REPLACED YOUNT (PLAYING SS); Zisk walked;
Putnam flied out to right; Ashford hit into a double play (third
to second to first to first to second) [Zisk out at second];
Richie Zisk beat the throw then was caught off the bag; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 8.



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