Combining for five hits and six RBIs, Mario Mendoza and Larry Cox paced the Mariners to an 8-4 triumph over the Rangers. The Mariners scored three runs in the second inning on a single by Jim Anderson, double by Mendoza and homer by Cox. They put the game away with a four-run fourth on run-scoring singles by Mendoza and Cox and a two-run single by Bruce Bochte. [The Sporting News]



Seattle Mariners 8, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Thursday, June      26, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Mariners     0  3  0    4  1  0    0  0  0  -   8 14  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   4  7  4


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Milbourne 2b          5   0   1   0     0   1   .216      Rivers cf             4   1   1   2     1   0   .293
Beniquez cf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .225      Wills 2b              5   1   1   1     0   1   .242
Bochte dh             5   0   1   2     0   2   .277      Oliver lf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .309
Paciorek 1b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .327      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .330
Meyer lf              4   1   3   0     0   0   .316      Zisk dh               3   0   0   0     1   1   .273
  Simpson lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Staub 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .358
L. Roberts rf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Sample rf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .211
J. Anderson 3b        2   3   1   0     2   0   .254        Grubb ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Mendoza ss            4   2   3   3     0   0   .313      Sundberg c            2   1   0   0     2   0   .255
L. Cox c              4   2   2   3     0   0   .166      Harrelson ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frias ph,ss         2   1   1   0     0   0   .277
  Beattie p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Putnam ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ashford ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                          Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  14   8     2   4             Totals               33   4   7   4     6   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  9,531
Left on Base: Mariners 6, Rangers 8
DP: Mariners 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Paciorek, Oliver, Bell 2, Staub
Doubles: Mendoza (3), Paciorek (8), Rivers (16), Wills (13)
Home Runs: L. Cox (3)
Caught Stealing: Milbourne (2)
Sacrifice Hits: L. Roberts (2)
GIDP: L. Roberts (9), Mendoza (3), Bell (5), Oliver (5)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister W(5-6)        6.1   7   4   4   3   2   0  30   3.25
Beattie                 1.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   5   5.97
Rawley SV(5)            1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.02
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6   4   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(4-4)          3.1   8   6   5   1   3   1  17   3.40
Devine                  2.2   4   2   0   0   1   0  13   4.85
Kern                    2     2   0   0   1   0   0   8   5.58
Darwin                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.08
Totals                  9    14   8   5   2   4   1  41

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Derryl Cousins


MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne struck out; Beniquez singled to center;
Bochte struck out; Paciorek grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; Wills grounded out
(second to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Meyer singled to center; L. Roberts grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Meyer out at
second]; J. Anderson singled to center; Mendoza doubled to left
[J. Anderson scored]; L. Cox homered [Mendoza scored]; Milbourne
singled to right; Milbourne was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell singled to center; Zisk grounded out (third to
shortstop to first) [Bell to second]; Staub flied out to left;
Sample walked; Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mariners 3, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Beniquez flied out to center; Bochte was called
out on strikes; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrelson flied out to center; Rivers flied out to
right; Wills was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 3, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Meyer singled to right; L. Roberts out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Meyer to second]; J. Anderson
walked; Mendoza singled to center [Meyer scored, J. Anderson to
third]; DEVINE REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); L. Cox singled to
left [J. Anderson scored, Mendoza to second]; Milbourne reached
on an error by Bell [Mendoza to third, L. Cox to second];
Beniquez made an out to second; Bochte singled to left [Mendoza
scored (unearned), L. Cox scored (unearned), Milbourne to third
(error by Oliver), Bochte to second]; Paciorek was called out on
strikes; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver flied out to left; Bell was called out on
strikes; Zisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 7, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer singled; L. Roberts grounded out (third to
first) [Meyer to second]; J. Anderson reached on an error by
Bell [Meyer out at home (left to catcher), J. Anderson to second
(on throw to home)]; Mendoza singled to center [J. Anderson
scored (unearned) (RBI), Mendoza to second (error by Staub)]; L.
Cox made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 8, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Staub singled to center; Sample singled to left
[Staub to second]; Sundberg flied out to left; FRIAS BATTED FOR
HARRELSON; Frias flied out to left; Rivers popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 8, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 6TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Milbourne
grounded out (second to first); Beniquez made an out to second;
Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 8, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills flied out to left; Oliver reached on an error
by Paciorek; Bell popped to first in foul territory; Zisk walked
[Oliver to second]; Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 8, Rangers 0.

MARINERS 7TH: KERN REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Paciorek doubled
to left; Meyer reached on a fielder's choice [Paciorek out at
third (second to third)]; L. Roberts singled to left [Meyer to
second]; J. Anderson walked [Meyer to third, L. Roberts to
second]; Mendoza grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [J. Anderson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mariners 8, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: SIMPSON REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING LF); Sample flied
out to right; Sundberg walked; Frias singled to right [Sundberg
to second]; Rivers doubled to right [Sundberg scored, Frias
scored]; Wills doubled to left [Rivers scored]; Oliver singled
to center [Wills scored]; BEATTIE REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING);
Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Oliver out at second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 8,
Rangers 4.

MARINERS 8TH: L. Cox grounded out (third to first); Milbourne
grounded out (second to first); Beniquez flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 8, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Zisk struck out; Staub walked; GRUBB BATTED FOR
SAMPLE; Grubb flied out to left; Sundberg walked [Staub to
second]; PUTNAM BATTED FOR FRIAS; RAWLEY REPLACED BEATTIE
(PITCHING); Putnam struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners
8, Rangers 4.

MARINERS 9TH: ASHFORD REPLACED PUTNAM (PLAYING SS); GRUBB STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DARWIN REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Bochte
lined to third; Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Simpson
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 8, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Rivers walked; Wills flied out to left; Oliver
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 8,
Rangers 4.