The 15th A.L. player to achieve the feat, Ken Landreaux cracked three triples as the Twins defeated the Rangers, 10-3. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 10, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      3, 1980 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   3  9  2
Twins        0  3  2    0  5  0    0  0  x  -  10 13  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .308      R. Jackson lf,1b      5   0   1   1     0   0   .233
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Sofield rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .265
Oliver lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .301      Smalley ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .251
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .336      Landreaux cf          5   2   3   1     0   0   .297
Staub dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .336      Adams dh              2   2   2   1     0   0   .319
Zisk rf               4   0   1   2     0   0   .286        Morales ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   1   .341
Putnam 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .258        Goodwin ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .189
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Wynegar c             2   2   1   0     3   0   .283
Harrelson ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Cubbage 1b            2   1   1   1     1   0   .277
  Grubb ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .289        Edwards ph,lf       2   0   0   0     0   2   .216
  Frias ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Wilfong 2b            4   1   0   1     0   0   .223
  Norris ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Castino 3b            4   0   2   2     0   0   .289
Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     2   2             Totals               37  10  13   8     4   4

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance:  7,612
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Twins 9
DP: Rangers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Bell, Putnam
Doubles: Staub (10), Putnam (8), Bell (13), Cubbage (7), Castino (10), Smalley (11)
Triples: Landreaux 3 (4)
Home Runs: Sofield (6)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Adams (4)
GIDP: Putnam (6)
Hit by Pitch: Sofield (2,by Johnson)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer L(2-4)            2.1   7   5   5   0   0   0  13   8.90
Devine                  2     2   3   1   1   0   1  10   4.82
Lyle                    0.2   1   2   0   2   0   0   6   4.02
Johnson                 2     2   0   0   1   3   0  10   0.00
Kern                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.40
Totals                  8    13  10   6   4   4   1  43

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson W(3-5)         6     8   3   3   1   2   0  26   2.95
Corbett SV(8)           3     1   0   0   1   0   0  11   2.19
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   2   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Johnson (1)
Wild Pitches: Lyle (1)

Umpires: HP - Mark Johnson, 1B - Rick Reed, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Mike Reilly


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to left; Rivers stole second; Wills
struck out; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: R. Jackson flied out to right; Sofield singled to
center; Smalley lined into a double play (center to second to
first) [Sofield out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Staub doubled to center; Zisk grounded out (third
to first); Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); Adams
singled to left; Wynegar singled to right [Adams to second];
Cubbage doubled to left [Adams scored, Wynegar to third];
Wilfong made an out to shortstop; Castino doubled to center
[Wynegar scored, Cubbage scored]; R. Jackson lined to third; 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrelson grounded out (second to first); Rivers
grounded out (third to first); Wills singled to center; Oliver
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Sofield grounded out (second to first); Smalley
doubled to right; Landreaux tripled to center [Smalley scored];
DEVINE REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Adams hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Landreaux scored]; Wynegar walked; Cubbage forced
Wynegar (second to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Twins 5.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to right; Staub made an out to
shortstop; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: Wilfong grounded out (second to first); Castino flied
out to right; R. Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Twins 5.

RANGERS 5TH: Putnam doubled to right; Sundberg flied to right in
foul territory [Putnam to third]; GRUBB BATTED FOR HARRELSON;
Grubb singled to left [Putnam scored]; Rivers forced Grubb
(shortstop to second); Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: FRIAS REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); Sofield homered;
Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Landreaux reached on an
error by Putnam [Landreaux to first]; Adams singled to second
[Landreaux to third]; LYLE REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Lyle
threw a wild pitch [Landreaux scored (unearned), Adams to
second]; Wynegar walked; Cubbage walked [Adams to third, Wynegar
to second]; Wilfong forced Cubbage (second to shortstop) [Adams
scored (unearned), Wynegar to third]; Castino reached on an
error by Bell [Wynegar scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wilfong to
second]; R. Jackson singled to center [Wilfong scored
(unearned), Castino to third]; Sofield flied out to center; 5 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 10.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver singled to right; Bell singled to left
[Oliver to second]; Staub walked [Oliver to third, Bell to
second]; Zisk singled to left [Oliver scored, Bell scored, Staub
to second]; Putnam grounded into a double play (pitcher to third
to first) [Zisk to second, Staub out at third]; Sundberg
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
3, Twins 10.

TWINS 6TH: JOHNSON REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Smalley flied out
to center; Landreaux tripled to right; MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS;
Morales struck out; Wynegar walked; EDWARDS BATTED FOR CUBBAGE;
Edwards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 3, Twins 10.

RANGERS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); R. JACKSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
LF); CORBETT REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Frias grounded out
(third to first); On a bunt Rivers grounded out (pitcher to
first); Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 10.

TWINS 7TH: Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); Castino
singled to center; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Castino to second]; Sofield was hit by a pitch; Smalley struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 10.

RANGERS 8TH: Oliver flied out to center; Bell doubled to left;
Staub lined to center; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 10.

TWINS 8TH: KERN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Landreaux tripled
to right; GOODWIN BATTED FOR MORALES; Goodwin flied out to left;
Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Edwards struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 10.

RANGERS 9TH: GOODWIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Putnam walked;
Sundberg flied out to center; NORRIS BATTED FOR FRIAS; Norris
flied out to left; Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Twins 10.