Roy Smalley slugged a two-run homer in the fourth inning and that was all Geoff Zahn needed to pitch the Twins to a 2-1 victory over the Rangers. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 2, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      5, 1980 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Twins        0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  5  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Cubbage 1b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .262
Wills 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .251      Sofield lf            3   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Oliver lf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .300      Smalley ss            3   1   1   2     0   0   .247
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .336      Landreaux cf          3   0   0   0     0   2   .297
Zisk rf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .287      Adams dh              3   0   0   0     0   2   .311
  Norris pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Wynegar c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Ellis dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Staub 1b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .328      Powell rf             2   0   1   0     1   1   .247
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Castino 3b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .285
Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   6   1     2   1             Totals               27   2   5   2     1   9

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  9,398
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Twins 2
DP: Rangers 0, Twins 3
Errors: Smalley, Castino
Triples: Powell (4)
Home Runs: Smalley (9)
Caught Stealing: Sofield (2), Powell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (9)
GIDP: Harrelson (2), Zisk (11), Ellis (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(7-6)          8     5   2   2   1   9   1  28   3.09
Totals                  8     5   2   2   1   9   1  28

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn W(7-10)            9     6   1   1   2   1   0  33   3.91
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   1   0  33

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


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver walked; Bell singled
to right [Oliver to second]; Zisk singled to center [Oliver
scored, Bell to second]; Ellis grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Cubbage struck out; Sofield singled to right; Sofield
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Smalley flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); Harrelson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Landreaux struck out; Adams struck out; Wynegar
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Twins 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers lined to first; Wills grounded out (first
unassisted); Oliver made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Wilfong flied out to center; Powell tripled to
center; Powell was caught stealing home (catcher to third to
pitcher); Castino struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Twins 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Zisk popped to
first in foul territory; Ellis grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Sofield
singled to right; Smalley homered [Sofield scored]; Landreaux
flied out to center; Adams flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg
singled to left; Harrelson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Wilfong flied
out to right; Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Rivers reached on an error by Smalley [Rivers to
first]; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Rivers
to second]; Oliver walked; Bell reached on an error by Castino
[Rivers to third, Oliver to second, Bell to first]; Zisk
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bell out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Castino grounded out (third to first); Cubbage flied
out to center; Sofield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Ellis struck out; Staub flied out to center;
Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Landreaux
was called out on strikes; Adams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 8TH: FRIAS BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Frias grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rivers singled to right; Wills singled to
left [Rivers to third]; Wills was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Oliver made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 8TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Wynegar singled to
right; Wilfong popped to first; Powell walked [Wynegar to
second]; Castino struck out; Cubbage struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Bell flied out to right; Zisk singled to center;
NORRIS RAN FOR ZISK; Ellis grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Twins 2.