A homer by Dave Roberts with two men on base climaxed a five-run fourth inning that propelled the Rangers to an 11-3 drubbing of the White Sox. Al Oliver began the outburst with a one-out single. After Buddy Bell walked, Richie Zisk singled home the first run of the frame.

Rusty Staub then singled home another tally and Roberts followed with a liner into the left field seats. Texas scored five more times in the fifth, one run coming on a single by Staub, who had a 4-for-4 night. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 11, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Wednesday, July      16, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3 11  0
Rangers      0  0  0    5  5  1    0  0  x  -  11 15  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kimm c                5   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Rivers cf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .304
Morrison 2b           5   0   3   0     0   0   .254        Sample cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .195
L. Johnson dh         5   0   3   2     0   0   .277      Wills 2b              5   1   1   1     0   1   .248
Nordhagen rf          5   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Oliver lf             5   2   3   1     0   0   .304
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Bell 3b               3   2   2   0     2   0   .347
Pruitt lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Zisk rf               3   2   2   1     0   0   .291
Bell 3b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .178        Norris rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Squires 1b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Staub dh              4   2   4   3     0   0   .325
Cruz ss               3   1   1   0     1   1   .252      Putnam 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Dotson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roberts c             4   1   1   4     0   1   .256
  Kravec p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrelson ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Hoyt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Frias ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .271
                                                          Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  11   2     3   1             Totals               38  11  15  11     3   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 11,256
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Rangers 6
DP: White Sox 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Oliver
Doubles: Lemon (19), Oliver (22)
Triples: Wills (3)
Home Runs: Roberts (5)
Stolen Bases: Lemon (3)
GIDP: Zisk (13)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dotson L(7-5)           4     6   6   6   2   2   1  19   4.06
Kravec                  0.1   4   4   4   1   0   0   6   6.66
Hoyt                    3.2   5   1   1   0   0   0  16   4.24
Totals                  8    15  11  11   3   2   1  41

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(6-5)          6     6   1   1   2   0   0  25   3.58
Lyle SV(8)              3     5   2   1   1   1   0  15   4.33
Totals                  9    11   3   2   3   1   0  40

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Rick Reed, 3B - Mike Reilly


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kimm grounded out (shortstop to first); Morrison
singled to center; Morrison was picked off first (pitcher to
first); L. Johnson singled to center; Nordhagen grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Wills
struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: FRIAS REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING SS); Lemon
flied out to left; Pruitt grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell singled to center; Zisk grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Bell out at second]; Staub
singled to left; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Rangers 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Squires grounded out (second to first); Cruz
singled to left; Kimm singled to right [Cruz to second];
Morrison forced Kimm (third to second) [Cruz to third]; L.
Johnson singled to right [Cruz scored, Morrison to second];
Nordhagen grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts struck out; Frias lined to center; Rivers
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers
0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon doubled to left; Lemon stole third; Pruitt
grounded out (third to first); Bell walked; Squires popped to
third in foul territory; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to right; Oliver singled to center;
Bell walked [Oliver to second]; Zisk singled to center [Oliver
scored, Bell to third]; Staub singled to right [Bell scored,
Zisk to second]; Putnam flied out to left; Roberts homered [Zisk
scored, Staub scored]; Frias lined to left; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kimm grounded out (third to first); Morrison
flied out to center; L. Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 5TH: Rivers walked; KRAVEC REPLACED DOTSON (PITCHING);
Wills tripled to center [Rivers scored]; Oliver grounded out
(pitcher to second to first) [Wills scored]; Bell walked; Zisk
singled to left [Bell to third, Zisk to second (on throw to
3b)]; Staub singled to right [Bell scored, Zisk to third];
Putnam singled to right [Zisk scored, Staub to third]; HOYT
REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Roberts forced Putnam (shortstop to
second) [Staub scored]; Frias singled to shortstop [Roberts to
second]; Rivers forced Frias (shortstop unassisted); 5 R, 5 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 10.

WHITE SOX 6TH: SAMPLE REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); NORRIS
REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING RF); Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to
first); Lemon lined to center; Pruitt walked; Bell flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 10.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
singled to right; Bell singled to third [Oliver to second];
Norris forced Bell (shortstop unassisted) [Oliver to third];
Staub singled to right [Oliver scored, Norris to third]; Putnam
lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 11.

WHITE SOX 7TH: LYLE REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Squires lined
to left; Cruz walked; Kimm lined to right; Morrison singled to
center [Cruz to second]; L. Johnson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 11.

RANGERS 7TH: Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory; Frias
grounded out (third to first); Sample flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 11.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Nordhagen flied out to right; Lemon grounded out
(pitcher to first); Pruitt made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 11.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Oliver
doubled to center; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Oliver to third]; Norris flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Rangers 11.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Bell singled to shortstop; Squires singled to
right [Bell to second]; Cruz struck out; Kimm flied out to
center; Morrison singled to left [Bell scored (error by Oliver)
(no RBI), Squires to third, Morrison to second]; L. Johnson
singled to left [Squires scored (unearned), Morrison to third];
Nordhagen forced L. Johnson (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 4
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Rangers 11.