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. Texas Rangers 11, Chicago White Sox 3Game Played on Wednesday, July 16, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumWhite 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. |
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