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Sunday July 27, 1980
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Texas Rangers 4, Chicago White Sox 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 27, 1980 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Rangers      0  0  1    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4 10  1
White Sox    0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  -   3 12  5


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sample cf,rf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .219      Morrison 2b           5   0   1   0     1   1   .266
Wills 2b              5   1   1   0     1   0   .254      Bell 3b               6   0   0   0     0   2   .177
Oliver lf             5   0   1   2     0   1   .294      L. Johnson 1b         6   0   1   0     0   1   .271
Bell 3b               6   0   2   0     0   4   .332      Nordhagen lf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .292
Ellis dh              3   1   1   0     0   0   .256        Bosley pr,lf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .244
  Grubb ph,dh         2   0   0   0     1   0   .290      Lemon cf              5   0   3   0     1   0   .272
Staub 1b              5   0   2   1     0   1   .332      Pruitt dh             2   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Rivers pr,cf        1   1   0   0     0   0   .310        R. Johnson ph,dh    2   0   1   1     1   1   .214
Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     2   0   .259      Pryor ss              2   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Roberts rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .255        Molinaro ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .284
  Norris rf,1b        1   0   0   1     0   0   .232        Cruz ph,ss          3   0   0   0     1   2   .264
Frias ss              5   1   1   0     1   1   .252      Baines rf             5   0   1   0     0   3   .257
Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kimm c                4   0   1   0     0   1   .260
  Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Squires pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .277
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Seilheimer c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wortham p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Robinson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hoffman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Proly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   4  10   4     5   8             Totals               45   3  12   2     4  12

Time of Game: 3:57   Attendance: 12,364
Left on Base: Rangers 11, White Sox 10
DP: Rangers 2, White Sox 2
Errors: Oliver, Morrison, Bell 2, Seilheimer, Wortham
Doubles: Pryor (14), Nordhagen (16)
Triples: Ellis (1)
Home Runs: Nordhagen (12)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (16)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (3), Squires (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Sample (1), Norris (3), Kimm (4), Bosley (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (7), Norris (5), R. Johnson (1)
GIDP: Sundberg (12), Lemon (8)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 6.1   3   2   2   0   4   1  22   3.44
Darwin                  0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.35
Johnson                 1.2   2   1   1   0   3   0   7   3.27
Kern                    2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.01
Hough W(1-0)            3     4   0   0   3   4   0  14   5.70
Totals                 13    12   3   3   4  12   1  52

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wortham                 5     8   3   2   0   2   0  24   5.73
Robinson                4     1   0   0   3   3   0  14   0.00
Hoffman                 1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.70
Proly L(1-6)            2.1   0   1   0   2   1   0  10   2.92
Totals                 13    10   4   2   5   8   0  54

Passed Balls: Sundberg (12)
Wild Pitches: Matlack (6), Johnson (1), Kern (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dale Ford


RANGERS 1ST: Sample singled to left; Wills forced Sample (third
to second); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first) [Wills to
second]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Morrison struck out; Bell flied out to center; L.
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub
grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg singled to center;
Roberts reached on an error by Bell [Sundberg to second, Roberts
to first]; Frias forced Sundberg (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Lemon
singled to shortstop; Lemon was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Pruitt popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, White Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
singled to left; Wills was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Wortham [Wills to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Wills scored (unearned)]; Bell singled to left; Ellis
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor doubled to left [Pryor to third (error by
Oliver)]; Baines struck out but Pryor advanced to home and
Baines advanced to first on a wild pitch; Kimm out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Baines to second]; Morrison
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell flied out to left; 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg
flied out to right; Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: L. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Lemon grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, White
Sox 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Frias singled to left; Sample out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Frias to second]; Wills grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Frias to third]; Oliver singled to left
[Frias scored]; Bell struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
2, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pruitt lined to third; Pryor struck out; Baines
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Ellis tripled to right; Staub singled to center
[Ellis scored]; ROBINSON REPLACED WORTHAM (PITCHING); Sundberg
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Staub out at
second]; Roberts struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kimm lined to shortstop; Morrison lined to
shortstop; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Frias struck out; Sample flied out to center; Wills
walked; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: L. Johnson flied out to left; Nordhagen homered;
DARWIN REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Lemon singled to left; R.
JOHNSON BATTED FOR PRUITT; R. Johnson walked [Lemon to second];
MOLINARO BATTED FOR PRYOR; JOHNSON REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING);
CRUZ BATTED FOR MOLINARO; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Lemon to
third, R. Johnson to second]; Cruz struck out; Baines grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, White
Sox 2.

RANGERS 8TH: R. JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CRUZ STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Bell singled to center [Bell out at second
(second to pitcher)]; GRUBB BATTED FOR ELLIS; Grubb grounded out
(first to pitcher); Staub was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORRIS
REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING RF); Kimm struck out; Morrison singled
to right; Bell struck out; L. Johnson made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg walked; Norris out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Sundberg to second]; Frias walked; Sample
reached on a fielder's choice [Sundberg to third (error by
Bell), Frias to second]; Wills lined into a double play (right
to catcher) [Sundberg out at home]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Nordhagen doubled to right; BOSLEY RAN FOR
NORDHAGEN; KERN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Lemon singled to
right [Bosley to third, Lemon out at second (second to
shortstop)]; R. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bosley
scored]; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
White Sox 3.

RANGERS 10TH: BOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HOFFMAN
REPLACED ROBINSON (PITCHING); Oliver struck out; Bell struck
out; Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Baines singled to right; Kern threw a wild pitch
[Baines to second]; On a bunt Kimm made an out to first;
Morrison popped to third in foul territory; Bell grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 11TH: Staub singled to pitcher; Bruce Kimm and Guy
Hoffman collide on bouncer off plate; RIVERS RAN FOR STAUB;
Sundberg grounded out (second to first) [Rivers to second];
Norris popped to second; PROLY REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING);
Frias grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 11TH: SAMPLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); RIVERS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); HOUGH REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); L. Johnson singled to left;
Bosley out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [L. Johnson to
second]; Lemon was walked intentionally; Sundberg allowed a
passed ball [L. Johnson to third, Lemon to second]; R. Johnson
struck out; Cruz walked; Baines struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 12TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Wills lined
to center; Oliver reached on an error by Morrison [Oliver to
first]; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 12TH: Kimm singled to center; SQUIRES RAN FOR KIMM;
Morrison walked [Squires to second]; Bell struck out; L. Johnson
struck out while Squires was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, White Sox 3.

RANGERS 13TH: SEILHEIMER REPLACED SQUIRES (PLAYING C ); Grubb
walked; Rivers forced Grubb (second to shortstop); Rivers stole
second [Rivers to third (error by Seilheimer)]; Sundberg walked;
Norris hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rivers scored (unearned)];
Frias grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 13TH: Bosley singled to center; Lemon grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bosley out at second];
R. Johnson singled to right; Cruz popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, White Sox 3.



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