The Orioles survived a ninth-inning Texas rally to win, 4-3. The Birds scored in the first inning on a single by Pat Kelly, added two more runs in the second on a single by Rich Dauer and a passed ball and picked up their final tally in the eighth on a solo homer by Gary Roenicke. The Rangers scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth and had the tying run on second when Tippy Martinez came on to get the final out. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      29, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Orioles      1  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  8  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3 11  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             3   1   2   0     2   1   .319      Rivers cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .312
Dempsey c             4   0   1   0     0   2   .251      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .301      Oliver lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .296
  Lowenstein lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .331
Murray 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .285      Ellis dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Kelly dh              4   0   1   1     0   1   .258      Staub 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .335
Roenicke lf,rf        4   1   2   1     0   0   .272      Sample rf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .220
DeCinces 3b           3   1   0   0     1   2   .240      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Garcia ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .225        Putnam ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .286
Dauer 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .256      Frias ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .248
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Roberts ph,ss       1   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Stoddard p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grubb ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .290
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Zisk ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .281
                                                          Hough p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   3     4   8             Totals               36   3  11   3     0   3

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 15,808
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Rangers 6
DP: Orioles 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Staub
Doubles: Oliver (25), Ellis (5), Staub (16), Putnam (12)
Home Runs: Roenicke (4)
Stolen Bases: DeCinces (6), Bumbry 2 (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Dempsey (2)
GIDP: Bell (8), Sample (4)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(11-5)        8.2  10   3   3   0   3   0  34   3.72
Stoddard                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.60
T. Martinez SV(8)       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.20
Totals                  9    11   3   3   0   3   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hough L(1-1)            9     8   4   3   4   8   1  38   5.23
Totals                  9     8   4   3   4   8   1  38

Passed Balls: Sundberg (13)
Wild Pitches: Hough (2)

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to left; Dempsey struck out;
Singleton struck out; Murray singled to left [Bumbry to third];
Kelly singled to right [Bumbry scored, Murray to second];
Roenicke popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers popped to shortstop in foul territory; Wills
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver doubled to left; Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 1, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces walked; Garcia was called out on strikes;
DeCinces stole second; Dauer singled to center [DeCinces scored,
Dauer to second (on throw to home)]; Hough threw a wild pitch
[Dauer to third]; Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second; Dempsey
struck out; Singleton walked; Sundberg allowed a passed ball
[Dauer scored (unearned), Bumbry to third, Singleton to second];
Murray grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Ellis popped to shortstop; Staub grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sample popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Kelly struck out; Roenicke singled to left;
DeCinces lined into a double play (second to first) [Roenicke
out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg flied out to center; Frias struck out;
Rivers popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Garcia flied out to right; Dauer flied out to
center; Bumbry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to center; Oliver singled to right;
Bell grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey singled to left; Singleton flied out to
center; Murray flied out to left; Kelly reached on an error by
Staub [Dempsey to second]; Roenicke grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Ellis popped to catcher in foul territory; Staub
singled to left; Sample grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces struck out (catcher to first); Garcia
popped to second; Dauer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg struck out; Frias flied out to right;
Rivers singled to left; Wills forced Rivers (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Bumbry walked; Dempsey out on a sacrifice bunt
(first unassisted) [Bumbry to second]; Singleton grounded out
(pitcher to first); Murray popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver flied out to left; Bell flied out to right;
Ellis doubled to left; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); Roenicke
homered; DeCinces struck out; Garcia grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING LF);
ROENICKE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Sample flied out to
left; Sundberg singled to left; ROBERTS BATTED FOR FRIAS;
Roberts struck out; Rivers singled to right [Sundberg to third];
Wills forced Rivers (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Orioles 4, Rangers 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Dauer popped
to second; Bumbry singled to left; Bumbry stole second [Bumbry
out at third (shortstop to third)]; Dempsey grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver flied out to center; Bell singled; Ellis
flied out to center; Staub doubled to left [Bell scored]; Sample
singled to left [Staub scored]; STODDARD REPLACED MCGREGOR
(PITCHING); PUTNAM BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Putnam doubled [Sample
scored]; GRUBB BATTED FOR ROBERTS; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED STODDARD
(PITCHING); ZISK BATTED FOR GRUBB; Zisk flied out to right; 3 R,
4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Rangers 3.