Friday August 8, 1980
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Champ Summers drove in two runs with a homer and two more with a double in support of Dan Petry, who allowed only five hits and pitched the Tigers to an 8-0 victory over the Rangers. Lance Parrish also homered. The Tigers stole six bases, the most ever recorded in one game against the Rangers. Steve Kemp, who had four hits, swiped second base three times. [The Sporting News]

Detroit Tigers 8, Texas Rangers 0

Game Played on Friday, August 8, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Tigers 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 8 13 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Peters cf 6 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .315 Trammell ss 3 1 0 1 2 1 .314 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .252 Kemp dh 5 2 4 1 0 0 .298 Oliver lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .315 Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .292 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .334 Wockenfuss ph,1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Staub rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .322 Summers lf 4 1 2 4 1 1 .319 Zisk dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .279 Lentine pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Putnam 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Parrish c 5 1 2 1 0 1 .295 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Cowens rf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .277 Frias ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Brookens 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Grubb ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Whitaker 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .237 Roberts ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Petry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 8 13 8 6 7 Totals 30 0 5 0 3 7 Time of Game: 2:56 Attendance: 14,138 Left on Base: Tigers 11, Rangers 6 DP: Tigers 2, Rangers 0 Errors: Sundberg, Roberts, Figueroa Doubles: Parrish (24), Whitaker (11), Summers (15) Home Runs: Summers (10), Parrish (18) Stolen Bases: Peters (10), Kemp 3 (5), Cowens (3), Whitaker (6) Caught Stealing: Trammell (9) Sacrifice Flies: Whitaker (5) GIDP: Bell 2 (13) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Petry W(7-6) 9 5 0 0 3 7 0 33 3.33 Totals 9 5 0 0 3 7 0 33 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa L(3-5) 4.1 7 4 3 2 1 1 21 6.36 Rajsich 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 6 6.88 Hough 2 1 2 2 4 2 0 11 5.05 Kern 1.2 2 1 0 0 3 0 8 4.76 Totals 9 13 8 6 6 7 2 46 Passed Balls: Sundberg (14) Wild Pitches: Hough (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mark Johnson TIGERS 1ST: Peters singled to pitcher; Peters was picked off first but was safe on an error by Figueroa [Peters to second]; Peters stole third; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Peters scored (unearned)]; Kemp singled to center; Kemp stole second; Hebner struck out; Summers grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers struck out; Wills was called out on strikes; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Parrish grounded out (second to first); Cowens walked; Cowens stole second; Brookens singled to right [Cowens to third]; Whitaker hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cowens scored, Brookens to second (error by Sundberg)]; Peters grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Staub made an out to shortstop; Zisk made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Rangers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Trammell grounded out (third to first); Kemp singled to right; Kemp stole second; Hebner flied out to left; Summers homered [Kemp scored]; Parrish doubled to right; Cowens flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Putnam walked; Sundberg forced Putnam (shortstop to second); Frias forced Sundberg (shortstop to second); Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Brookens grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitaker flied out to center; Peters grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Wills was called out on strikes; Oliver singled to left; Bell struck out; Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Trammell walked; Trammell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kemp singled to right; Kemp stole second; RAJSICH REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Hebner grounded out (first unassisted) [Kemp to third]; Summers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Zisk singled to left; Putnam struck out; Sundberg flied out to center; GRUBB BATTED FOR FRIAS; Grubb grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 4, Rangers 0. TIGERS 6TH: ROBERTS REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); Parrish homered; Cowens singled to left; Brookens forced Cowens (third to second) [Brookens to first]; Whitaker singled to center [Brookens to third]; Whitaker stole second; HOUGH REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Peters flied out to right; Trammell struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 5, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Rivers singled to right; Wills walked [Rivers to second]; Oliver forced Wills (second to shortstop) [Rivers to third, Oliver to first]; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Rangers 0. TIGERS 7TH: Kemp made an out to second; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR HEBNER; Wockenfuss walked; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Wockenfuss to second]; Summers walked; Parrish made an out to second; Cowens walked [Wockenfuss to third, Summers to second]; Brookens flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 5, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Staub singled to left; Zisk struck out; Putnam flied out to center; Sundberg forced Staub (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Rangers 0. TIGERS 8TH: Whitaker doubled to center; Peters struck out (catcher to first); Hough threw a wild pitch [Whitaker to third]; Trammell walked; KERN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Kemp singled to center [Whitaker scored, Trammell to second]; Wockenfuss reached on an error by Roberts [Trammell to third, Kemp to second, Wockenfuss to first]; Summers doubled to center [Trammell scored, Kemp scored (unearned), Wockenfuss to third]; LENTINE RAN FOR SUMMERS; Parrish was called out on strikes; Cowens struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 8, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: LENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Roberts grounded out (third to first); Rivers grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, Rangers 0. TIGERS 9TH: Brookens made an out to shortstop; Whitaker was called out on strikes; Peters flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 8, Rangers 0. RANGERS 9TH: Oliver singled to center; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; Staub walked; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 8, Rangers 0.

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