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Friday August 8, 1980
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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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