Pitching the first eight innings, Gaylord Perry recorded his 285th career victory as the Rangers downed the Tigers, 4-2. The Rangers scored three times in the second inning on a walk to Rusty Staub, single by Richie Zisk, double by Pat Putnam and two-run single by Jim Sundberg.

A single by Al Oliver and triple by Buddy Bell produced the final Rangers marker in the fourth. Perry's seven strikeouts raised his career total to 3,248, second best in baseball history, 260 behind Walter Johnson. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    10, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  9  0
Rangers      0  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Peters cf             3   1   2   0     0   1   .291      Norris cf,rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .236      Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .249
Kemp dh               4   0   2   0     0   0   .305      Oliver lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .313
Hebner 1b             2   0   0   1     1   0   .290      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   1   .337
Summers lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .314      Staub rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .321
Parrish c             4   1   1   1     0   1   .293        Rivers cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .276      Zisk dh               3   1   2   0     1   0   .288
Brookens 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Putnam 1b             3   1   1   1     0   1   .277
Wagner ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Sundberg c            3   0   1   2     0   1   .271
  Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Weaver p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   9   2     1   7             Totals               31   4   8   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 11,752
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Rangers 5
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Wills
Doubles: Putnam (13)
Triples: Bell (4)
Home Runs: Parrish (19)
Caught Stealing: Peters (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hebner (5)
GIDP: Hebner (5), Norris (8)
Hit by Pitch: Peters (2,by Perry)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Weaver L(2-1)           2.1   6   4   4   1   1   0  13   2.51
Underwood               5.2   2   0   0   1   2   0  20   3.93
Totals                  8     8   4   4   2   3   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(6-9)            8     9   2   1   1   7   1  33   3.43
Darwin SV(4)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.22
Totals                  9     9   2   1   1   7   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Perry (7)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Dan Morrison


TIGERS 1ST: Peters was hit by a pitch; Peters was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Whitaker lined to left;
Kemp singled to right [Kemp out at second (right to second to
shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Norris singled to shortstop; Wills grounded out
(second to first) [Norris to second]; Oliver grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Hebner flied out to center; Summers struck out;
Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Staub walked; Zisk singled to left [Staub to
second]; Putnam doubled to right [Staub scored, Zisk to third];
Sundberg singled to center [Zisk scored, Putnam scored]; On a
bunt Frias made an out to pitcher; Norris grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Sundberg out at second]; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Cowens was called out on strikes; Brookens lined to
right; Wagner singled to left; Peters singled to left [Wagner to
second]; Whitaker singled to second [Wagner to third, Peters to
second]; Kemp forced Whitaker (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver
singled to center; Bell tripled to right [Oliver scored];
UNDERWOOD REPLACED WEAVER (PITCHING); Staub grounded out (third
to first); Zisk was walked intentionally; Putnam was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Hebner walked; Summers forced Hebner (shortstop to
second); Parrish forced Summers (third to second); Cowens struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Frias grounded out
(second to first); Norris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Brookens struck out; Wagner grounded out (second to
first); Peters struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Whitaker flied out to left; Kemp singled to first;
Hebner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk singled
to left; Putnam forced Zisk (second to shortstop) [Putnam to
first]; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Summers struck out; Parrish was called out on
strikes; Cowens singled to center; Brookens singled to center
[Cowens to third]; Wagner flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Frias flied out to center; Norris flied out to
center; Wills singled to center; Oliver grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Peters singled to shortstop; Whitaker reached on an
error by Wills [Peters to second, Whitaker to first]; Kemp
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Peters to third, Whitaker to
second]; Hebner lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Peters
scored (unearned), Whitaker to third]; Summers flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub flied
out to left; Zisk made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: NORRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); RIVERS
REPLACED STAUB (PLAYING CF); Parrish homered; DARWIN REPLACED
PERRY (PITCHING); Cowens grounded out (second to first);
Brookens grounded out (pitcher to first); CORCORAN BATTED FOR
WAGNER; Corcoran grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 4.