Rusty Staub collected a single, double and homer as one of three Rangers with three hits apiece in a 12-5 victory over the Tigers. Staub scored four runs. Mickey Rivers had a homer and two singles in the attack while Buddy Bell contributed a double and two singles. Richie Zisk added a homer. Steve Kemp whacked a pair of round-trippers for the Tigers. [The Sporting News]
Texas Rangers 12, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Saturday, August 16, 1980 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Rangers      2  1  1    2  1  2    0  1  2  -  12 15  3
Tigers       0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   5  9  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             6   1   3   1     0   0   .317      Peters cf             3   1   0   0     2   1   .294
Wills 2b              5   2   2   1     1   0   .249      Brookens 3b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .263
Oliver lf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .303      Kemp lf               3   2   2   3     2   0   .308
  Norris rf           0   1   0   0     1   0   .252      Hebner 1b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .291
Bell 3b               6   1   3   3     0   0   .339      Summers dh            5   0   1   0     0   0   .305
Staub dh              4   4   3   2     2   0   .329      Parrish c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .289
Putnam 1b             5   0   2   2     0   1   .279        Dyer c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .169
Grubb rf              0   0   0   0     1   0   .307      Cowens rf             3   1   1   1     1   0   .274
  Zisk ph,rf          3   1   1   2     1   0   .287      Wagner ss             4   0   2   1     0   2   .292
  Sample lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .229
Roberts c             5   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Frias ss              4   1   0   1     0   0   .226        Robbins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Clay p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rozema p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  12  15  12     7   3             Totals               36   5   9   5     6  10

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 33,868
Left on Base: Rangers 11, Tigers 10
DP: Rangers 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Rivers, Wills, Grubb, Brookens
Doubles: Staub (19), Bell (19), Cowens (17)
Home Runs: Rivers (5), Zisk (17), Staub (5), Kemp 2 (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Frias (2)
GIDP: Peters (8)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clay W(1-0)             5.2   7   3   3   2   2   1  25   4.76
Darwin SV(5)            3.1   2   2   2   4   8   1  17   2.36
Totals                  9     9   5   5   6  10   2  42

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris L(12-11)         2     6   4   4   3   0   1  15   4.66
Robbins                 3.1   6   5   4   2   2   1  19   5.91
Rozema                  1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.22
Lopez                   2     2   3   3   2   1   1  10   3.49
Totals                  9    15  12  11   7   3   3  50

Wild Pitches: Clay (1)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Derryl Cousins, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers lined to right; Wills singled to shortstop;
Oliver singled to left [Wills to third]; Bell singled to center
[Wills scored, Oliver to second]; Staub singled to right [Oliver
to third, Bell to second]; Putnam grounded out (first
unassisted) [Oliver scored, Bell to third, Staub to second];
Grubb was walked intentionally; Roberts flied out to center; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Peters struck out; Brookens flied out to center;
Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Frias grounded out (third to first); Rivers
homered; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Oliver walked;
Bell lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Hebner singled to left; Clay threw a wild pitch
[Hebner to second]; Summers popped to third in foul territory;
Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hebner to third];
Cowens doubled [Hebner scored]; Wagner singled to right [Cowens
scored (RBI), Wagner to third (error by Grubb) (error by
Rivers)]; Whitaker flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Staub walked; Putnam singled to right [Staub to
third]; ROBBINS REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); ZISK BATTED FOR
GRUBB; Zisk walked [Putnam to second]; Roberts flied out to
right; Frias hit a sacrifice fly to center [Staub scored];
Rivers forced Zisk (second unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: ZISK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Peters flied out
to left; Brookens grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp
walked; Hebner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
4, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills popped to third in foul territory; Oliver
struck out; Bell singled to center; Staub doubled [Bell scored];
Putnam singled [Staub scored]; Zisk forced Putnam (third to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Summers flied out to left; Parrish grounded out
(second to first); Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Roberts lined to left; Frias reached on an error by
Brookens; Rivers singled to center [Frias to second]; Wills
singled to center [Frias scored (unearned), Rivers to second];
Oliver flied out to center; Bell made an out to shortstop; 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Wagner singled; Whitaker struck out; Peters grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wagner out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Tigers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Staub walked; Putnam was called out on strikes;
Zisk homered [Staub scored]; ROZEMA REPLACED ROBBINS (PITCHING);
Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 9, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Brookens popped to first in foul territory; Kemp
homered; Hebner flied out to center; Summers singled to right;
Parrish singled to shortstop [Summers to second]; Cowens walked
[Summers to third, Parrish to second]; DARWIN REPLACED CLAY
(PITCHING); Wagner struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 9,
Tigers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Rivers singled to right; Wills forced Rivers
(second to shortstop); Oliver lined to right; Bell grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 9, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker struck out; Peters walked; Brookens struck
out; Kemp walked [Peters to second]; Hebner walked [Peters to
third, Kemp to second]; Summers grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 9, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Staub homered;
Putnam flied out to left; Zisk flied out to right; Roberts
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 10, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: NORRIS REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING RF); SAMPLE REPLACED
ZISK (PLAYING LF); Parrish struck out; Cowens grounded out
(second to first); Wagner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 10, Tigers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: DYER REPLACED PARRISH (PLAYING C ); Frias flied out
to center; Rivers lined to shortstop; Wills walked; Norris
walked [Wills to second]; Bell doubled [Wills scored, Norris
scored]; Staub grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 12, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: Whitaker struck out; Peters walked; Brookens struck
out; Kemp homered [Peters scored]; Hebner singled to right;
Summers reached on an error by Wills [Hebner to second]; Dyer
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 12, Tigers 5.
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