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Sunday August 17, 1980
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Texas Rangers 12, Detroit Tigers 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 17, 1980 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Rangers      3  1  0    0  1  0    3  0  4  -  12 15  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  4  1  -   6  8  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .315      Peters cf             4   2   1   0     1   1   .290
Wills 2b              3   2   1   1     1   0   .252      Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     1   0   .227
Oliver lf             4   3   3   4     1   0   .310      Kemp dh               4   1   2   1     1   0   .309
Bell 3b               4   1   0   0     1   0   .336      Hebner 1b             5   1   1   3     0   1   .292
Zisk dh               5   0   2   0     0   2   .291      Summers lf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .301
  Sample pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .214        Lentine lf          0   1   0   0     1   0   .250
Putnam 1b             5   1   2   4     0   0   .278      Parrish c             3   1   2   1     1   0   .291
Grubb rf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .306      Corcoran rf           3   0   1   1     1   0   .178
Roberts c             5   2   3   1     0   0   .235      Brookens 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Frias ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .234      Wagner ss             3   0   1   0     1   1   .278
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  12  15  11     4   2             Totals               33   6   8   6     7   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 42,117
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Tigers 7
DP: Rangers 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Peters, Wilcox
Doubles: Rivers (26), Putnam (14), Corcoran (3)
Triples: Parrish (4)
Home Runs: Oliver 3 (13), Hebner (11)
Stolen Bases: Sample (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Frias (10), Rivers (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Wills (7)
GIDP: Kemp (19), Hebner (6)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich W(10-7)          7.2   5   5   4   6   3   1  32   3.96
Kern                    1     3   1   1   1   1   0   7   4.83
Johnson                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.65
Totals                  9     8   6   5   7   4   1  40

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox L(11-8)          7     8   8   7   3   2   2  33   4.15
Lopez                   2     7   4   4   1   0   1  13   3.74
Totals                  9    15  12  11   4   2   3  46

Passed Balls: Roberts (2)

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


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

TIGERS 1ST: Peters walked; Whitaker lined to left; Kemp grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Peters out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Roberts singled to center; Frias reached on an
error by Wilcox on a sacrifice bunt [Roberts to second, Frias to
first]; Rivers out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Roberts to third, Frias to second]; Wills hit a sacrifice fly
to shortstop [Roberts scored (unearned)]; Oliver was walked
intentionally; Bell forced Oliver (shortstop unassisted); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); Summers
grounded out (second to first); Parrish walked; Corcoran doubled
to left [Parrish to third]; Brookens flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Zisk made an out to second; Putnam flied out to
right; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Wagner grounded out (first unassisted); Peters flied
out to right; Whitaker lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Roberts made an out to second; Frias lined to
center; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp walked; Hebner grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; Summers
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Oliver
homered; Bell flied out to center; Zisk was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish made an out to second; Corcoran walked;
Brookens made an out to shortstop; Wagner singled to right
[Corcoran to second]; Peters struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Putnam grounded out (third to first); Grubb flied
out to left; Roberts flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Whitaker flied out to left; Kemp popped to third in
foul territory; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Tigers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Frias singled to left; Rivers flied out to left;
Wills singled to center [Frias scored (error by Peters) (no
RBI), Wills to second]; Oliver homered [Wills scored]; Bell made
an out to second; Zisk singled to left; Putnam made an out to
shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Summers flied out to center; Parrish tripled to
right; Corcoran grounded out (second to first) [Parrish scored];
Brookens grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 8, Tigers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: LENTINE REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING LF); LOPEZ
REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Grubb singled to left; Roberts
singled to center [Grubb to second]; Frias flied out to center;
Rivers forced Roberts (second to shortstop) [Grubb to third];
Wills lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 8,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Wagner walked; Peters forced Wagner (second to
shortstop); Whitaker flied out to left; Kemp singled to pitcher
[Peters to second]; Hebner homered [Peters scored, Kemp scored];
Lentine walked; KERN REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Roberts allowed
a passed ball [Lentine to second]; Parrish singled to center
[Lentine scored (unearned)]; Corcoran flied out to left; 4 R (3
ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Tigers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver homered; Bell flied out to center; Zisk
singled to third; SAMPLE RAN FOR ZISK; Sample stole second;
Putnam singled to right [Sample scored, Putnam to second (on
throw to home)]; Grubb walked; Roberts singled to right [Putnam
scored, Grubb out at third (right to first to third), Roberts to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Frias singled to center [Roberts
scored]; Rivers forced Frias (shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 12, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Brookens
grounded out (second to first); Wagner struck out; Peters
singled to left; Whitaker walked [Peters to second]; Kemp
singled to left [Peters scored, Whitaker to second]; JOHNSON
REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Hebner grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 12, Tigers 6.



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