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Sunday August 24, 1980
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Al Oliver singled in the winning run as the Rangers outlasted the Brewers, 4-3, in 11 innings. Jim Sundberg and Mickey Rivers began the 11th with singles. After Sundberg was forced at third on an attempted sacrifice by Billy Sample and Bump Wills flied out, Oliver lashed a ball off the glove of first baseman Sal Bando to give reliever John Henry Johnson his first victory in three decisions. [The Sporting News]


Texas Rangers 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Game Played on Sunday, August 24, 1980 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium

Brewers      1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   3  7  0
Rangers      1  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   4 16  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor dh            4   1   1   0     1   1   .297      Sample cf,rf          6   1   3   1     0   0   .229
Moore c               5   1   1   0     0   1   .283      Wills 2b              6   0   1   0     0   2   .255
Yount ss              4   0   1   2     0   0   .291      Oliver lf             6   0   1   1     0   0   .312
Thomas cf             4   1   1   1     1   1   .255      Bell 3b               5   0   0   0     0   1   .325
Oglivie lf            5   0   1   0     0   3   .297      Zisk dh               4   2   3   0     0   0   .293
Davis rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .265        Norris pr,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Gantner 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Ellis 1b              2   0   2   1     0   0   .242
Bando 3b,1b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .198        Putnam ph,1b        3   0   1   0     0   1   .277
Brouhard 1b,rf        3   0   0   0     1   2   .236      Roberts rf,ss         5   0   0   0     0   1   .242
Romero 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Sundberg c            4   0   3   1     1   0   .275
Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Frias ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rivers ph,cf        3   1   2   0     0   1   .325
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   3   7   3     3  10             Totals               47   4  16   4     1   6

Time of Game: 3:18   Attendance:  8,425
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Rangers 12
DP: Brewers 0, Rangers 0
Doubles: Zisk (14), Ellis (8), Sample (4)
Triples: Moore (1)
Home Runs: Thomas (29), Sample (2)
Stolen Bases: Molitor 2 (23)
Caught Stealing: Wills (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Yount (3)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers                 4     7   3   3   0   1   1  18   3.33
Holdsworth              4.1   6   0   0   1   4   0  20   4.05
McClure                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.78
Cleveland L(8-8)        2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.91
Totals                 10.2  16   4   4   1   6   1  48

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 9     7   3   3   3   7   1  37   3.41
Babcock                 1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   6.23
Johnson W(1-2)          1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.43
Totals                 11     7   3   3   3  10   1  43

Wild Pitches: Matlack (8)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Rocky Roe


BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to left; Moore struck out; Molitor
stole second; Yount singled to center [Molitor scored]; Matlack
threw a wild pitch [Yount to second]; Thomas made an out to
second; Oglivie struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Sample homered; Wills lined to third; Oliver lined
to right; Bell lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
1, Rangers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Davis singled to right; Bando made an out to
shortstop; Brouhard struck out; Romero forced Davis (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk doubled to left; Ellis doubled to right [Zisk
scored]; Roberts struck out; Sundberg lined to left; Frias made
an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Rangers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
lined to third; Yount grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Sample flied out to left; Wills singled to center;
Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Oliver
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
1, Rangers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Thomas walked; Oglivie struck out; Davis singled to
right [Thomas to second]; Bando struck out; Brouhard walked
[Thomas to third, Davis to second]; Romero made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell lined to third; Zisk singled to left; Ellis
singled to left [Zisk to second]; Roberts flied out to center;
Sundberg singled to left [Zisk scored, Ellis to second]; Frias
lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Rangers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Molitor struck out; Moore tripled to right; Yount
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Moore scored]; Thomas homered;
Oglivie flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: HOLDSWORTH REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING); Sample
doubled to left; Bill Travers left with blister; Wills
struck out; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sample to
third]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Rangers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Davis lined to left; Bando flied out to center;
Brouhard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); PUTNAM BATTED
FOR ELLIS; Putnam singled to left; Roberts forced Putnam (third
to second); Sundberg singled to right [Roberts to third]; RIVERS
BATTED FOR FRIAS; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ROBERTS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); RIVERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
SAMPLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Romero lined to left;
Molitor walked; Moore made an out to shortstop; Molitor stole
second; Yount grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Sample grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills
grounded out (second to first); Oliver grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Thomas made an out to second; Oglivie singled to
right; Davis forced Oglivie (shortstop to second); Bando
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Bell flied out to right; Zisk singled to center;
NORRIS RAN FOR ZISK; Putnam popped to second in foul territory;
Roberts flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Rangers 3.

BREWERS 9TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Brouhard
grounded out (third to first); Romero grounded out (third to
first); Molitor popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: BANDO CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); GANTNER
REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING 3B); BROUHARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Sundberg walked; On a bunt Rivers singled to third
[Sundberg to second]; On a bunt Sample singled to third
[Sundberg to third, Rivers to second]; Wills was called out on
strikes; MCCLURE REPLACED HOLDSWORTH (PITCHING); Oliver popped
to catcher in foul territory; CLEVELAND REPLACED MCCLURE
(PITCHING); Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

BREWERS 10TH: BABCOCK REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Moore made an
out to second; Yount made an out to second; Thomas struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 10TH: Norris grounded out (second to first); Putnam was
called out on strikes; Roberts made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Rangers 3.

BREWERS 11TH: JOHNSON REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING); Oglivie was
called out on strikes; Gantner grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 11TH: Sundberg singled to center; Rivers singled to left
[Sundberg to second]; Sample forced Sundberg (pitcher to third)
[Rivers to second]; Wills flied out to left; Oliver singled to
right [Rivers scored, Sample to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 3, Rangers 4.



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