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Tuesday September 2, 1980
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The streaking Red Sox won their ninth straight game, defeating the Angels, 10-2. Glenn Hoffman and Rick Burleson smacked consecutive two-run doubles in the fourth inning and a three-run eighth was featured by solo homers by Carlton Fisk and Larry Wolfe. Of the 14 Boston hits, nine were for extra bases. [The Sporting News]


Boston Red Sox 10, California Angels 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 2, 1980 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Angels       0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   2 10  0
Red Sox      0  4  0    2  1  0    0  3  x  -  10 14  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Carew 1b              5   0   1   0     0   0   .332      Burleson ss           5   1   2   2     0   1   .290
Lansford 3b           4   0   1   0     1   0   .269        Valdez ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ford rf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .288      Stapleton 2b          5   0   2   3     0   0   .313
  Kubski rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Walker 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thompson dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .276      Dwyer cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Baylor lf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .249      Rice lf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .268
Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .274      Perez 1b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .274
Miller cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .273      Fisk c                3   3   2   1     0   0   .291
Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     1   2   .271      Rader dh              3   0   1   1     0   0   .344
Skaggs c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .421        Wolfe ph,dh         1   1   1   1     0   0   .150
  Harris ph           1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Evans rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .260
Dorsey p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hoffman 3b            4   2   2   2     0   0   .301
  Ferris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schuler p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2  10   2     5   4             Totals               36  10  14  10     2   3

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 19,693
Left on Base: Angels 9, Red Sox 5
DP: Angels 1, Red Sox 3
Doubles: Carew (29), Grich (18), Hoffman (9), Burleson (25), Perez (25), Fisk (20), Rader (10), Stapleton (23)
Triples: Stapleton (4)
Home Runs: Baylor (5), Fisk (15), Wolfe (1)
GIDP: Skaggs (1), Carew (11), Perez (17)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (12,by Dorsey)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dorsey L(0-1)           3.2   6   6   6   2   0   0  20  14.73
Ferris                  3.1   4   1   1   0   1   0  12   2.70
Schuler                 1     4   3   3   0   2   2   7  27.00
Totals                  8    14  10  10   2   3   2  39

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(9-5)            7     9   2   2   4   4   1  31   3.30
Crawford                2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9    10   2   2   5   4   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Dorsey (1)
Wild Pitches: Ferris (1)

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Derryl Cousins


ANGELS 1ST: Red Sox Manager Don Zimmer ejected by HP umpire
Fred Spenn sometime in game; Carew lined to third; Debut
game for Jim Dorsey; Lansford singled to right; Ford forced
Lansford (second to shortstop); Thompson singled to center [Ford
to second]; Baylor made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to right; Stapleton flied out to
center; Dwyer lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Red Sox 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Grich walked; Miller lined into a double play
(second to first) [Grich out at first]; Campaneris struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice walked; Perez singled to right [Rice to
third]; Fisk was hit by a pitch [Perez to second]; Rader made an
out to shortstop; Evans popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hoffman doubled to right [Rice scored, Perez scored, Fisk to
third]; Burleson doubled to left [Fisk scored, Hoffman scored];
Stapleton made an out to shortstop; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Red Sox 4.

ANGELS 3RD: Skaggs walked; Carew popped to left; Lansford forced
Skaggs (shortstop to second); Ford grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Dwyer grounded out (second to first); Rice lined to
second; Perez doubled to right; Fisk grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Red Sox 4.

ANGELS 4TH: Thompson struck out; Baylor homered; Grich grounded
out (shortstop to first); Miller singled to left; Campaneris was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox
4.

RED SOX 4TH: Rader popped to third in foul territory; Evans
walked; Hoffman popped to first in foul territory; Burleson
singled to right [Evans to third]; Stapleton tripled to center
[Evans scored, Burleson scored]; FERRIS REPLACED DORSEY
(PITCHING); Dwyer made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 6.

ANGELS 5TH: Skaggs popped to first in foul territory; Carew
doubled to center [Carew out at third (center to shortstop to
third)]; Lansford walked; Ford walked [Lansford to second];
Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 1, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice flied out to right; Perez was called out on
strikes; Fisk doubled to left; Ferris threw a wild pitch [Fisk
to third]; Rader doubled to right [Fisk scored]; Evans singled
to second [Rader out at home (second to third)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Angels 1, Red Sox 7.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor struck out; Grich doubled to center; Miller
singled to center [Grich scored]; Campaneris singled to center
[Miller to third]; Skaggs grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Campaneris out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Hoffman grounded out (third to first); Burleson
flied out to right; Stapleton grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 7.

ANGELS 7TH: Carew lined to third; Lansford lined to shortstop;
Ford singled to center; Thompson popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: KUBSKI REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); Dwyer grounded
out (second to first); Debut game for Gil Kubski; Rice
singled to shortstop; Perez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rice out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 7.

ANGELS 8TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Baylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Steve Crawford;
Grich grounded out (third to first); Miller grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 8TH: SCHULER REPLACED FERRIS (PITCHING); Fisk homered;
WOLFE BATTED FOR RADER; Wolfe homered; Evans grounded out
(second to first); Hoffman singled to center; Burleson struck
out; Stapleton doubled to left [Hoffman scored]; Dwyer struck
out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2, Red Sox 10.

ANGELS 9TH: WOLFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VALDEZ REPLACED
BURLESON (PLAYING SS); WALKER REPLACED STAPLETON (PLAYING 2B);
Campaneris walked; Debut game for Julio Valdez Debut game for
Chico Walker; HARRIS BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Harris singled to
right [Campaneris to second]; Carew grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Campaneris to third, Harris out
at second]; Lansford flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 2, Red Sox 10.



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