Jumping off to an early lead, the A's held on to down the Rangers, 6-4, but Rick Langford was stopped on his string of 22 consecutive complete games. The A's starter was removed with two out in the ninth inning after Rusty Staub hit a two-run homer. Bob Lacey got the final out. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 6, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 17, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
A's          0  2  2    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   6 12  0
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  2  -   4 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          2   0   0   0     3   0   .298      Rivers cf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .327
Murphy cf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .278      Grubb rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Page dh               5   0   1   1     0   2   .246        Davis ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Armas rf              5   2   2   0     0   1   .269      Oliver lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .309
Gross 3b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .289      Zisk dh               4   1   3   1     0   0   .293
  Klutts ph,3b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Putnam 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Gonzalez 1b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .182      Roberts 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .249
McKay 2b              3   1   1   1     1   0   .251        Staub ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .301
Newman c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .224      Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Guerrero ss           4   0   1   2     0   0   .243      Sundberg c            3   1   1   0     1   0   .273
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrelson ss          2   0   1   0     0   0   .255
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norris ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
                                                            Bell ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .327
                                                          Butcher p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lewallyn p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gleaton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  12   6     5   6             Totals               35   4  11   4     1   1

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance:  7,255
Left on Base: A's 9, Rangers 5
DP: A's 2, Rangers 1
Doubles: Guerrero (15), Murphy (18), Armas (15), Gross (20), Harrelson (4), Oliver (38)
Home Runs: Staub (8)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (82)
Caught Stealing: Page (6)
GIDP: Murphy (12), Putnam (12), Grubb (7)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford W(17-11)       8.2  11   4   4   1   1   1  35   3.01
Lacey SV(5)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.32
Totals                  9    11   4   4   1   1   1  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Butcher L(1-2)          2.1   5   4   4   2   2   0  13   5.87
Rajsich                 1.1   3   1   1   1   2   0   8   5.96
Lewallyn                2.2   2   1   1   1   0   0  11   3.38
Gleaton                 2.2   2   0   0   1   2   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9    12   6   6   5   6   0  42

Wild Pitches: Rajsich (3)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - George Maloney


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy
was called out on strikes; Page grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Grubb grounded out
(second to first); Oliver lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas struck out; Gross singled to right;
Gonzalez lined to center; McKay walked [Gross to second]; Newman
walked [Gross to third, McKay to second]; Guerrero doubled to
left [Gross scored, McKay scored, Newman to third]; Henderson
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics
2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk singled to left; Putnam grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second];
Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Rangers
0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy doubled to left; Page singled to center
[Murphy scored]; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Armas doubled to center; RAJSICH REPLACED BUTCHER
(PITCHING); Gross doubled to right [Armas scored]; Gonzalez
struck out; McKay grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrelson doubled to center;
Rivers lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Rangers 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman singled to left; Guerrero lined to left;
Henderson walked [Newman to second]; Murphy singled to center
[Newman scored, Henderson to second]; Rajsich threw a wild pitch
[Henderson to third, Murphy to second]; Page struck out;
LEWALLYN REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Armas grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Grubb lined to right; Oliver doubled to center;
Zisk singled to center [Oliver scored, Zisk out at second
(center to second)]; Putnam flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross lined to center; Gonzalez popped to
shortstop in foul territory; McKay flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Roberts flied out to right; Wills flied out to
left; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson walked;
Henderson stole second; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers
singled to right; Grubb grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Rivers out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 5, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Armas
singled to left; Gross singled to right [Armas to third];
GLEATON REPLACED LEWALLYN (PITCHING); Gonzalez was called out on
strikes; McKay singled to right [Armas scored, Gross to third];
Newman forced McKay (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 6, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver flied out to center; Zisk flied out to
right; Putnam flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Rangers 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Henderson walked;
Murphy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 6, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
flied out to center; Sundberg singled to right; NORRIS BATTED
FOR HARRELSON; Norris singled to left [Sundberg to second];
Rivers singled to right [Sundberg scored, Norris to third];
Grubb lined to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 6,
Rangers 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DAVIS
REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); Page was called out on strikes;
Armas grounded out (third to first); KLUTTS BATTED FOR GROSS;
Klutts singled to left; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 6, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: KLUTTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); Zisk singled to center; Putnam popped to
third in foul territory; STAUB BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Staub homered
[Zisk scored]; Wills singled to left; Sundberg walked [Wills to
second]; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); BELL BATTED FOR
NORRIS; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 6, Rangers 4.