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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 4Game Played on Wednesday, September 17, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA'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.
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