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Thursday October 2, 1980
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Minnesota Twins 4, Texas Rangers 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, October 2, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    1  2  1    0  0  0  -   4 10  0
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Rivers dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .334
Wilfong 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Wills 2b              1   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Landreaux lf          4   1   1   1     1   0   .285        Richardt 2b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Smalley ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Staub ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .301
  Mackanin ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Oliver lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .314
Sofield dh            3   1   2   1     0   1   .249      Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .329
  Morales ph,dh       2   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Putnam 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .263
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .257        Roberts 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Cubbage 1b            3   1   1   2     0   0   .244      Grubb rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Johnston cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .208      Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .272
Castino 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .304      Norris cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .252
Williams p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Harrelson ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .265
                                                          Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gleaton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  10   4     2   4             Totals               32   1   9   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  8,022
Left on Base: Twins 10, Rangers 7
DP: Twins 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Staub, Putnam
Doubles: Johnston (3), Landreaux (23)
Home Runs: Cubbage (8), Oliver (18)
Stolen Bases: Sofield (4), Powell (14), Wills (34)
Caught Stealing: Rivers (7), Wills (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilfong (11), Harrelson (10)
Sacrifice Flies: Cubbage (3)
GIDP: Powell (14), Grubb (11)
Hit by Pitch: Powell (3,by Jenkins)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Williams W(6-2)         9     9   1   1   2   4   1  35   3.51
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   4   1  35

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(12-12)        5.2   8   4   4   2   4   1  29   3.78
Gleaton                 3.1   2   0   0   0   0   0  12   2.57
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   4   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Jenkins (4)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Fred Spenn


TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Wilfong out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Powell to second]; Landreaux grounded
out (second to first) [Powell to third]; Smalley was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Rivers was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wills singled to left;
Wills stole second; Oliver struck out while Wills was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 2ND: RICHARDT REPLACED WILLS (PLAYING 2B); Sofield struck
out; Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted); Cubbage flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell flied out to right; Putnam singled to center;
Grubb grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Putnam
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Johnston doubled to center; Castino walked; Powell
flied out to center [Johnston to third]; Wilfong struck out;
Landreaux walked [Castino to second]; Smalley flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; Norris singled to
center [Sundberg to second]; Harrelson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Sundberg to third, Norris to second]; Rivers
grounded out (pitcher to first); Richardt struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Rangers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Sofield singled to right; Sofield stole second;
Wynegar grounded out (first to pitcher) [Sofield to third];
Cubbage hit a sacrifice fly to center [Sofield scored]; Johnston
reached on an error by Putnam; Castino flied out to center; 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver homered; Bell flied out to center; Putnam
grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb flied out to right; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Rangers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Powell was hit by a pitch; Wilfong popped to pitcher;
Powell stole second; Landreaux doubled to left [Powell scored];
Smalley grounded out (second to first) [Landreaux to third];
Sofield singled to left [Landreaux scored]; Wynegar struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris
singled to third; Harrelson forced Norris (first to shortstop);
Rivers made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Rangers 1.

TWINS 6TH: Cubbage homered; Johnston grounded out (first to
pitcher); Castino singled to left; Powell flied out to right;
Wilfong singled to center [Castino to third]; GLEATON REPLACED
JENKINS (PITCHING); Landreaux popped to third in foul territory;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: MACKANIN REPLACED SMALLEY (PLAYING SS); Richardt
flied out to center; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted);
Bell walked; Putnam walked [Bell to second]; Grubb struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 1.

TWINS 7TH: Mackanin grounded out (third to first); MORALES
BATTED FOR SOFIELD; Morales singled to left; Wynegar lined to
left; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: MORALES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sundberg lined
to first; Norris flied out to left; Harrelson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 1.

TWINS 8TH: Johnston grounded out (pitcher to first); Castino
singled to right; Powell grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Castino out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); STAUB BATTED
FOR RICHARDT; Staub grounded out (second to first); Oliver
singled to center; Bell singled to center [Oliver to third];
Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 4, Rangers 1.

TWINS 9TH: STAUB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ROBERTS REPLACED
PUTNAM (PLAYING 2B); Wilfong reached on an error by Staub; On a
bunt Landreaux made an out to pitcher; Mackanin grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Wilfong to second]; Morales flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Grubb flied out to left; Sundberg flied out to
right; Norris flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Rangers 1.



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