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Texas Rangers @ Baltimore Orioles

1980-05-14 · Night game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 16762 · 61°F, night · Wind 25 mph · 3:16

Texas Rangers defeated Baltimore Orioles 6–3. Texas Rangers put up 5 in the 4th. Gaylord Perry earned the win and Sparky Lyle picked up the save. Dave Roberts went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	14
BAL	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10

W: Gaylord Perry L: Paul Hartzell SV: Sparky Lyle

Umpires — HP: Don Denkinger · 1B: Larry McCoy · 2B: Dale Ford · 3B: Greg Kosc · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bump Wills	4	0	1	0	1	0
Al Oliver	5	0	2	0	0	0
John Ellis	2	0	1	0	0	0
Richie Zisk	4	2	2	1	0	2
Danny Walton	3	1	0	0	1	2
Jim Sundberg	4	1	4	0	1	0
Dave Roberts	3	1	1	4	2	1
Pepe Frias	3	0	1	0	0	0
Pat Putnam	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Norris	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Grubb	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Bumbry	2	1	0	1	3	1
Pat Kelly	4	1	1	0	0	0
John Lowenstein	2	0	0	1	0	0
Eddie Murray	5	0	2	0	0	0
Dan Graham	5	1	4	1	0	0
Terry Crowley	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug DeCinces	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kiko Garcia	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Dauer	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gary Roenicke	1	0	0	0	1	1
Lee May	1	0	1	0	0	0
Benny Ayala	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Dempsey	1	0	0	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gaylord Perry	7.2	10	4	4
Sparky Lyle	1.1	0	1	0

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott McGregor	3.0	3	2	3
Paul Hartzell	0.0	3	1	0
Jim Palmer	3.1	6	3	2
Dave Ford	2.2	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mickey Rivers: 53
Bump Wills: 53
Al Oliver: 6

Bot 1

Al Bumbry: W
Pat Kelly: E6.1-3
John Lowenstein: 7/SF.3-H(UR)
Eddie Murray: CS2(1634)
Eddie Murray: S
Dan Graham: S7.1-2
Terry Crowley: 53

Top 2

John Ellis: S7
Richie Zisk: K
Danny Walton: K
Jim Sundberg: W.1-2
Dave Roberts: K

Bot 2

Doug DeCinces: K
Kiko Garcia: 4
Rich Dauer: W
Al Bumbry: K

Top 3

Pepe Frias: S1
Mickey Rivers: 9/L
Bump Wills: SB2.1XH(842)
Bump Wills: W
Al Oliver: D9/F9DW.1-3
John Ellis: 3/FL

Bot 3

Pat Kelly: S9
John Lowenstein: 7
Eddie Murray: S.1-3
Dan Graham: S.3-H;1-3
Terry Crowley: 8
Doug DeCinces: 43

Top 4

Richie Zisk: S8
Danny Walton: W.1-2
Jim Sundberg: S9.2-3;1-2
Dave Roberts: HR/9.3-H;2-H;1-H
Pepe Frias: 63
Mickey Rivers: HR/9
Bump Wills: 31
Al Oliver: S8
Pat Putnam: W.1-2
Richie Zisk: K

Bot 4

Kiko Garcia: 13/BG
Rich Dauer: 63
Al Bumbry: W
Pat Kelly: 9

Top 5

Danny Walton: 3/L
Jim Sundberg: D9
Dave Roberts: W
Pepe Frias: 13/SH.2-3;1-2
Mickey Rivers: 43

Bot 5

John Lowenstein: 3/G
Eddie Murray: 6/L
Dan Graham: S7
Terry Crowley: S7.1-2
Doug DeCinces: 5/FL

Top 6

Bump Wills: S8
Al Oliver: 8/L
Pat Putnam: 8(B)3(1)/FDP

Bot 6

Kiko Garcia: 53
Rich Dauer: 4
Al Bumbry: 8

Top 7

Richie Zisk: HR
Danny Walton: K
Jim Sundberg: S9
Dave Roberts: SB2
Dave Roberts: W
Pepe Frias: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Pat Kelly: 8
Gary Roenicke: K
Eddie Murray: 7

Top 8

Mickey Rivers: S
Bump Wills: 3/G.1-2
Al Oliver: 43.2-3
Pat Putnam: 9

Bot 8

Dan Graham: S9
Terry Crowley: 5
Doug DeCinces: S9.1-2
Lee May: S.2-3;1-2
Rich Dauer: K
Al Bumbry: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Benny Ayala: 63

Top 9

Jim Norris: 7
Johnny Grubb: 7
Jim Sundberg: S7
Dave Roberts: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Gary Roenicke: W
Eddie Murray: E6.1-2
Dan Graham: 4(1)3/GDP.2-3
Rick Dempsey: 53

Notes & reviews

Lowenstein bruised left hip and shoulder crashing into fence; he left game in 7th and missed a month
McGregor left with sore left knee sustained on Frias hit in 3rd
Bump Wills thought there was two out (past 2B when ball caught)

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