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Rangers 7 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
August 30, 1980

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on August 30, 1980 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Rangers with a score of 7 to 5.

Game Summary

DateAugust 30, 1980 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 7 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 17 E: 4 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 17
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherJohn Henry Johnson  
Losing PitcherDan Quisenberry  
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Game Winning RBIMickey Rivers 

Game Info

DateAugust 30, 1980 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherJon Matlack  
Home Starting PitcherLarry Gura  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance34,557 
Time of Game3 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Kaiser
1B: Mark Johnson
2B: Russ Goetz
3B: Dan Morrison

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Billy Sample  Right Fielder 
Al Oliver  Left Fielder 
Richie Zisk  DH 
John Ellis  First Baseman 
Dave Roberts  Third Baseman 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Mike Richardt  Second Baseman 
Pepe Frias  Shortstop 
Pat Corrales  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
U L Washington  Shortstop 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
John Wathan  Catcher 
Willie Aikens  First Baseman 
Jose Cardenal  Right Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Jim Frey  Manager 

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Rangers 7 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
August 30, 1980

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         Game of 8/30/1980 -- Texas at Kansas City (D)

  Texas              AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Rivers M, cf          6  0  2  2   Wilson W, lf          6  0  0  0   
Sample B, rf          4  1  0  0   Washington U, ss      5  2  2  1   
Norris J, rf          2  0  0  0   Brett G, 3b           6  0  3  1   
Oliver A, lf          5  1  2  2   McRae H, dh           6  1  3  0   
Zisk R, dh            5  0  2  0   Otis A, cf            6  1  2  2   
Medich D, pr          0  0  0  0   Wathan J, c           4  0  3  0   
Ellis J, 1b           4  1  2  3   Porter D, ph-c        2  0  0  0   
Putnam P, 1b          1  0  1  0   Aikens W, 1b          3  0  0  0   
Roberts D, 3b         5  1  1  0   Mulliniks R, pr-2b    0  0  0  0   
Sundberg J, c         4  1  1  0   Chalk D, ph-2b        1  0  0  0   
Richardt M, 2b        5  1  1  0   Cardenal J, rf        2  1  2  0   
Frias P, ss           5  1  2  0   Hurdle C, ph-rf       2  0  1  0   
                                   Concepcion O, pr      0  0  0  0   
                                   Quirk J, rf           0  0  0  0   
                                   White F, 2b           3  0  0  0   
                                   LaCock P, ph-1b       1  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  7 14  7                        47  5 17  4

Texas            300 000 200 02 --  7
Kansas City      001 100 102 00 --  5

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Matlack J             6.2 12  3  3  1  2
Darwin D              1.2  2  2  2  3  3
Johnson J (W)         2.2  3  0  0  0  5

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gura L               10.0 13  5  2  0  4
Quisenberry D (L)     1.0  1  2  0  0  0

E -- Washington U 2, LaCock P, Porter D
DP -- Texas 2, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Texas 7, Kansas City 13
2B -- Cardenal J, Richardt M, Oliver A, McRae H
3B -- Washington U
HR -- Ellis J
CS -- Sundberg J
SH -- Sundberg J
WP -- Gura L
T -- 3:17
A -- 34557

    

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