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Royals 5 @ Rangers 3
Arlington Stadium
August 20, 1980

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals, played on August 20, 1980 at Arlington Stadium. The home team Rangers were bested by the visiting Royals with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 20, 1980 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Texas Rangers
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherDan Quisenberry  
Losing PitcherJohn Henry Johnson  
SaveRenie Martin  
Game Winning RBIWillie Aikens 

Game Info

DateAugust 20, 1980 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamTexas Rangers 
Visiting Starting PitcherLarry Gura  
Home Starting PitcherKen Clay  
BallparkArlington Stadium 
CityArlington 
StateTX 
Attendance16,996 
Time of Game3 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Barnett
1B: Nick Bremigan
2B: Jim McKean
3B: Jim Evans

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Willie Aikens  First Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Clint Hurdle  Right Fielder 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
U L Washington  Shortstop 
Jim Frey  Manager 

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Bump Wills  Second Baseman 
Al Oliver  Left Fielder 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Richie Zisk  DH 
John Ellis  First Baseman 
Billy Sample  Right Fielder 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Pepe Frias  Shortstop 
Pat Corrales  Manager 

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Royals 5 @ Rangers 3
Arlington Stadium
August 20, 1980

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         Game of 8/20/1980 -- Kansas City at Texas (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Texas              AB  R  H RBI
Wilson W, lf          6  0  1  0   Rivers M, cf          5  1  3  0   
McRae H, dh           6  2  3  0   Wills B, 2b           3  0  1  0   
Brett G, 3b           3  2  3  2   Oliver A, lf          4  0  1  1   
Porter D, c           3  0  1  0   Bell B, 3b            4  0  0  0   
Aikens W, 1b          5  0  0  1   Zisk R, dh            5  0  0  0   
Otis A, cf            6  0  0  0   Ellis J, 1b           4  0  1  0   
Hurdle C, rf          4  0  0  0   Putnam P, 1b          1  0  0  0   
Wathan J, ph-rf       2  0  0  0   Sample B, rf          4  1  1  0   
White F, 2b           3  0  0  0   Norris J, ph          1  0  0  0   
Quirk J, ph           1  0  0  0   Sundberg J, c         5  0  1  0   
Mulliniks R, 2b       0  0  0  0   Frias P, ss           1  0  0  0   
Chalk D, ph-2b        0  0  0  0   Roberts D, ph-ss      3  1  1  2   
Washington U, ss      5  1  1  0   Staub R, ph           1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44  5  9  3                        41  3  9  3

Kansas City      101 010 000 002 --  5
Texas            100 020 000 000 --  3

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gura L                9.0  7  3  3  1  5
Quisenberry D (W)     2.0  1  0  0  1  0
Martin R (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Clay K                9.1  8  3  3  3  3
Johnson J (L)         2.0  1  2  2  3  1
Darwin D              0.2  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Clay K
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 11, Texas 6
2B -- McRae H 2, Rivers M, Ellis J, Porter D
HR -- Brett G, Roberts D
SB -- Washington U
CS -- Rivers M
SH -- Wills B
SF -- Oliver A, Aikens W
HBP -- by Clay K (Porter D)
WP -- Clay K 3, Darwin D
T -- 3:21
A -- 16996

    

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