Rangers @ Yankees
May 18, 1980

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Rangers 4 8 1
Yankees 4 7 1
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Ruppert Jones Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .214
OBP .667 .299
At Bats 1 126
Hits 0 27
• Singles 0 17
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 2 13
RBI’s 0 22

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 3
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Yankee Stadium - May 18, 1980
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Double
Sparky Lyle
Jim Sundberg
Jim Norris
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Bud Harrelson
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Ruppert Jones
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jones hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Jones reaches second base with a double.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Norris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bud Harrelson now playing shortstop. Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ron Davis now pitching. Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harrelson tags and scores.
Top 7 Wills takes first base on ball four. Harrelson moves to third. Rivers moves to second.
Top 7 Bud Harrelson pinch runs for Danny Walton. Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ellis scores. Sundberg scores. Harrelson moves to second.
Top 7 Danny Walton pinch hits for Pepe Frias. Walton takes first base on ball four. Ellis moves to third. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ellis moves to second.
Top 7 John Ellis pinch hits for Johnny Grubb. Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Norris hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a popup towards short. Frias settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Richie Zisk now playing right field. Jim Norris now playing first base. Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rudy May now pitching. Richie Zisk pinch hits for Pat Putnam. Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Lyle scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Bottom 5 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dent tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Norris. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Brown scores. Dent moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nettles tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Dent bunts towards the mound. Jenkins juggles the ball. That's an error on Jenkins. Nettles moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 5 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first, with Griffin covering, for the out.
Top 5 Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it and throws to home to get Grubb. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. Grubb moves to third.
Top 5 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Spencer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Top 4 Norris hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Putnam is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Griffin fires to first and picks off Wills.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Frias scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Frias moves to third.
Top 3 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer juggles the ball. That's an error on Spencer. Frias moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a line drive towards first. Putnam catches it and steps on first to double up Nettles.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grubb takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Norris hits a fly ball into left field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Putnam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Putnam reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 There goes Jones. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Frias applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.