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August 27, 1980

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Bottom 6	R	H	E
Rangers	4	7	1
Blue Jays	6	11	0

Bottom 6	R	H	E
Rangers	4	7	1
Blue Jays	6	11	0

Otto Velez Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.268
OBP	.333	.362
At Bats	2	351
Hits	0	94
• Singles	0	60
• Doubles	0	12
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	19
Walks	1	52
RBI’s	0	60

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	1	8

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Exhibition Stadium - August 27, 1980

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Intentional Walk

Sparky Lyle

Jim Sundberg

Rusty Staub

Bump Wills

Buddy Bell

Dave Roberts

Al Oliver

Mickey Rivers

Johnny Grubb

Otto Velez

Roy Howell

Count: - , 1 Out

Velez is walked intentionally.

Return to all plays in text

PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 6 Howell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb who is chasing the ball. Howell reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 6 There goes Bailor. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Roberts applying the tag.

Bottom 6 Rusty Staub now playing first base. Dave Roberts now playing shortstop. Bailor takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Rusty Staub pinch hits for Pepe Frias. Staub hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Sundberg hits a fly ball into left field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Whitt strikes out.

Bottom 5 Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Iorg moves to second.

Bottom 5 Iorg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 5 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Ainge settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores. Oliver moves to second.

Top 5 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Wills moves to third.

Top 5 Wills takes first base on ball four. Rivers moves to second.

Top 5 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 5 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards first. Velez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frias for the out.

Top 5 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Ainge settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Moseby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Velez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Howell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb. Howell reaches second base with a double. Griffin scores. Bailor moves to third.

Bottom 4 Bailor takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Griffin hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb who is chasing the ball. Griffin reaches third base with a triple. Ainge scores. Whitt goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 4 Whitt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ainge moves to third.

Bottom 4 Ainge hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Putnam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Iorg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iorg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Iorg strikes out.

Bottom 3 Moseby hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb. Mayberry reaches second base with a double. Velez goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 3 Velez takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Howell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Wills hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 3 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bailor. Rivers reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Iorg scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Bailor hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Griffin hits a popup towards short. Frias settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Whitt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moseby scores. Iorg moves to third.

Bottom 2 Ainge strikes out.

Bottom 2 Iorg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias misplays the ball. That's an error on Frias. Mayberry scores. Moseby moves to second.

Bottom 2 Moseby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to third.

Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Putnam hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Whitt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Grubb takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 There goes Bell. The throw from Whitt and he is out, Griffin applying the tag.

Top 2 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Ainge settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Bell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Velez hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bailor moves to third.

Bottom 1 Bailor hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Bailor reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Griffin 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 strikes out.

Top 1 Wills is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Rivers hits a popup towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Velez is walked intentionally.

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