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Rangers 5 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
April 20, 1980

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers, played on April 20, 1980 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Rangers with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateApril 20, 1980 
Visiting Team
Texas Rangers
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 15 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 6
Hits: 15
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherTom Burgmeier  
Losing PitcherJim Kern  
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Game Winning RBICarl Yastrzemski 

Game Info

DateApril 20, 1980 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamTexas Rangers 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherDoc Medich  
Home Starting PitcherChuck Rainey  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance23,696 
Time of Game3 hours 23 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Joe Brinkman
1B: Nick Bremigan
2B: Durwood Merrill
3B: Marty Springstead

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Bump Wills  Second Baseman 
Al Oliver  Right Fielder 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Richie Zisk  Left Fielder 
Pat Putnam  First Baseman 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Nelson Norman  Shortstop 
Pat Corrales  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jerry Remy  Second Baseman 
Rick Burleson  Shortstop 
Fred Lynn  Center Fielder 
Jim Rice  Left Fielder 
Carl Yastrzemski  DH 
Tony Perez  First Baseman 
Carlton Fisk  Catcher 
Jack Brohamer  Third Baseman 
Dwight Evans  Right Fielder 
Don Zimmer  Manager 

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Rangers 5 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/20/1980 -- Texas at Boston (D)

  Texas              AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Rivers M, cf          4  1  1  2   Remy J, 2b            6  0  2  1   
Wills B, 2b           5  0  0  0   Burleson R, ss        5  1  0  0   
Oliver A, rf          4  1  1  0   Lynn F, cf            5  0  1  0   
Bell B, 3b            5  2  1  1   Rice J, lf            5  0  1  0   
Staub R, dh           4  0  2  1   Yastrzemski C, dh     6  1  3  1   
Sample B, ph          1  0  1  0   Perez T, 1b           4  1  1  0   
Zisk R, lf            5  0  1  1   Dwyer J, pr-1b        0  0  0  0   
Putnam P, 1b          4  0  0  0   Fisk C, c             4  1  1  0   
Sundberg J, c         2  1  1  0   Brohamer J, 3b        5  1  3  2   
Norman N, ss          2  0  0  0   Evans D, rf           5  1  3  2   
Norris J, ph          0  0  0  0                                      
Frias P, ss           1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  5  8  5                        45  6 15  6

Texas            002 102 000 00 --  5
Boston           040 001 000 01 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Medich D              2.1  5  4  4  1  1
Devine A*             2.2  5  1  1  0  1
Kern J (L)            5.1  5  1  1  4  3

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Rainey C              5.1  5  5  5  2  3
Drago D               1.0  1  0  0  3  0
Burgmeier T (W)       4.2  2  0  0  0  3
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th

DP -- Boston 3
LOB -- Texas 5, Boston 13
2B -- Brohamer J, Evans D 2, Oliver A, Bell B, Sundberg J, Perez T
3B -- Rice J
HR -- Rivers M
SH -- Sundberg J
WP -- Medich D
PB -- Sundberg J
T -- 3:23
A -- 23696

    

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