Rangers @ Mariners
June 30, 1980

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 11 15 0
Mariners 5 14 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 11 15 0
Mariners 5 14 1

Joe Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .276
OBP .500 .345
At Bats 4 145
Hits 2 40
• Singles 1 31
• Doubles 1 5
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 1 21

Danny Darwin Season Stats

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4 1 1
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Kingdome - June 30, 1980
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Strikeout
Danny Darwin
Dave Roberts
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Bud Harrelson
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Jim Norris
Joe Simpson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 11 15 0 8
Seattle Mariners 5 14 1 10
Winning Pitcher Fergie Jenkins
Losing Pitcher Mike Parrott
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Mickey Rivers
Attendance 5,658
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Simpson is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Meyer hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Shane Rawley now pitching. Rivers hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Harrelson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Roberts hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Norris. The throw from Stinson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 9 Norris takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards third. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz takes first base on ball four. Stinson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mendoza is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Stinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Oliver strikes out.
Top 8 Leon Roberts now playing right field. Joe Simpson now playing center field. Wills hits a popup towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Meyer moves to third.
Bottom 7 Leon Roberts pinch runs for Juan Beniquez. Danny Darwin now pitching. Paciorek hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Meyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bochte hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Beniquez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mendoza scores. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mendoza moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jim Norris now playing right field. Mendoza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Meyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Harrelson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Norris scores. Putnam moves to third.
Top 7 Roberts takes first base on ball four. Staub scores. Norris moves to third. Putnam moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Norris pinch runs for Richie Zisk. Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Staub moves to third. Norris moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Beattie now pitching. Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Staub moves to second.
Top 7 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Stinson hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Simpson 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 6 Paciorek hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Mendoza settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Wills. The throw from Stinson and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte fields the ball and throws to McLaughlin covering. Safe.
Top 6 Harrelson hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Meyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrelson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Beniquez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Bell trying to get to home. Meyer throws the ball in to Stinson who tags Bell, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Putnam moves to second.
Top 5 Putnam is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to second.
Top 5 Staub hits a fly ball into left field. Meyer 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.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Bottom 4 Mendoza hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stinson strikes out.
Top 4 Oliver strikes out.
Top 4 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Harrelson bunts towards first. Bochte scoops it up and throws to first, with Cruz covering, for the out. Roberts moves to second.
Top 4 Roberts hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Simpson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Simpson reaches second base with a double. Meyer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Paciorek hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Meyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Beniquez scores.
Bottom 3 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bochte for the out. Beniquez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Beniquez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Beniquez reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Putnam strikes out.
Top 3 Byron McLaughlin now pitching. Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staub scores.
Top 3 Staub hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Beniquez who is chasing the ball. Staub reaches third base with a triple. Wills scores. Oliver scores. Bell goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 The ball gets by Stinson for a passed ball. Oliver moves to second.
Top 3 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Wills moves to third.
Top 3 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parrott fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivers moves to third.
Top 3 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Rivers moves to second.
Top 3 Harrelson hits a fly ball into left field. Meyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Roberts bunts towards the mound. Parrott fields it and has Putnam trapped. There's the throw to Cruz and over to Anderson, who tags Putnam for the out. Roberts moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Putnam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Putnam reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Cruz 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 2 Mendoza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stinson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Stinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Top 2 Zisk hits a line drive towards the mound. Parrott reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Staub hits a line drive towards short. Mendoza reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Paciorek hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Meyer is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Bochte hits a popup towards short. Harrelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Beniquez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Cruz. The throw from Roberts and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parrott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Meyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Anderson fields it and throws to first for the out.