Two veterans, Gaylord Perry and Rusty Staub, joined forces to star as the Rangers defeated the Red Sox, 8-0. Perry, back with the Rangers after two years with San Diego, pitched a five-hitter and posted the 51st shutout and 280th victory of his major league career. Staub, who joined the Rangers from Montreal, hit the ninth grand-slam homer of his career. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Boston Red Sox 0
Game Played on Saturday, April     19, 1980 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Rangers      3  0  0    0  1  0    4  0  0  -   8 12  3
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   3   0     0   0   .385      Remy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Wills 2b              5   3   3   0     0   0   .250      Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .107
Oliver rf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .205      Lynn cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .310
Bell 3b               5   1   2   2     0   1   .306      Rice lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .313
Staub dh              5   1   2   4     0   0   .526      Yastrzemski dh        3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Grubb lf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .091      Perez 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Putnam 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Fisk c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Roberts c             3   0   0   0     1   2   .000        Allenson c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Brohamer 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .357
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Evans rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .125
                                                          Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  12   7     2   4             Totals               33   0   5   0     2   3

Time of Game: 3:03   Attendance: 22,715
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Red Sox 8
DP: Rangers 2, Red Sox 0
Errors: Roberts, Norman 2, Brohamer
Doubles: Bell (3), Putnam (2), Grubb (1), Evans (1)
Home Runs: Staub (2)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (3), Wills 2 (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Grubb (1)
GIDP: Burleson (2), Brohamer (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(1-1)            9     5   0   0   2   3   0  35   0.66
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   3   0  35

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley L(1-1)        6.2  10   8   7   1   3   1  32   6.00
Lockwood                2.1   2   0   0   1   1   0  10   5.40
Totals                  9    12   8   7   2   4   1  42

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Durwood Merrill


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Wills singled to center
[Rivers to second]; Oliver flied to left; Bell doubled to left
[Rivers scored, Wills scored]; Staub singled to left [Bell to
third]; Grubb lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Bell
scored]; Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (second to first); Burleson
grounded out (second to first); Lynn walked; Rice forced Lynn
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox
0.

RANGERS 2ND: Roberts struck out; Norman grounded out (second to
first); Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second; Wills
flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski flied to center; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Oliver flied to right; Bell lined to right; Staub
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Brohamer singled to right; Evans struck out; Remy
reached on an error by Norman [Brohamer to third, Remy to
first]; Burleson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Remy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Grubb flied to center; Putnam doubled to center;
Roberts struck out; Norman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn grounded out (third to first); Rice grounded
out (third to first); Yastrzemski walked; Perez forced
Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Wills
singled to center; Wills stole second; Oliver grounded out
(second to first) [Wills to third]; Bell reached on an error by
Brohamer [Wills scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bell to first];
Staub flied to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Fisk singled to left; Brohamer grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fisk out at second];
Evans reached on an error by Roberts [Evans to first]; Remy
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); Putnam flied
to left; Roberts grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson reached on an error by Norman; Lynn
grounded out (first to second to first) [Burleson to second];
Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rivers
singled to right; Wills singled to left [Rivers to third]; Wills
stole second; Oliver was walked intentionally; Bell struck out;
Staub homered [Rivers scored, Wills scored, Oliver scored];
LOCKWOOD REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Grubb doubled to center;
Putnam grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 8, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Perez grounded out (second to first); Fisk grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brohamer singled to right; Evans
doubled to left [Brohamer to third]; Remy grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 8, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 8TH: ALLENSON REPLACED FISK (PLAYING C ); Roberts
walked; Norman popped to catcher in foul territory; Rivers flied
to center; Wills flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
8, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Burleson struck out; Lynn grounded out (second to
first); Rice singled to third; Yastrzemski popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Red Sox 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell
singled to center; Staub flied to right; Grubb was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 9TH: Perez flied to right; Allenson grounded out (third
to first); Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Red Sox 0.