1980 ALCS, Game 2: Erie Seawolves At Texas Rangers 10/19/1980
Seawolves AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG A.Bumbry CF 5 0 1 0 .286 M.Hargrove 1B 4 1 1 0 .375 G.Hendrick RF 5 1 2 2 .241 T.Harrah 3B 4 1 2 1 .500 M.Schmidt 3B 3 0 0 0 .160 B.Bochte DH 4 1 3 1 .625 G.Brett DH 4 1 1 1 .524 J.Burroughs LF 4 1 1 2 .143 D.Kingman 1B 5 1 3 0 .467 F.Lynn CF 4 0 0 0 .000 B-T.Perez 1B 0 0 0 0 .300 T.Simmons C 3 0 0 0 .143 J.Orta LF 3 1 1 0 .200 M.Vail RF 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Wathan C 4 0 0 1 .400 A-C.Washington PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Russell SS 5 1 1 0 .500 T.Foli SS 3 0 1 0 .400 J.Remy 2B 5 0 2 1 .353 C-K.Landreaux PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Flynn 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 D-G.Matthews PH 1 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 5 11 5 Totals 35 4 8 4
A-Pinch Hit For Vail In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kingman In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Foli In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Flynn In 9th Inning
Seawolves....... 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 2 Rangers......... 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0
Seawolves (6-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Wise WIN(1-0) 5 1/3 7 4 4 1 0 1 86 6.75 B.Stanley HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 4.91 L.Bradford HOLD(2nd) 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 2 0 16 0.00 B.Sutter SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 3 1
Rangers (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA K.Forsch LOSS(0-1) 6 9 5 5 6 1 2 134 7.50 B.Knepper 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.00 E.Farmer 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 ---- A.Olmsted 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 E.Solomon 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 5 7 1 2
ATTENDANCE- 32,547 DATE- Sunday, October 19th 1980 TIME- Day T- 3:05 LEFT ON BASE- Seawolves:15 Rangers: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Seawolves: 1 Rangers: 0 ERRORS- J.Orta, B.Russell DOUBLES- B.Russell(3rd), T.Harrah(1st), B.Bochte(1st) HOME RUNS- G.Hendrick(2nd), G.Brett(5th), J.Burroughs(1st) RBIs- G.Hendrick-2(9th), G.Brett(9th), J.Wathan(3rd), J.Remy(7th), T.Harrah(2nd), B.Bochte(1st), J.Burroughs-2(3rd) STOLEN BASES- G.Hendrick(1st), T.Foli(1st) WALKS- A.Bumbry, G.Hendrick, M.Schmidt, G.Brett, J.Orta-2, J.Wathan, M.Hargrove, T.Simmons HIT BY PITCH- M.Schmidt STRIKE OUTS- G.Hendrick, B.Bochte, F.Lynn, C.Washington GIDP- J.Burroughs BALKS- K.Forsch 2-out RBI- G.Brett, J.Remy, T.Harrah, B.Bochte, J.Burroughs-2, G.Hendrick RLISP 2-out- J.Wathan, M.Schmidt-3, A.Bumbry, D.Kingman, D.Flynn, J.Burroughs, B.Russell-2, G.Brett TEAM RISP- Seawolves: 1 for 15 Rangers: 2 for 5
32,547 fans watched an exciting game at Arlington Stadium. The Erie Seawolves topped the Texas Rangers by the slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
Erie jumped on top to stay in the 5th inning scoring one runner. Texas was retired without difficulty in the bottom of the 9th.
Rick Wise(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 4 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings. Bruce Sutter recorded his 3rd save. Ken Forsch(0-1) was tagged with the loss. He allowed 9 hits and 6 walks in 6 innings.
Erie extended their winning streak to 6 games. 'Everything seems to be going right for us' said George Amrhein. 'I've got the easiest job in the league right now!'