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APRIL
1980

Tuesday, April 1st

IN THE NEWS: After failing to come up with a new collective bargaining agreement with the owners, the Executive Board of the Players' Association votes unanimously to cancel the 92 remaining exhibition games and to strike on May 22nd if a deal has not been reached by then. During spring training, the players had voted 971-1 in favor of a strike. The lone dissenter was Kansas City's Jerry Terrell, who voted no for religious reasons.

Wednesday, April 9th

IN THE NEWS: The Reds Tom Seaver is scratched from his Opening Day start against the Braves because of the flu, and his replacement, Frank Pastore, tosses a 3-hit shutout. Braves P Phil Niekro is on the short end of the 9–0 decision. George Foster knocks a 2-run double off Niekro in the first inning, and receives credit for the first game-winning RBI, a newly created ML stat that will survive till the end of the 1988 season.

Seattle's Ted Cox has the American League's first game-winning ribbie when he hits a 2-run double off Toronto's Dave Lemanczyk in the 3rd inning as the M's take a 4–2. The Mariners win 8–6, the victory going to Mike Parrott who pitches six 1/3 innings. Parrott will finish the year with a 1–16 record, making today's win his lone ML triumph for the season. For the second season in a row, Toronto's John Mayberry opens with four hits, including two home runs. The Blue Jays dropped their opener last year as well.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 9, 1980 » OPENING DAY
Cincinnati Reds 9, Atlanta Braves 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 51,774)
W: Frank Pastore L: Phil Niekro
Seattle Mariners 8, Toronto Blue Jays 6 at Kingdome (att. 22,588)
W: Mike Parrott L: Dave Lemanczyk S: Dave Heaverlo
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, April 10th

IN THE NEWS: In front of a crowd of 53,313, Sixto Lezcano hits two homers — a 2-run shot in the 4th off Dennis Eckersley — and a grand slam with two outs in the 9th inning, to give Milwaukee a 9–5 win over Boston and Dick Drago. Lezcano also opened the 1978 season with a grand slam, the only player to do it twice in Openers. The game features seven homers, including Carl Yastrzemski and Butch Hobson going deep in the 9th off Jim Slaton.

At Arlington Stadium, Jon Matlack and the Yankees Ron Guidry both pitch shutout ball for nine innings before being lifted. In the 12th, Goose Gossage relieves with Mickey Rivers on 3rd and Richie Zisk at the plate. His first pitch is wild allowing Rivers to score the games on run. Gossage also lost the '78 Opener when Zisk took him deep in the 9th. Each team manages just four hits in the contest with Bob Watson and Jim Sundberg each collecting three of them.

The Orioles win their season opener, 5–3, over the White Sox. Jim Palmer outpitches Steve Trout.

Minnesota outlasts Oakland, 9–7, in 12 innings. Rick Sofield hits his first ML homer, a 3-run shot in the 12th, and Roy Smalley adds another in the frame -- both off Steve McCatty. Sofield has three hits and three runs in the game but will end his ML career in 1981 with a .207 average. He'll switch to football and become the starting quarterback for the University of South Carolina in 1983.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 10, 1980
Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Astrodome (att. 33,270)
W: J.R. Richard L: Burt Hooton S: Joe Sambito
New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 12,219)
W: Craig Swan L: Rick Reuschel S: Neil Allen
San Diego Padres 6, San Francisco Giants 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 29,535)
W: Randy Jones L: Bob Knepper S: Bob Shirley
St. Louis Cardinals 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 42,867)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Bert Blyleven
Baltimore Orioles 5, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park I (att. 35,539)
W: Jim Palmer L: Steve Trout S: Tim Stoddard
Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 34,901)
W: Jack Morris L: Dennis Leonard
Milwaukee Brewers 9, Boston Red Sox 5 at County Stadium (att. 53,313)
W: Reggie Cleveland L: Dick Drago
Minnesota Twins 9, Oakland Athletics 7 (12 inn.) at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 24,415)
W: Doug Corbett L: Steve McCatty
Texas Rangers 1, New York Yankees 0 (12 inn.) at Arlington Stadium (att. 33,196)
W: Sparky Lyle L: Tom Underwood
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, April 11th

IN THE NEWS: Giants 3B Darrell Evans makes three errors in the 7th inning of a 5–3 loss to the Padres. This ties the National League record for errors by a 3B in one inning.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 11, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 12,902)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Larry McWilliams
Houston Astros 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 6 at Astrodome (att. 30,701)
W: Dave Smith L: Don Stanhouse
Chicago Cubs 7, New York Mets 5 at Shea Stadium (att. 4,460)
W: Dennis Lamp L: Ray Burris S: Bruce Sutter
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 48,460)
W: Steve Carlton L: Steve Rogers
San Diego Padres 5, San Francisco Giants 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 20,569)
W: Rollie Fingers L: Gary Lavelle
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 16,998)
W: Grant Jackson L: Don Hood
California Angels 10, Cleveland Indians 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 37,085)
W: Dave Frost L: Dan Spillner
Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Comiskey Park I (att. 3,902)
W: Ken Kravec L: Mike Flanagan S: Ed Farmer
Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 14,605)
W: Larry Gura L: Dan Schatzeder
Oakland Athletics 1, Minnesota Twins 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 5,729)
W: Matt Keough L: Pete Redfern
Toronto Blue Jays 10, Seattle Mariners 7 (11 inn.) at Kingdome (att. 6,104)
W: Balor Moore L: Rob Dressler
Texas Rangers 11, New York Yankees 7 at Arlington Stadium (att. 21,424)
W: Fergie Jenkins L: Ron Davis S: Dave Rajsich
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, April 12th

IN THE NEWS: In his first game in the National League since 1971, Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan hits his first career home run, a 3-run shot off the Dodgers Don Sutton. Ryan leaves the game with a 5–4 lead, but Los Angeles wins 6–5 in 17 innings.

Milwaukee bombs the Red Sox, 18–1, as they score nine runs in the second inning. Eight of the runs come on two grand slams, Cecil Cooper's knocking out starter Mike Torrez and Don Money ringing his up against Chuck Rainey. This is the 4th time in ML history that two grand slams have been hit in one inning.

"The Mad Hungarian" Al Hrabosky has got to be really steamed as he serves up a 2-out, 2-strike, 2-run gopher to the Reds Davey Concepcion. The Reds win, 4–3 over the Braves in Atlanta.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 12, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 5, Atlanta Braves 4 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 11,839)
W: Tom Hume L: Al Hrabosky
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 5 (17 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 24,609)
W: Steve Howe L: Dave Smith S: Burt Hooton
Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium (att. 10,781)
W: Mike Krukow L: Neil Allen S: Bruce Sutter
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 22,065)
W: Dick Ruthven L: Bill Lee S: Tug McGraw
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 22,410)
W: John Curtis L: John Montefusco S: Bob Shirley
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 15,662)
W: Jim Bibby L: John Fulgham
Cleveland Indians 2, California Angels 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,353)
W: Len Barker L: Bruce Kison S: Sid Monge
Chicago White Sox 8, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 15,060)
W: Richard Dotson L: Steve Stone
Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 6 at Royals Stadium (att. 16,130)
W: Marty Pattin L: Pat Underwood
Milwaukee Brewers 18, Boston Red Sox 1 at County Stadium (att. 16,962)
W: Lary Sorensen L: Mike Torrez
Minnesota Twins 6, Oakland Athletics 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 5,783)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Brian Kingman
Seattle Mariners 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 (10 inn.) at Kingdome (att. 6,773)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Jerry Garvin
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, April 13th

IN THE NEWS: In his first ML start, Cincinnati's Charlie Leibrandt shuts out the Braves, 5–0, at Riverfront.

The majors see the first Q battery in history, when KC reliever Dan Quisenberry, with Jamie Quirk behind the plate, faces the Tigers. The Tigers win, 3–2.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 13, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 5, Atlanta Braves 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 32,996)
W: Charlie Leibrandt L: Phil Niekro
Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Astrodome (att. 33,676)
W: Ken Forsch L: Dave Goltz S: Frank LaCorte
New York Mets 5, Chicago Cubs 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 11,273)
W: Pete Falcone L: Willie Hernandez S: Neil Allen
Montreal Expos 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 (10 inn.) at Veteran's Stadium (att. 28,132)
W: Elias Sosa L: Lerrin LaGrow
San Francisco Giants 3, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 16,314)
W: Vida Blue L: Eric Rasmussen S: Gary Lavelle
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 16,301)
W: Jim Rooker L: Silvio Martinez S: Grant Jackson
California Angels 8, Cleveland Indians 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 33,628)
W: Don Aase L: John Denny S: John Montague
Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 16,279)
W: Ross Baumgarten L: Sammy Stewart S: Ed Farmer
Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 17,720)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Dave Rozema S: Gary Christenson
Boston Red Sox 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 17,574)
W: Bob Stanley L: Moose Haas
Oakland Athletics 4, Minnesota Twins 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 6,300)
W: Mike Norris L: Roger Erickson
Seattle Mariners 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Kingdome (att. 4,567)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Dave Lemanczyk
New York Yankees 9, Texas Rangers 4 at Arlington Stadium
W: Luis Tiant L: Steve Comer
New York Yankees 8, Texas Rangers 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 13,882)
W: Ed Figueroa L: Gaylord Perry S: Tom Underwood
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, April 14th

IN THE NEWS: The Reds trip the Giants, 6–5 when Dave Collins rips a bases loaded triple in the bottom of the 9th.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 14, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 10,296)
W: Dave Tomlin L: Gary Lavelle
Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 4 at Astrodome (att. 15,017)
W: Joe Sambito L: Gene Garber
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (10 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 44,088)
W: Kent Tekulve L: Bruce Sutter
San Diego Padres 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 28,650)
W: Rollie Fingers L: Bobby Castillo
Boston Red Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 1 at Fenway Park (att. 33,512)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Jack Morris S: Tom Burgmeier
Minnesota Twins 5, California Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 24,944)
W: Doug Corbett L: Mark Clear
Seattle Mariners 7, Oakland Athletics 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 5,260)
W: Glenn Abbott L: Steve McCatty
Texas Rangers 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 8,656)
W: Doc Medich L: Rick Waits S: Sparky Lyle
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, April 15th

IN THE NEWS: Before a crowd of 50,244, the Orioles' biggest Opening Day crowd, Jim Palmer stops the Royals 12–2.

The White Sox edge the Yankees, 4–3, in 14 innings, scoring the unearned run off Jim Kaat. Wrothan is the winner with 4.2 innings of work. The two teams strand 25 base runners.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 15, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 8, San Francisco Giants 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 11,544)
W: Tom Seaver L: Ed Whitson S: Tom Hume
Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 2 at Astrodome (att. 15,712)
W: Joe Niekro L: Larry McWilliams
Montreal Expos 7, New York Mets 3 at Shea Stadium (att. 3,207)
W: Steve Rogers L: Craig Swan S: Fred Norman
San Diego Padres 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 5 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 19,325)
W: Rick Wise L: Rick Sutcliffe S: Steve Mura
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 8,166)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Randy Lerch
Baltimore Orioles 12, Kansas City Royals 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 50,199)
W: Jim Palmer L: Dennis Leonard
California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 26,105)
W: Frank Tanana L: Jerry Koosman
Chicago White Sox 4, New York Yankees 3 (14 inn.) at Comiskey Park I (att. 6,614)
W: Rich Wortham L: Jim Kaat
Oakland Athletics 12, Seattle Mariners 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,140)
W: Steve McCatty L: Mike Parrott
Texas Rangers 3, Cleveland Indians 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 11,895)
W: Jon Matlack L: Bob Owchinko
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, April 16th

IN THE NEWS: Oakland's Matt Keough matches last season's victory total with his 2nd win in as many starts, 6–1 over Seattle. Keough was 2-17 in 1979.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 16, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 15,603)
W: Mike LaCoss L: John Montefusco
New York Mets 3, Montreal Expos 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 2,052)
W: Ray Burris L: Bill Lee S: Neil Allen
Los Angeles Dodgers 10, San Diego Padres 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 24,861)
W: Burt Hooton L: John Curtis
Philadelphia Phillies 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 10,911)
W: Steve Carlton L: Bob Forsch
Baltimore Orioles 2, Kansas City Royals 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 7,473)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Larry Gura
Boston Red Sox 10, Detroit Tigers 9 at Fenway Park (att. 9,238)
W: Steve Renko L: Dan Schatzeder S: Tom Burgmeier
California Angels 2, Minnesota Twins 1 (10 inn.) at Anaheim Stadium (att. 27,575)
W: Dave Frost L: Mike Marshall
New York Yankees 6, Chicago White Sox 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 9,680)
W: Tommy John L: Ken Kravec
Oakland Athletics 6, Seattle Mariners 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 2,418)
W: Matt Keough L: Jim Beattie
Texas Rangers 8, Cleveland Indians 7 at Arlington Stadium (att. 11,557)
W: Jim Kern L: Victor Cruz
Toronto Blue Jays 11, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 12,688)
W: Dave Stieb L: Jim Slaton
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, April 17th

IN THE NEWS: The Reds beat the Braves, 4–1 for their 8th win in a row, a club record for a start.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 17, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 4, Atlanta Braves 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 15,742)
W: Frank Pastore L: Phil Niekro
Chicago Cubs 4, New York Mets 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 33,313)
W: Dennis Lamp L: Tom Hausman S: Bruce Sutter
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 4 at Dodger Stadium (att. 45,476)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Dave Smith
St. Louis Cardinals 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 9 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 5,233)
W: Bob Sykes L: John Candelaria
San Francisco Giants 7, San Diego Padres 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 51,123)
W: Vida Blue L: Eric Rasmussen
Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 7,166)
W: Steve Stone L: Rich Gale S: Tim Stoddard
Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4 (11 inn.) at Fenway Park (att. 8,626)
W: Dick Drago L: Aurelio Lopez
Chicago White Sox 8, New York Yankees 6 at Comiskey Park I (att. 5,555)
W: Britt Burns L: Mike Griffin S: Ed Farmer
Seattle Mariners 4, Minnesota Twins 3 at Kingdome (att. 5,466)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Geoff Zahn
Toronto Blue Jays 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,235)
W: Paul Mirabella L: Lary Sorensen
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, April 18th

IN THE NEWS: The winless Braves shut out the undefeated Reds, 5–0, behind Rick Matula's 5-hitter. Cincinnati had opened the season with eight consecutive wins, the best start in club history.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 18, 1980
Atlanta Braves 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 5,624)
W: Rick Matula L: Charlie Leibrandt
Houston Astros 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Dodger Stadium (att. 41,112)
W: Ken Forsch L: Dave Goltz S: Joaquin Andujar
Montreal Expos 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Stade Olympique (att. 41,222)
W: Scott Sanderson L: Dick Ruthven S: Woodie Fryman
Pittsburgh Pirates 12, St. Louis Cardinals 10 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 10,196)
W: Grant Jackson L: Darold Knowles S: Kent Tekulve
San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 12,241)
W: Bob Knepper L: Randy Jones
Baltimore Orioles 5, Chicago White Sox 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 13,112)
W: Dave Ford L: Richard Dotson
Texas Rangers 6, Boston Red Sox 5 at Fenway Park (att. 10,580)
W: Danny Darwin L: Skip Lockwood S: Jim Kern
Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 6 (11 inn.) at Tiger Stadium (att. 50,687)
W: Dan Quisenberry L: Aurelio Lopez
Milwaukee Brewers 3, New York Yankees 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 47,362)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Luis Tiant S: Jerry Augustine
Oakland Athletics 6, California Angels 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 6,570)
W: Brian Kingman L: Bruce Kison
Seattle Mariners 3, Minnesota Twins 1 at Kingdome
W: Floyd Bannister L: Roger Erickson
Seattle Mariners 3, Minnesota Twins 2 at Kingdome (att. 7,006)
W: Byron McLaughlin L: Terry Felton S: Shane Rawley
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, April 19th

IN THE NEWS: Houston's J.R. Richard fires a one-hitter against the Dodgers, striking out 12 in a 2–0 victory. Reggie Smith's infield roller in the 4th inning is LA's lone hit.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 19, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 9,684)
W: Bill Bonham L: Doyle Alexander
Chicago Cubs 12, New York Mets 9 at Wrigley Field (att. 20,328)
W: Dick Tidrow L: Neil Allen S: Bruce Sutter
Houston Astros 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 50,112)
W: J.R. Richard L: Bob Welch
Philadelphia Phillies 13, Montreal Expos 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 23,088)
W: Larry Christenson L: Steve Rogers S: Dickie Noles
St. Louis Cardinals 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 12,642)
W: John Fulgham L: Dave Roberts
San Diego Padres 3, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 11,024)
W: Gary Lucas L: Ed Whitson S: Rollie Fingers
Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 (12 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 25,239)
W: Ed Farmer L: Tippy Martinez
Texas Rangers 8, Boston Red Sox 0 at Fenway Park (att. 22,715)
W: Gaylord Perry L: Dennis Eckersley
Cleveland Indians 8, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 61,753)
W: Rick Waits L: Jim Clancy
Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 6 at Tiger Stadium (att. 13,583)
W: Jack Morris L: Renie Martin
Milwaukee Brewers 5, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 23,132)
W: Moose Haas L: Ed Figueroa S: Bob McClure
Oakland Athletics 3, California Angels 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 5,239)
W: Mike Norris L: Don Aase S: Jeff Jones
Minnesota Twins 8, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 11,151)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Glenn Abbott
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, April 20th

IN THE NEWS: In a 6–1 win over California, Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals home.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 20, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 5, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 8,002)
W: Dave Tomlin L: Larry Bradford S: Tom Hume
Chicago Cubs 6, New York Mets 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 23,554)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Kevin Kobel S: Dick Tidrow
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Houston Astros 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 39,442)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Joe Niekro
Montreal Expos 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6 at Stade Olympique (att. 25,722)
W: Elias Sosa L: Tug McGraw
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 35,567)
W: Jim Rooker L: Pete Vuckovich S: Kent Tekulve
San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 26,048)
W: John Montefusco L: Rick Wise
Chicago White Sox 9, Baltimore Orioles 6 at Memorial Stadium (att. 21,617)
W: Rich Wortham L: Sammy Stewart S: Ed Farmer
Boston Red Sox 6, Texas Rangers 5 (11 inn.) at Fenway Park (att. 23,696)
W: Tom Burgmeier L: Jim Kern
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 11,220)
W: Dave Lemanczyk L: John Denny S: Joey McLaughlin
Kansas City Royals 9, Detroit Tigers 6 at Tiger Stadium (att. 18,755)
W: Renie Martin L: Dan Schatzeder S: Dan Quisenberry
New York Yankees 9, Milwaukee Brewers 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 32,427)
W: Ron Davis L: Jerry Augustine
Oakland Athletics 6, California Angels 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
W: Matt Keough L: Chris Knapp
Oakland Athletics 8, California Angels 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 9,014)
W: Steve McCatty L: Frank Tanana
Minnesota Twins 4, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 8,225)
W: Pete Redfern L: Mike Parrott S: Mike Marshall
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, April 21st

IN THE NEWS: George Foster has a home run and four singles to lead the visiting Reds to a 6–5 win over the Astros.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 21, 1980
Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 5 at Astrodome (att. 29,067)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Vern Ruhle S: Tom Hume
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 29,779)
W: Burt Hooton L: Vida Blue S: Steve Howe
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Montreal Expos 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 10,327)
W: John Candelaria L: Ross Grimsley
New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 23,856)
W: Ray Burris L: Steve Carlton S: Neil Allen
Boston Red Sox 9, Chicago White Sox 8 at Fenway Park (att. 27,990)
W: Skip Lockwood L: Randy Scarbery S: Dick Drago
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Kansas City Royals 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,117)
W: Dave Stieb L: Rich Gale
Milwaukee Brewers 7, Cleveland Indians 5 (11 inn.) at County Stadium (att. 10,414)
W: Bob McClure L: Victor Cruz
New York Yankees 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 21,419)
W: Tommy John L: Mike Flanagan S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 4, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 4,466)
W: Jeff Jones L: Shane Rawley
Texas Rangers 3, Detroit Tigers 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 14,834)
W: Jon Matlack L: Milt Wilcox S: Sparky Lyle
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, April 22nd

IN THE NEWS: In a classic Wrigley Field slugfest, the Cubs beat the Cardinals 16–12 on Barry Foote's 2-out grand slam in the bottom of the 9th. Foote drives in eight runs overall with four hits and two home runs, and teammate Ivan DeJesus hits for the cycle to help Chicago rally from a 12–5 deficit.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 22, 1980
Atlanta Braves 3, San Diego Padres 2 (10 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 4,710)
W: Al Hrabosky L: Bob Shirley
Chicago Cubs 16, St. Louis Cardinals 12 at Wrigley Field (att. 18,889)
W: Bruce Sutter L: Mark Littell
Houston Astros 8, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Astrodome (att. 30,094)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Frank Pastore
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Francisco Giants 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 21,691)
W: Don Sutton L: Bob Knepper
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Montreal Expos 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 7,373)
W: Jim Bibby L: Scott Sanderson S: Kent Tekulve
Philadelphia Phillies 14, New York Mets 8 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 21,341)
W: Kevin Saucier L: Kevin Kobel
Chicago White Sox 2, Boston Red Sox 0 at Fenway Park (att. 13,230)
W: Britt Burns L: Mike Torrez S: Mike Proly
Kansas City Royals 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 16,993)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Paul Mirabella
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Cleveland Indians 4 at County Stadium (att. 15,898)
W: Mike Caldwell L: Len Barker
Minnesota Twins 8, California Angels 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 36,268)
W: Geoff Zahn L: Dave Frost
New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 16,812)
W: Tom Underwood L: Tim Stoddard
Seattle Mariners 5, Oakland Athletics 4 at Kingdome (att. 4,059)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Brian Kingman S: Byron McLaughlin
Detroit Tigers 2, Texas Rangers 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 14,650)
W: Dave Rozema L: Fergie Jenkins
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, April 23rd

IN THE NEWS: Angels P Bruce Kison settles for a one-hitter when Minnesota's Ken Landreaux rips a double with one out in the 9th inning of California's 17–0 romp. It is the 2nd time in a year that Kison has lost a no-hitter with one out in the 9th. For Landreaux, the hit marks the beginning of a 31-game hitting streak. The loser today is Terry Felton.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 23, 1980
Atlanta Braves 2, San Diego Padres 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 4,166)
W: Rick Matula L: Randy Jones S: Al Hrabosky
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 10,429)
W: Silvio Martinez L: Mike Krukow
Cincinnati Reds 3, Houston Astros 2 (12 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 29,828)
W: Tom Hume L: Joaquin Andujar S: Doug Bair
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 24,822)
W: Dave Goltz L: Ed Whitson
Montreal Expos 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 8,161)
W: Steve Rogers L: Bert Blyleven
New York Mets 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 23,025)
W: Mark Bomback L: Lerrin LaGrow S: Jeff Reardon
Kansas City Royals 7, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 18,855)
W: Gary Christenson L: Joey McLaughlin S: Dan Quisenberry
Cleveland Indians 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 9,053)
W: Dan Spillner L: Moose Haas
California Angels 17, Minnesota Twins 0 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 4,772)
W: Bruce Kison L: Terry Felton
New York Yankees 6, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 24,302)
W: Ron Davis L: Jim Palmer S: Rich Gossage
Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 4,075)
W: Rick Langford L: Byron McLaughlin
Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 13,334)
W: Jack Morris L: Steve Comer S: Aurelio Lopez
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Thursday, April 24th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 24, 1980
Atlanta Braves 8, San Diego Padres 7 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 4,498)
W: Gene Garber L: Rollie Fingers
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 2 (10 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 30,687)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Gary Lavelle
Chicago White Sox 9, Boston Red Sox 3 at Fenway Park (att. 12,385)
W: Richard Dotson L: Bob Stanley S: Ed Farmer
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Friday, April 25th

IN THE NEWS: Larry Parrish belts three home runs and drives in all seven of the Expos' runs in an 11-inning 8–7 loss to the Braves.

Making his first appearance in Minnesota since his fight with a marshmallow salesman there last fall, A's manager Billy Martin has to be restrained by umpires from attacking a fan who was pelting him with marshmallows during the Twins' 10–3 victory.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 25, 1980
Atlanta Braves 8, Montreal Expos 7 (11 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 6,929)
W: Larry Bradford L: Stan Bahnsen
Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 7,714)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Jim Rooker S: Bruce Sutter
Houston Astros 7, New York Mets 4 at Astrodome (att. 24,140)
W: J.R. Richard L: Pete Falcone
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Diego Padres 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 39,720)
W: Bobby Castillo L: Dennis Kinney S: Steve Howe
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 30,516)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Randy Lerch S: Mark Littell
San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 15,345)
W: Greg Minton L: Doug Bair
Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 7,126)
W: Danny Darwin L: Rick Waits
Detroit Tigers 11, Boston Red Sox 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 11,581)
W: Dan Schatzeder L: Dennis Eckersley
Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 20,436)
W: Larry Gura L: Steve Stone
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 9,902)
W: Joey McLaughlin L: Lary Sorensen
Minnesota Twins 10, Oakland Athletics 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 2,664)
W: Jerry Koosman L: Matt Keough
Chicago White Sox 6, New York Yankees 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 17,076)
W: Steve Trout L: Ed Figueroa
California Angels 4, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 9,083)
W: Don Aase L: Mike Parrott S: John Montague
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Saturday, April 26th

IN THE NEWS: Steve Carlton of the Phillies sets the modern National League record with his 6th career one-hitter, a 7–0 shutout of former team the Cardinals. Carlton will go 6–0 against St. Louis this year, the last pitcher this century to win six games in a season against one team.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 26, 1980
Montreal Expos 4, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 13,705)
W: Ross Grimsley L: Phil Niekro S: Woodie Fryman
Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 32,992)
W: John Candelaria L: Dennis Lamp
Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 0 at Astrodome (att. 44,540)
W: Joe Niekro L: Ed Glynn S: Frank LaCorte
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 48,568)
W: Joe Beckwith L: Rollie Fingers
Philadelphia Phillies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,168)
W: Steve Carlton L: John Fulgham
San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 13,360)
W: Bob Knepper L: Mike LaCoss
Cleveland Indians 8, Texas Rangers 7 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 7,092)
W: Victor Cruz L: Jim Kern S: Mike Stanton
Boston Red Sox 12, Detroit Tigers 7 at Tiger Stadium (att. 20,261)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Milt Wilcox S: Tom Burgmeier
Baltimore Orioles 4, Kansas City Royals 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 25,925)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Rich Gale
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at County Stadium (att. 11,038)
W: Dave Stieb L: Mike Caldwell
Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 1 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 6,325)
W: Pete Redfern L: Steve McCatty
Chicago White Sox 8, New York Yankees 7 (12 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 18,020)
W: Ed Farmer L: Tom Underwood S: Randy Scarbery
California Angels 7, Seattle Mariners 6 at Kingdome (att. 20,152)
W: Dave LaRoche L: Rob Dressler S: Mark Clear
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Sunday, April 27th

IN THE NEWS: The Twins score 10 runs in the first inning on their way to a 20–11 thrashing of the A's. Minnesota starter Geoff Zahn can't hold the 10–0 lead, allowing eight runs in 41/3 innings, and Doug Corbett picks up the win in relief.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 27, 1980
Atlanta Braves 6, Montreal Expos 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 12,917)
W: Larry McWilliams L: Scott Sanderson S: Al Hrabosky
Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3 (12 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 20,828)
W: Frank LaCorte L: Neil Allen
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Diego Padres 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 42,756)
W: Don Sutton L: John Curtis S: Charlie Hough
St. Louis Cardinals 10, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 28,200)
W: Bob Forsch L: Dick Ruthven
Cincinnati Reds 3, San Francisco Giants 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 32,084)
W: Frank Pastore L: Ed Whitson
Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 4 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 12,879)
W: Len Barker L: Fergie Jenkins
Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 5 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,882)
W: Dave Rozema L: Mike Torrez S: Aurelio Lopez
Kansas City Royals 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 20,496)
W: Paul Splittorff L: Dave Ford
Toronto Blue Jays 8, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at County Stadium (att. 11,099)
W: Paul Mirabella L: Moose Haas S: Balor Moore
Minnesota Twins 20, Oakland Athletics 11 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 19,859)
W: Doug Corbett L: Brian Kingman
New York Yankees 1, Chicago White Sox 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 20,431)
W: Tommy John L: Britt Burns
Seattle Mariners 7, California Angels 3 at Kingdome (att. 6,109)
W: Glenn Abbott L: Dave Frost
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Monday, April 28th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 28, 1980
Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 11,812)
W: Willie Hernandez L: Bob Sykes S: Bruce Sutter
Oakland Athletics 8, California Angels 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 30,889)
W: Rick Langford L: Bruce Kison
Seattle Mariners 6, Minnesota Twins 4 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 2,544)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Terry Felton S: Dave Heaverlo
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Tuesday, April 29th

IN THE NEWS: The Brewers smash seven home runs in a 14–1 rout of the Indians. Ben Oglivie and Sal Bando lead the way with two apiece.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 29, 1980
Houston Astros 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 18,092)
W: Ken Forsch L: Charlie Leibrandt
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Montreal Expos 4 (10 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 8,498)
W: Eddie Solomon L: Elias Sosa
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 16,940)
W: Dave Goltz L: John Montefusco
Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Busch Stadium II (att. 12,665)
W: Doug Capilla L: Bob Sykes S: Bruce Sutter
New York Yankees 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Memorial Stadium (att. 21,440)
W: Luis Tiant L: Scott McGregor S: Rudy May
Oakland Athletics 4, California Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,334)
W: Mike Norris L: Frank Tanana
Boston Red Sox 11, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 9,253)
W: Bob Stanley L: Ross Baumgarten
Milwaukee Brewers 14, Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 4,008)
W: Bill Travers L: Bob Owchinko
Texas Rangers 10, Detroit Tigers 5 at Tiger Stadium (att. 7,941)
W: Steve Comer L: Jack Morris S: Dave Rajsich
Seattle Mariners 5, Minnesota Twins 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 2,580)
W: Shane Rawley L: Mike Marshall
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 1 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 11,553)
W: Jim Clancy L: Dennis Leonard
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Wednesday, April 30th

IN THE NEWS: Kansas City's Larry Gura pitches a one-hitter against the Blue Jays for his 3rd shutout in five starts, surrendering only a 7th-inning double to Damaso Garcia. Losing pitcher Jesse Jefferson holds the Royals hitless for six 2/3 innings in the 3–0 loss.

J.R. Richard tops Reds vet Tom Seaver, 5–1, to move Houston into 1st place. Richard will lose his next three starts.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 30, 1980
Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 19,821)
W: J.R. Richard L: Tom Seaver
New York Mets 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 4,559)
W: Mark Bomback L: Randy Lerch
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Montreal Expos 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 8,545)
W: Jim Bibby L: Bill Lee
San Diego Padres 2, Atlanta Braves 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 9,018)
W: Eric Rasmussen L: Rick Matula S: Bob Shirley
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Francisco Giants 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,006)
W: Bob Welch L: Greg Minton S: Steve Howe
St. Louis Cardinals 8, Chicago Cubs 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 16,195)
W: Pete Vuckovich L: Dennis Lamp
Baltimore Orioles 7, New York Yankees 4 at Memorial Stadium (att. 17,166)
W: Steve Stone L: Tom Underwood S: Tim Stoddard
California Angels 2, Oakland Athletics 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 22,551)
W: Don Aase L: Matt Keough
Chicago White Sox 2, Boston Red Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 10,626)
W: Richard Dotson L: Dennis Eckersley S: Ed Farmer
Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 4 (10 inn.) at Tiger Stadium (att. 8,056)
W: Milt Wilcox L: Sparky Lyle
Minnesota Twins 10, Seattle Mariners 3 at Metropolitan Stadium (att. 2,891)
W: Pete Redfern L: Mike Parrott
Kansas City Royals 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 14,029)
W: Larry Gura L: Jesse Jefferson
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