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Sunday April 22, 1979
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Paced by Graig Nettles, who went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers behind the six-hit pitching of Ron Guidry. The Yanks took the lead in the second inning on a two-run single by Bucky Dent after singles by Nettles and Jim Spencer and a walk to Juan Beniquez loaded the bases. Nettles cracked a two-run homer in the third and added an RBI single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


New York Yankees 5, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Sunday, April 22, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Yankees      0  2  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   5 12  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Sample lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      White lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .273
Oliver cf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .413      Munson c              4   1   2   0     0   0   .268
Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .227      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Nettles 3b            4   2   4   3     0   0   .321
J. Ellis 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .222
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Spencer dh            1   1   1   0     0   0   .318
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Piniella ph,dh      3   0   1   0     0   0   .174
Gray dh               3   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Beniquez cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
Norman ss             2   0   1   0     1   1   .231      Dent ss               4   0   1   2     0   1   .227
D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     1   4             Totals               34   5  12   5     2   2

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 35,250
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Yankees 7
DP: Rangers 2, Yankees 2
Errors: Randolph
Doubles: Oliver (4), Bell (4), Randolph (2), Munson (2)
Home Runs: Nettles (4)
Stolen Bases: Sample (2)
Caught Stealing: Wills (2)
GIDP: Wills (3), Sundberg (2), Jackson (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis L(0-1)         2.2   7   4   4   1   0   1  15   7.04
Rajsich                 2     2   0   0   1   0   0   9   0.00
Farmer                  1.1   2   1   1   0   1   0   6   2.70
Lyle                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.22
Totals                  8    12   5   5   2   2   1  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(2-1)           9     6   1   1   1   4   0  32   2.64
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   4   0  32

Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (1)

Umpires: HP - Dick Nelson, 1B - Harold Siroka, 2B - Phil Lospitalier, 3B - Merrill Hadry


RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sample
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Oliver doubled to left; Bell
doubled to left [Oliver scored]; Zisk flied to right; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (second to first); White
popped to shortstop; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
flied to center; Gray grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Nettles
singled to right; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [Nettles to
second]; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer
singled to right [Nettles to third]; Beniquez walked [Spencer to
second]; Dent singled to center [Nettles scored, Spencer scored,
Beniquez to third, Dent to second (on throw)]; Randolph flied to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Norman singled to center; Wills grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Norman out at second];
Sample singled to left; Sample stole second; Oliver struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White singled to right; Munson singled to center
[White to second]; Jackson grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [White to third, Munson out at second];
Nettles homered [White scored]; Chambliss singled to center;
RAJSICH REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR
SPENCER; Piniella forced Chambliss (third to second); 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 4TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Zisk singled to left; J. Ellis reached
on an error by Randolph (assist by Dent) [Zisk to second];
Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [J. Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph doubled to right;
White walked; Munson forced White (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Gray popped to first in foul territory; Norman
walked; Wills flied to center; Sample flied to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson flied to left; Nettles singled to center;
Chambliss flied to left; FARMER REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING);
Piniella singled to second [Nettles to second]; the ball hit
2B umpire Phil Lospitalier; Beniquez flied to right; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver flied to left; Bell flied to right; Zisk
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent was called out on strikes; Randolph grounded
out (second to first); White grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sundberg flied to right; Gray struck out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Munson
doubled to left; LYLE REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Jackson was
called out on strikes; Nettles singled to center [Munson
scored]; Chambliss hit into a double play (first to first to
shortstop) [Nettles out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Norman was called out on strikes; Wills singled to
center; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Sample flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Piniella flied to left; Beniquez lined to third;
Dent flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver struck out; Bell flied to right; Zisk flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Yankees 5.



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