Helped by Kansas City errors, Texas downed the Royals, 8-7. The score was 6-6 going into the sixth inning when Jim Sundberg reached first base safely on a wild throw by Royal third baseman George Brett. A sacrifice bunt moved Sundberg to second and he scored on a single by Bump Wills. Wills stole second and took third when second baseman U.L. Washington failed to handle catcher Darrell Porter's throw. Nelson Norman then delivered a perfect suicide squeeze bunt down the first base line to score Wills. Texas Rangers 8, Kansas City Royals 7Game Played on Monday, April 30, 1979 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 8 7 0 Royals 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 - 7 13 3 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Sample lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .280 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .208 McRae dh 5 0 0 1 0 1 .253 Oliver cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .370 Otis cf 5 2 2 0 0 2 .314 Gamble dh 1 1 0 1 3 0 .316 Porter c 4 1 1 0 1 0 .366 Zisk rf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .229 Cowens rf 4 1 2 3 1 0 .325 Sundberg c 3 1 0 1 0 0 .161 LaCock 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .310 Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Wathan ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Wills 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .186 Hurdle lf 3 1 2 2 1 0 .269 Norman ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .220 White ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 .328 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Quirk ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 8 7 7 5 3 Totals 37 7 13 7 5 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 23,634 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Royals 9 DP: Rangers 1, Royals 3 Errors: Brett, Washington 2 Doubles: Wills (2), Bell (6), Otis (4), LaCock (6), Washington (1) Triples: Brett (3), Cowens (3), LaCock (1) Home Runs: Hurdle (1), Cowens (3) Stolen Bases: Sample (4), Wills (7) Caught Stealing: Patek (3) Sacrifice Hits: Bell (2), Jorgensen (1), Norman (4) Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (3), Wathan (1) GIDP: Gamble (1), Zisk (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 4.2 7 6 6 3 3 2 24 2.68 Kern W(3-0) 3.1 4 0 0 1 2 0 13 1.83 Lyle SV(3) 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 3.31 Totals 9 13 7 7 5 6 2 43 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale 2.1 4 6 4 3 2 0 14 7.67 Busby L(0-1) 6.2 3 2 0 2 1 0 24 0.96 Totals 9 7 8 4 5 3 0 38 Umpires: HP - Larry Zirbel, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Duane Shaw, 3B - Harold Easley RANGERS 1ST: Sample singled to third; Sample stole second; Bell struck out; Oliver singled to left [Sample scored]; Gamble grounded into a double play (second to first) [Oliver out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett tripled to left; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first) [Brett scored]; Otis flied out to center; Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 1. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied out to center; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens popped to first; LaCock walked; Hurdle walked [LaCock to second]; Patek struck out; Washington forced Hurdle (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 1. RANGERS 3RD: Wills doubled to left; Norman reached on an error by Washington [Wills scored (no RBI)]; Sample walked [Norman to second]; Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Norman to third, Sample to second]; Oliver was walked intentionally; Gamble walked [Norman scored (unearned), Sample to third, Oliver to second]; Zisk singled to center [Sample scored, Oliver scored, Gamble to third]; BUSBY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gamble scored (unearned)]; Jorgensen struck out; 5 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to center; McRae popped to second; Otis doubled to left; Porter walked; Cowens tripled to center [Otis scored, Porter scored]; LaCock flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 3. RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to center; Norman singled to right; Sample popped to first in foul territory; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle homered; Patek struck out; Washington singled to left; Brett flied out to center; McRae flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 4. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver popped to shortstop; Gamble walked; Zisk grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Gamble out at second]; 14 minute rain delay at 8:30; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis struck out; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 32 minute rain delay with 1-0 count on Al Cowens; Cowens homered; LaCock doubled to center; KERN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Hurdle singled to left [LaCock scored]; Patek singled to center [Hurdle to third]; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 6. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg reached on an error by Brett; Jorgensen out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Sundberg to second]; Wills singled to center [Sundberg scored (unearned)]; Wills stole second [Wills to third (error by Washington)]; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Wills scored (unearned)]; Sample popped to first; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: Washington doubled to left; Brett walked; McRae struck out; Otis struck out; Porter lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. RANGERS 7TH: Bell doubled to left; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bell to third]; Gamble was walked intentionally; Zisk flied into a double play (center to catcher) [Bell out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. ROYALS 7TH: Cowens grounded out (second to first); LaCock tripled to right; Hurdle lined into a double play (third unassisted) [LaCock out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen grounded out (pitcher to first); Wills flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. ROYALS 8TH: QUIRK BATTED FOR PATEK; Quirk grounded out (first to pitcher); Washington grounded out (second to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. RANGERS 9TH: QUIRK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Norman flied out to center; Sample grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 6. ROYALS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); McRae flied out to right; Otis singled to shortstop; Porter singled to right [Otis to third]; Cowens walked [Porter to second]; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan hit a sacrifice fly to left [Otis scored]; WHITE BATTED FOR HURDLE; White struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 8, Royals 7. |
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