Taking advantage of errors, the Royals edged the Rangers, 4-3. The first Ranger misplay contributed to the Royals' two runs in the first inning. A single by Darrell Porter drove in the first run, but the second came across when center fielder Al Oliver's throw sailed into the dugout. Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Wednesday, May 9, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumRoyals 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 7 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 13 4 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun lf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .400 Grubb lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Brett 3b 5 2 1 0 0 1 .256 Chalk ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Otis cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .324 Blanks pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Porter c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .360 Bell 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .211 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .245 Oliver cf 5 0 4 1 0 0 .333 LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Zisk rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .226 Hurdle rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .243 Putnam dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Wilson rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Gray ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Jorgensen 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Washington 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 J. Ellis ph,1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .300 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .204 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wills 2b 4 0 2 2 0 1 .221 Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Sample ph,lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 7 3 3 6 Totals 38 3 13 3 2 4 Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 18,324 Left on Base: Royals 7, Rangers 10 DP: Royals 2, Rangers 1 Errors: Oliver 2, Wills, Jenkins Doubles: Porter (5), Bell (9) Home Runs: Braun (1) Stolen Bases: Porter (1), Wills (8) Sacrifice Hits: Patek (3) GIDP: Porter (2), Grubb (3), Zisk (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(2-2) 6.2 6 0 0 2 4 0 27 5.09 Hrabosky 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 8 3.60 Martin SV(1) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 6.75 Totals 9 13 3 3 2 4 0 40 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(4-1) 9 7 4 2 3 6 1 38 3.34 Totals 9 7 4 2 3 6 1 38 Umpires: HP - Mike Thompson, 1B - Joe Bob Taylor, 2B - Dick Nelson, 3B - Johnny James ROYALS 1ST: Braun singled to right; Brett singled to left [Braun to third]; Otis struck out; Porter singled to center [Braun scored, Brett scored (error by Oliver) (unearned) (no RBI), Porter to third (on throw to 3b)]; McRae struck out; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Grubb grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled to right; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle walked; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hurdle to second]; Washington popped to catcher in foul territory [Hurdle to third]; Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Putnam flied out to center; Jorgensen walked; Sundberg struck out; Wills singled to center [Jorgensen to third]; Wills stole second; Norman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter doubled to center [Porter to third (error by Oliver)]; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell popped to second; Oliver singled to center; Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock flied out to left; Hurdle walked; Patek flied out to left; Washington walked [Hurdle to second]; Braun singled to left [Hurdle to third, Washington to second]; Brett struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); Jorgensen popped to second; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to center; Porter reached on an error by Wills; McRae struck out; Porter stole second; LaCock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Wills flied out to right; Norman singled to shortstop; Grubb grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Norman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle flied out to center; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Bell flied out to right; Oliver singled to center; Zisk singled to left [Oliver to second]; Putnam flied out to center; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. ROYALS 7TH: Braun flied out to center; Brett reached on an error by Jenkins [Brett to second]; Otis singled to right [Brett scored (unearned)]; Porter grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Wills was called out on strikes; SAMPLE BATTED FOR NORMAN; HRABOSKY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Sample walked (walk was charged to Gale); Rich Gale hurt elbow; CHALK BATTED FOR GRUBB; Chalk singled to left [Sample to second]; BLANKS RAN FOR CHALK; Bell forced Blanks (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 0. ROYALS 8TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); McRae popped to third in foul territory; LaCock flied out to right; Hurdle flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING RF); Oliver popped to third in foul territory; Zisk singled to left; GRAY BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Gray flied out to left; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; J. Ellis singled to third [Zisk to second]; Sundberg singled to right [Zisk to third, J. Ellis to second]; Wills singled to left [Zisk scored, J. Ellis scored, Sundberg to second]; MARTIN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Sample flied out to left; Debut game for Renie Martin; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 2. ROYALS 9TH: GRAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Patek grounded out (catcher to first); Washington struck out; Braun homered; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: Blanks popped to second; Bell doubled to left; Oliver singled to center [Bell scored]; Zisk grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 3. |
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