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A homer by Buddy Bell in the eighth inning snapped a 3-3 tie and enabled the Rangers to edge the Twins, 4-3. Bell's blast was his first this season. Jim Kern, in relief of starter Steve Comer, pitched the last 1 1/3 innings to gain the victory and raise his record to 6-0. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 3Game Played on Tuesday, May 22, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTwins 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 11 0
Rangers 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 x - 4 8 0
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Powell rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .563 Sample lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .258
Smalley ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .396 Chalk dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Landreaux lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .314 Bell 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .263
Wynegar c 3 0 0 1 1 1 .294 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227
R. Jackson 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .288 J. Ellis 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .322
Adams dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 .291 Oliver cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .330 Sundberg c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .205
Norwood cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Blanks ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .296
Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Norman ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Castino 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .313 Jorgensen cf,1b 3 0 1 0 0 2 .304
Koosman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wills 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .218
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 3 11 3 2 5 Totals 29 4 8 4 1 4
Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 11,955
Left on Base: Twins 7, Rangers 4
DP: Twins 1, Rangers 3
Doubles: Landreaux (9), Powell (2), Adams (5), J. Ellis (3), Sundberg (5)
Home Runs: R. Jackson (7), Bell (1)
Stolen Bases: Bell (1), Wills (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (8), Chalk (1), Sample (2)
GIDP: Castino (1), Norwood (7), Powell (1), Sundberg (5)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Koosman L(7-1) 7.1 8 4 4 1 3 1 30 3.72
Marshall 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.50
Totals 8 8 4 4 1 4 1 32
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Comer 7.2 11 3 3 2 3 1 33 4.04
Kern W(6-0) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1.27
Totals 9 11 3 3 2 5 1 37
Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Ron Luciano
TWINS 1ST: Powell popped to catcher in foul territory; Smalley
singled to right; Landreaux doubled to right [Smalley to third];
Wynegar grounded out (first unassisted) [Smalley scored,
Landreaux to third]; R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Sample made an out to second; Chalk grounded out
(third to first); Bell made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
TWINS 2ND: Adams flied out to left; Wilfong singled to right;
Norwood singled to center [Wilfong to second]; Castino grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Norwood out at second];
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (second to first); J. Ellis
doubled to center; Sundberg doubled to right [J. Ellis scored];
Blanks grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 1.
TWINS 3RD: Powell doubled; Smalley grounded out (first
unassisted) [Powell to third]; Landreaux popped to third in foul
territory; Wynegar lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins
1, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 3RD: Wills singled to center; Sample singled to center
[Wills to third]; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Sample to second]; Bell singled to center [Wills
scored, Sample scored]; Bell stole second; Zisk flied out to
center; J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Twins 1, Rangers 3.
TWINS 4TH: R. Jackson singled to left; Adams doubled to center
[R. Jackson to third]; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted)
[R. Jackson scored, Adams to third]; Norwood struck out; Castino
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg struck out; Blanks popped to third in foul
territory; Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2,
Rangers 3.
TWINS 5TH: Powell singled to center; Smalley out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Powell to second]; Landreaux struck
out; Wynegar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Rangers
3.
RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to left; Sample out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; Chalk flied out to
center; Bell made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins
2, Rangers 3.
TWINS 6TH: R. Jackson homered; Adams walked; Wilfong made an out
to third; Norwood grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Adams out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 6TH: Zisk flied out to right; J. Ellis walked; Sundberg
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [J.
Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 3.
TWINS 7TH: Castino singled to shortstop; Powell grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Castino out at
second]; Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 7TH: Blanks made an out to second; Jorgensen singled to
right; Wills forced Jorgensen (second to shortstop); Wills stole
second; Sample made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Rangers 3.
TWINS 8TH: NORMAN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); Landreaux
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar walked; R. Jackson
made an out to second; Adams singled to center [Wynegar to
third]; KERN REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Wilfong flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 8TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bell homered;
MARSHALL REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Zisk was called out on
strikes; J. Ellis flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Rangers 4.
TWINS 9TH: OLIVER REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING CF); JORGENSEN
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR NORWOOD;
Cubbage grounded out (shortstop to first); Castino was called
out on strikes; Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 3, Rangers 4.
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