The Orioles rallied for three runs in the ninth inning and beat the Rangers, 5-4. A double by Eddie Murray began the outburst and brought on Jim Kern in relief of starter Jon Matlack. After Gary Roenicke drew a walk, Lee May bunted and Jim Kern threw the ball into left field, allowing Murray to score and sending Al Bumbry, the pinch-runner for Roenicke, to third. Bumbry scored as pinch-hitter Pat Kelly was bouncing into a double play and Terry Crowley then singled home May with the winning tally.

The game was highlighted by an Oriole triple play in the sixth inning. With one run home, runners were moving with the pitch when Buddy Bell lined to Doug DeCinces, who threw to Rich Dauer to double up Al Oliver and the second baseman's relay to Murray retired Pat Putnam at first base. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 5, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, June      10, 1979 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      0  1  1    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   4  7  1
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  3  -   5  8  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .315      Belanger ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .134
Sample lf             1   2   0   0     3   0   .264        Garcia ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Oliver cf             2   0   0   2     0   0   .302        Crowley ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .263
Putnam 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .279      Ayala lf              4   2   2   2     0   0   .385
Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .320
Gamble dh             3   1   2   1     0   0   .346      Murray 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .278
  Roberts ph,dh       1   0   1   0     0   0   .158      Roenicke cf           2   0   1   0     2   0   .301
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .219        Bumbry pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .281
Blanks ss             2   1   2   0     1   0   .293      May dh                3   1   1   0     0   0   .303
  Norman ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .197      DeCinces 3b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .198
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Dauer 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kelly ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .350
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Skaggs c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .234
                                                            Lowenstein ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .305
                                                          D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   4   7   4     4   0             Totals               31   5   8   3     5   1

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 22,658
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Orioles 6
DP: Rangers 3, Orioles 2
Errors: Kern, Murray, Skaggs
Doubles: DeCinces (4), Murray (12)
Home Runs: Gamble (3), Ayala 2 (2)
Stolen Bases: Sample (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (4), Grubb (1), Sundberg (1), May (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliver 2 (3)
GIDP: Grubb (5), Wills (5), DeCinces (4), Skaggs (3), Kelly (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 8     7   3   3   2   1   2  31   3.75
Kern L(7-1)             0.2   1   2   2   3   0   0   6   1.63
Totals                  8.2   8   5   5   5   1   2  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez W(9-2)      9     7   4   3   4   0   1  36   3.04
Totals                  9     7   4   3   4   0   1  36

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Durwood Merrill


RANGERS 1ST: Grubb flied out to center; Sample grounded out
(third to first); Oliver grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Ayala
grounded out (third to first); Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam flied out to left; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gamble homered; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); Roenicke
walked; May singled to left [Roenicke to second]; DeCinces
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: GARCIA REPLACED BELANGER (PLAYING SS); Blanks
singled to center; Wills reached on a fielder's choice on a
sacrifice bunt [Blanks to second]; Grubb out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Blanks to third, Wills to second]; Sample
walked; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to right [Blanks scored];
Putnam grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dauer singled to center; Skaggs grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dauer out at
second]; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to center; Gamble flied out to
right; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Ayala homered; Singleton grounded out (shortstop to
first); Murray walked; Roenicke singled to center [Murray to
second]; May popped to catcher in foul territory; DeCinces
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
2, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Blanks walked; Wills flied out to left; Grubb
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer grounded out (third to first); Skaggs popped
to catcher in foul territory; Garcia flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Orioles 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample walked; Oliver reached on an error by Murray
[Sample to third]; Putnam singled to center [Sample scored
(unearned), Oliver to second]; Bell lined into a triple play
(third to second to first) [Oliver out at second, Putnam out at
first]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Ayala homered; Singleton made an out to catcher;
Murray flied out to center; Roenicke popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Gamble singled to left; Sundberg out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Gamble to second]; Blanks singled to
left [Gamble to third]; Wills grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: NORMAN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); May flied out
to left; DeCinces doubled to left; Dauer popped to first in foul
territory; Skaggs flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Grubb flied out to center; Sample walked; Sample
stole second [Sample to third (error by Skaggs)]; Oliver hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Sample scored]; Putnam grounded out
(second to pitcher); 1 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Ayala flied
out to center; Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Bell flied out to right; ROBERTS BATTED FOR GAMBLE;
Roberts singled to left; Sundberg singled to right [Roberts to
second]; Norman flied out to right; Wills grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Orioles
2.

ORIOLES 9TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray doubled
to right; KERN REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Roenicke walked;
BUMBRY RAN FOR ROENICKE; May reached on an error by Kern on a
sacrifice bunt [Murray scored (no RBI), Bumbry to third, May to
second]; DeCinces was walked intentionally; KELLY BATTED FOR
DAUER; Kelly grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Bumbry scored, May to third, DeCinces out at second];
LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Lowenstein was walked
intentionally; CROWLEY BATTED FOR GARCIA; Crowley singled to
right [May scored, Lowenstein to second]; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 4, Orioles 5.