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An outstanding relief performance by rookie Ron Davis, who gained his fifth straight victory, enabled the Yankees to defeat the Rangers, 3-2, before 41,097 fans, the largest crowd in veight-year history of the Texas club. The Yankees scored their first two runs on homers by Bucky Dent and Juan Beniquez, while the Rangers counted on a round-tripper by Pat Putnam and on a single by Nelson Norman and triple by Billy Sample. New York Yankees 3, Texas Rangers 2Game Played on Saturday, June 16, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumYankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 9 0
Rangers 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Grubb cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .292
Randolph 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .266 Sample lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .267
Munson c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Bell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .278
Piniella rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .308 Putnam 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .295
Nettles 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Gamble dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .311
Jones dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .286 Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218
Beniquez lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .253 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .216
Dent ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .254 Norman ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .206
Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Ellis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270
Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blanks ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236
Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 3 9 3 1 4 Totals 35 2 6 2 4 6
Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 41,097
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Rangers 7
DP: Yankees 1, Rangers 1
Doubles: Putnam (10)
Triples: Sample (1)
Home Runs: Dent (1), Beniquez (4), Putnam (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Jones (2), Rivers (1)
GIDP: Munson (8), J. Ellis (2)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Tiant 8 6 2 2 2 5 1 32 4.76
Davis W(5-0) 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 2.16
Totals 10 6 2 2 4 6 1 39
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Rajsich 6.1 7 2 2 0 2 2 26 2.78
Lyle L(3-6) 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 11 3.95
Kern 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.80
Totals 10 9 3 3 1 4 2 39
Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead
YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
flied out to center; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Grubb struck out; Sample grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bell singled to center; Putnam grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Rangers 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to right; Nettles made an out to
shortstop; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Gamble flied out to left; Zisk flied out to center;
Sundberg walked; Norman made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Yankees 0, Rangers 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss singled to center; Beniquez singled to
right [Chambliss to second]; Dent popped to catcher in foul
territory; Rivers forced Beniquez (second to shortstop)
[Chambliss to third]; Randolph flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Wills struck out; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to
first); Sample flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Rangers 0.
YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); Piniella
singled to center; Nettles singled to right [Piniella to third,
Nettles to second (on throw to 3b)]; Jones reached on a
fielder's choice [Piniella out at home (second to third to
catcher to third)]; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to right; Putnam homered; Gamble
singled to right; Zisk flied out to center; Sundberg was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Rangers 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Beniquez flied out to right; Dent homered; Rivers
grounded out (third to first); Randolph grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 5TH: Norman singled to left; Wills grounded out (first
unassisted) [Norman to second]; Grubb grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Norman to third]; Sample tripled to right [Norman
scored]; Bell lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1,
Rangers 2.
YANKEES 6TH: Munson made an out to second; Piniella singled to
center; Nettles flied out to right; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 6TH: Putnam made an out to shortstop; Gamble was called
out on strikes; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 1, Rangers 2.
YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Beniquez homered;
LYLE REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Dent made an out to second;
Rivers grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Norman
flied out to left; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 2, Rangers 2.
YANKEES 8TH: Randolph made an out to shortstop; Munson lined to
shortstop; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees
2, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 8TH: Grubb popped to shortstop in foul territory; Sample
flied out to center; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Rangers 2.
YANKEES 9TH: Nettles walked; Jones out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Nettles to second]; Chambliss struck out;
Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Yankees 2, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 9TH: Putnam doubled to left; Gamble was walked
intentionally; WASHINGTON RAN FOR GAMBLE; DAVIS REPLACED TIANT
(PITCHING); Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first) [Putnam to
third, Washington to second]; Sundberg was walked intentionally;
J. ELLIS BATTED FOR NORMAN; J. Ellis grounded into a double play
(pitcher to catcher to first) [Putnam out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Rangers 2.
YANKEES 10TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BLANKS
REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING SS); Dent singled to left; Rivers out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Dent to second]; KERN
REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Randolph singled to right [Dent
scored]; Munson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Randolph out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Rangers 2.
RANGERS 10TH: Wills flied out to center; Grubb struck out;
Sample walked; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 3, Rangers 2.
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