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The Rangers took both ends of a twin bill from the A's, winning 5-1 in the first game and 7-2 in the second contest. The Texans picked up all of their runs in the opener in the fifth inning. With one out, singles by Larvell Blanks, Bump Wills and Buddy Bell loaded the bases. Pat Putnam then singled home a pair of runs and John Ellis followed with a three-run homer. Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, June 24, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRangers 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .252 Henderson lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Bell 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .275 Chalk ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .258 Putnam 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .289 Gross 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .247 J. Ellis dh 4 1 2 3 0 0 .268 Newman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Gamble rf 2 0 1 0 2 0 .412 Heath c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Washington cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Page dh 3 0 2 1 1 0 .248 Sample lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Armas cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .226 Grubb cf,rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .264 Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Murray rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Blanks ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .258 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 9 5 4 3 Totals 32 1 7 1 4 2 Time of Game: 2:35 Left on Base: Rangers 5, A's 8 DP: Rangers 1, A's 2 Errors: Putnam Doubles: J. Ellis (6), Henderson (1) Home Runs: J. Ellis (7) Stolen Bases: Henderson (1) Caught Stealing: Page (10) Sacrifice Hits: Sample (4) GIDP: Bell (6), Sample (4) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson W(4-8) 7 6 1 1 4 1 0 29 4.00 Kern 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.57 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 2 0 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(0-9) 9 9 5 5 4 3 1 37 5.56 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 3 1 37 Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - John Shulock, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to right; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wills out at second]; Putnam was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson doubled to right; Debut game for Rickey Henderson; Chalk singled to right [Henderson to third]; Putnam dropped a foul fly hit by Gross for an error; Gross made an out to second; Newman hit into a double play to right [Henderson out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis doubled to center; Gamble walked; Sample out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [J. Ellis to third, Gamble to second]; Grubb was walked intentionally; Sundberg was called out on strikes; Blanks flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath grounded out (pitcher to first); Page walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Armas walked; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell walked; Putnam lined to right; J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Murray made an out to second; Henderson singled to left; Chalk flied out to right; Henderson stole second; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Sample grounded out (third to first); Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman popped to catcher in foul territory; Heath flied out to right; Page singled to left; Armas flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Athletics 0. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Blanks singled to second; Wills singled to right [Blanks to second]; Bell singled to left [Blanks to third, Wills to second]; Putnam singled to center [Blanks scored, Wills scored, Bell to third]; J. Ellis homered [Bell scored, Putnam scored]; Gamble singled to pitcher; Sample flied out to center; Grubb singled to center [Gamble to third, Grubb out at second (center to third to second to first)]; 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Murray popped to first in foul territory; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 0. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks flied out to center; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: NORMAN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); Chalk walked; Gross forced Chalk (first to shortstop); Newman grounded out (first unassisted) [Gross to second]; Heath walked; Page singled to center [Gross scored, Heath to third]; Armas popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. RANGERS 7TH: Bell flied out to left; Putnam grounded out (second to first); J. Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards flied out to right; Murray struck out; Henderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. RANGERS 8TH: Gamble walked; Sample grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Gamble out at second]; Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: Chalk singled to third; KERN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Gross singled to left [Chalk to second]; Newman struck out; Heath flied out to center; Page flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Norman grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING CF); GRUBB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Edwards popped to first in foul territory; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Athletics 1. |
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