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Gaining a 5-3 victory, the Rangers extended their winning streak to seven games while the A's drew their seventh straight defeat. Five of the eight runs in the game scored on sacrifice flies -- two by Larvell Blanks for the Rangers and one each by Wayne Gross, Mitchell Page and Mike Edwards for the A's. Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Friday, June 29, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumA's 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 2 Rangers 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 9 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .250 Wills 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .259 Chalk ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Bell 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .279 Gross 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .242 Gamble rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .408 Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Putnam 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .302 Newman 1b 3 0 0 0 1 3 .233 Soderholm dh 4 1 0 0 0 0 .246 Page dh 3 0 0 1 0 0 .248 Sample lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .279 Heath c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Grubb cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .263 Murray rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .191 Blanks ss 1 0 0 2 0 0 .254 Essian ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Norman ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Armas lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .247 Roberts c 3 0 0 0 1 3 .250 Bryant pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .151 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edwards 2b 3 1 1 1 0 1 .245 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 3 6 3 4 6 Totals 31 5 9 5 3 4 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 30,210 Left on Base: A's 7, Rangers 7 DP: A's 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Chalk, Gross Doubles: Wills (9), Grubb (9) Stolen Bases: Wills (21) Caught Stealing: Bell (1), Putnam (3) Sacrifice Flies: Gross (1), Page (2), Edwards (1), Blanks 2 (2) GIDP: Chalk (3) Hit by Pitch: Chalk (1,by Darwin) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(0-10) 8 9 5 2 3 4 0 36 5.32 Totals 8 9 5 2 3 4 0 36 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Darwin W(1-0) 7 4 3 3 4 4 0 29 2.93 Lyle SV(8) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 3.44 Totals 9 6 3 3 4 6 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Darwin (1) Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Mike Reilly ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson was called out on strikes; Chalk walked; Gross flied out to center; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills doubled to left; Bell singled to center [Wills scored]; Gamble made an out to shortstop; Putnam lined to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Heath walked; Murray forced Heath (third to second); Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Sample reached on an error by Chalk [Sample to second]; Grubb grounded out (first unassisted) [Sample to third]; Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to left [Sample scored (unearned)]; Roberts walked; Wills grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Rangers 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards singled to center; Henderson singled to center [Edwards to second]; Chalk was hit by a pitch [Edwards to third, Henderson to second]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to center [Edwards scored, Henderson to third]; Newman walked [Chalk to second]; Page hit a sacrifice fly to center [Henderson scored]; Heath grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 3RD: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble singled to center; Putnam singled to center [Gamble to second]; Soderholm reached on an error by Gross [Gamble to third, Putnam to second]; Sample singled to left [Gamble scored, Putnam scored (unearned), Soderholm to third (on throw to home), Sample to second (on throw to home)]; Grubb was walked intentionally; Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to center [Soderholm scored (unearned), Sample to third]; Roberts struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murray walked; Armas singled to left [Murray to third]; Edwards hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murray scored]; On a bunt Henderson singled to first [Armas to second]; Chalk grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. RANGERS 4TH: Wills made an out to third; Bell singled to center; Bell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Gamble flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Newman struck out; Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. RANGERS 5TH: Putnam singled to right; Putnam was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Soderholm flied out to left; Sample lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: Heath grounded out (second to first); Murray flied out to right; Armas popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. RANGERS 6TH: Grubb doubled to center; Blanks made an out to shortstop; Roberts struck out; Wills singled to first [Grubb to third]; Wills stole second; Bell walked; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 7TH: NORMAN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson grounded out (second to first); Chalk made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. RANGERS 7TH: Putnam flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Sample flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Newman struck out; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. RANGERS 8TH: RAMIREZ REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 3B); Grubb lined to right; Norman made an out to second; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: Heath made an out to first; ESSIAN BATTED FOR MURRAY; Essian singled to right; Armas singled to right [Essian to second]; BRYANT RAN FOR ARMAS; Edwards struck out; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Rangers 5. |
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