The Royals ended their seven-game losing streak by edging the Rangers, 4-3. The Royals got two runs in the fifth inning when John Wathan and Willie Wilson stroked two-out singles and Ranger left fielder Billy Sample misjudged a line drive by Todd Cruz and the ball sailed over his head for a double. Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 3Game Played on Sunday, July 15, 1979 (Day game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 5 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 x - 4 7 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .278 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Bell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .288 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .319 Oliver cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Otis cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .299 J. Ellis dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Scott 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .249 Roberts pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .310 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Porter dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .307 Sample lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .274 Wathan c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .246 Soderholm 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Wilson lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .314 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Cruz ss 3 0 1 2 0 0 .205 Sundberg c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .241 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norman ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Darwin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 5 3 0 3 Totals 31 4 7 4 1 5 Time of Game: 1:47 Attendance: 28,904 Left on Base: Rangers 2, Royals 4 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 0 Doubles: Cruz (5), Scott (15) Home Runs: Wills (3), Bell (7), Sundberg (3) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson L(4-10) 5.1 7 4 4 1 2 0 24 4.05 Darwin 2.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 4.05 Totals 8 7 4 4 1 5 0 32 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(10-8) 9 5 3 3 0 3 3 32 3.97 Totals 9 5 3 3 0 3 3 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Bell popped to second; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; Brett flied out to left; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis struck out; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sample singled to shortstop; Soderholm forced Sample (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Scott flied out to center; Cowens flied out to left; Porter popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); Norman popped to second; Wills hit an inside the park homer to center; Bell homered; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wathan grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilson singled to right; Cruz popped to third; White flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. RANGERS 4TH: J. Ellis popped to second; Zisk flied out to center; Sample struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Brett flied out to left; Otis flied out to left; Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. RANGERS 5TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Sundberg was called out on strikes; Norman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens struck out; Porter flied out to left; On a bunt Wathan singled to first; Wilson singled to center [Wathan to third]; Cruz doubled to left [Wathan scored, Wilson scored]; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 2. RANGERS 6TH: Wills flied out to right; Bell flied out to right; Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Brett flied out to right; Otis walked; Scott doubled to center [Otis scored]; Cowens singled to left [Scott to third]; Porter singled to left [Scott scored, Cowens to second]; DARWIN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Wathan struck out; Wilson lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 4. RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis grounded out (second to first); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Sample popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: Cruz popped to first in foul territory; White popped to second; Brett popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 4. RANGERS 8TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Sundberg homered; BLANKS BATTED FOR NORMAN; Blanks grounded out (second to first); Wills flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); JORGENSEN REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 1B); Otis struck out; Scott struck out; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 4. RANGERS 9TH: Bell singled to left; Oliver flied out to center; J. Ellis forced Bell (shortstop to second); ROBERTS RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 4. |
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