The Rangers unleashed a 16-hit attack in breezing to an 11-3 rout of the Tigers. Dave Roberts capped a three-run fourth inning with a two-run double and Nelson Norman drilled a two-run double to climax a five-run outburst in the fifth. Doc Medich went the route to record his fifth victory of the season. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 11, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July      31, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  9  0
Rangers      0  0  1    3  5  2    0  0  x  -  11 16  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Rivers cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .290
  Greene rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Bell 3b               3   2   2   1     0   0   .293
Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .283        Soderholm 3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Brookens 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Oliver lf             4   2   3   1     0   0   .312
Kemp lf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .336        Sample ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Thompson 1b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .258      Zisk rf               5   2   2   1     0   1   .256
Summers dh            4   1   1   1     0   0   .286      Putnam 1b             2   1   1   2     1   0   .294
Parrish c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Jorgensen pr,1b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Putman c            1   1   1   2     0   0   .364      Grubb dh              2   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Morales rf,cf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .225        J. Ellis ph,dh      3   1   2   2     0   1   .264
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Sundberg c            2   1   0   0     2   0   .255
Trammell ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Roberts 2b            3   0   1   2     1   0   .250
  Wagner ss           1   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Norman ss             4   1   2   2     0   0   .199
Petry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Chris p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Baker p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     2   3             Totals               36  11  16  11     4   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 12,218
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Rangers 7
DP: Tigers 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Putnam
Doubles: Kemp (21), Oliver (16), Zisk 2 (11), Grubb (12), Roberts (1), Norman (6), Bell (24)
Triples: Summers (1)
Home Runs: Putman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (9), Putnam (4)
GIDP: Kemp (10), Whitaker (5), Bell (10)
Hit by Pitch: Morales (2,by Medich)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Petry L(3-2)            3.1   8   4   4   1   1   0  17   2.95
Chris                   1     3   3   3   0   0   0   6  27.00
Baker                   1.2   5   4   4   3   1   0  13   6.53
Billingham              2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.62
Totals                  8    16  11  11   4   3   0  42

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich W(5-4)           9     9   3   3   2   3   1  38   4.56
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   3   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Medich (2)
Wild Pitches: Baker 2 (7)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Bill Deegan


TIGERS 1ST: 19 minute rain delay before start of game;
LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Whitaker struck out;
Kemp doubled to left; Thompson walked; Summers grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Bell grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivers out at
second]; Oliver doubled to center; Zisk grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Morales
grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam made an out to shortstop; Grubb was called
out on strikes; Sundberg lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell reached on an error by Putnam; LeFlore
lined to right; Whitaker walked [Trammell to second]; Kemp
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Whitaker out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts lined to left; Norman singled to catcher;
Rivers singled to center [Norman to third]; Bell hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Norman scored]; Oliver flied out to center; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson singled to center; Summers grounded out
(second to first) [Thompson to second]; Parrish struck out;
Morales was hit by a pitch; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk doubled to center; Putnam singled to right
[Zisk scored]; Grubb doubled to right [Putnam to third];
Sundberg was walked intentionally; Roberts doubled to left
[Putnam scored, Grubb scored, Sundberg out at home (left to
shortstop to catcher)]; CHRIS REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Norman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Mike
Chris; Rivers grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell lined to first; LeFlore singled to third;
Whitaker grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [LeFlore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell singled to left; Oliver singled to right [Bell
to third]; Zisk doubled to right [Bell scored, Oliver to third];
Putnam hit a sacrifice fly to center [Oliver scored, Zisk to
third]; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR GRUBB; BAKER REPLACED CHRIS
(PITCHING); J. Ellis singled to center [Zisk scored]; Baker
threw a wild pitch [J. Ellis to second]; Sundberg walked;
Roberts grounded out (second to first) [J. Ellis to third,
Sundberg to second]; Norman doubled to right [J. Ellis scored,
Sundberg scored]; Rivers flied out to right; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 9.

TIGERS 6TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kemp singled
to right; Thompson singled to right [Kemp to second]; Summers
forced Thompson (second to shortstop) [Kemp to third]; Parrish
popped to first in foul territory; Morales grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 9.

RANGERS 6TH: PUTMAN REPLACED PARRISH (PLAYING C ); Bell doubled
to right; Baker threw a wild pitch [Bell to third]; Oliver
singled to center [Bell scored]; Zisk was called out on strikes;
Putnam walked [Oliver to second]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR PUTNAM; J.
Ellis singled to center [Oliver scored, Jorgensen to second];
Sundberg lined to center; Roberts walked [Jorgensen to third, J.
Ellis to second]; Norman grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 11.

TIGERS 7TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SODERHOLM
REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Trammell flied out to left; LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers
11.

RANGERS 7TH: GREENE REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING RF); MORALES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); WAGNER REPLACED TRAMMELL
(PLAYING SS); BILLINGHAM REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Soderholm grounded out
(shortstop to first); SAMPLE BATTED FOR OLIVER; Sample grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 11.

TIGERS 8TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Whitaker
grounded out (first to pitcher); Kemp singled to second;
Thompson flied out to left; Summers tripled to center [Kemp
scored]; Putman homered [Summers scored]; Morales made an out to
third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 11.

RANGERS 8TH: BROOKENS REPLACED WHITAKER (PLAYING 2B); Zisk flied
out to right; Jorgensen grounded out (shortstop to first); J.
Ellis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 11.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez flied out to center; Wagner singled to
shortstop; Greene made an out to shortstop; Brookens flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 11.