With Jim Kern picking up his 18th save, the Rangers held off the Tigers, 4-3. The Rangers took a 1-0 lead in the third on a double by Dave Roberts and single by Mickey Rivers.

After the Tigers tied the game in the top of the fifth, Buddy Bell gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the bottom half with a run-scoring single. The final two tallies were registered in the sixth frame when Richie Zisk singled, Johnny Grubb reached first on an error by Tiger second baseman Lou Whitaker and Jim Sundberg followed with a triple. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Wednesday, August    1, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3  6  1
Rangers      0  0  1    0  1  2    0  0  x  -   4  6  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .299      Rivers cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .290
Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .279      Bell 3b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .295
Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .332      Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
Thompson 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .257      Zisk rf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .256
Summers rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .281      Putnam 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .290
  Jones rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Grubb dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .284
Parrish c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Sundberg c            3   0   1   2     0   0   .256
Greene dh             3   2   1   0     1   0   .190      Roberts 2b            2   2   1   0     1   0   .258
Brookens 3b           3   1   0   0     1   2   .274      Norman ss             1   0   0   0     0   1   .198
Trammell ss           3   0   2   2     0   0   .277      Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     4   8             Totals               29   4   6   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 13,803
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Rangers 5
DP: Tigers 0, Rangers 3
Errors: Whitaker, Norman
Doubles: Bell (25), Roberts (2)
Triples: Sundberg (3)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (53)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman 2 (13)
GIDP: Summers (3), LeFlore (10)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox L(8-5)           8     6   4   3   2   4   0  33   4.86
Totals                  8     6   4   3   2   4   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer W(12-6)           6.2   6   3   3   3   3   0  28   3.44
Kern SV(18)             2.1   0   0   0   1   5   0   7   1.34
Totals                  9     6   3   3   4   8   0  35

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
grounded out (first unassisted); Kemp reached on an error by
Norman; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Bell doubled to center;
Oliver was called out on strikes; Zisk grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Summers lined to shortstop; Parrish flied out to
left; Greene flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Putnam lined to shortstop; Grubb grounded out
(second to first); Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brookens struck out; Trammell grounded out
(shortstop to first); LeFlore singled to third; LeFlore stole
second; Whitaker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Roberts doubled to left; Norman out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Roberts to third]; Rivers singled to
center [Roberts scored]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Rivers to second]; Oliver flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson
singled to right; Summers grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied out to right; Putnam struck out; Grubb
walked; Sundberg forced Grubb (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Rangers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Greene
walked; Brookens walked [Greene to second]; Trammell singled to
center [Greene scored, Brookens to second]; LeFlore grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Trammell out
at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Roberts walked; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Roberts to second]; Rivers flied out to
center; Bell singled to center [Roberts scored]; Oliver grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers
2.

TIGERS 6TH: Whitaker flied out to center; Kemp flied out to
left; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk singled to center; Putnam made an out to
third; Grubb reached on an error by Whitaker [Zisk to third];
Sundberg tripled to left [Zisk scored, Grubb scored (unearned)];
Roberts made an out to second; Norman struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Summers walked; Parrish flied out to right; Greene
singled to center [Summers to second]; Brookens forced Summers
(third unassisted) [Greene to second]; Trammell singled to
center [Greene scored, Brookens to second]; LeFlore singled to
center [Brookens scored, Trammell to second]; KERN REPLACED
COMER (PITCHING); Whitaker was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Bell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Kemp struck out; Thompson struck out; Summers struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: JONES REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING RF); Zisk flied to
right in foul territory; Putnam struck out; Grubb flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Parrish walked; Greene hit into a double play to
catcher [Parrish out at second (catcher to second)]; Brookens
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Rangers 4.