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. Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3Game Played on Wednesday, August 1, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumTigers 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. |
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