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After the Rangers slugged their way to a 16-9 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, the Tigers came back to capture the nightcap, 10-4. Eric Soderholm led the Ranger attack in the lidlifter with two homers, a single and sacrifice fly, driving in six runs to tie the club record for RBIs in a game. Texas Rangers 16, Detroit Tigers 9 (Game 1)Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRangers 4 0 2 0 3 5 1 1 0 - 16 17 2
Tigers 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 - 9 11 2
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 6 2 2 1 0 0 .277 Whitaker 2b 4 1 3 0 1 0 .286
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trammell ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269
Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner ss 1 1 0 0 1 1 .309
Bell ss 6 1 2 1 0 0 .303 Kemp lf 5 2 2 1 0 2 .334
Oliver lf 5 4 3 1 1 0 .324 Thompson 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .256
Zisk rf 2 3 2 1 4 0 .272 Jones cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .276
J. Ellis 1b 0 0 0 1 1 0 .278 Summers rf,1b 3 2 2 5 2 0 .277
Jorgensen pr,1b 4 2 1 0 0 0 .258 Morales cf,rf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .228
Soderholm 3b 4 3 3 6 1 0 .250 Parrish c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .269
Sundberg c 5 1 1 2 0 0 .263 Putman c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Sample dh,cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .258 Greene dh 3 1 0 0 1 2 .143
Blanks 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .217 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .260
Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Baker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 41 16 17 14 8 1 Totals 34 9 11 8 6 7
Time of Game: 3:00
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Tigers 6
DP: Rangers 3, Tigers 2
Errors: Rivers, Bell, Rodriguez 2
Doubles: Rivers (19), Bell (30), Sundberg (21), Oliver (18), Parrish (16), Summers (7)
Home Runs: Soderholm 2 (8), Oliver (10), Rivers (4), Summers (11), Kemp (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Trammell (10)
Sacrifice Flies: J. Ellis (3), Soderholm (3), Rodriguez (2)
GIDP: Rivers 2 (5), Parrish (13), Trammell (5)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Jenkins W(12-8) 8 10 6 6 3 4 2 34 3.80
Kern 1 1 3 0 3 3 0 8 1.48
Totals 9 11 9 6 6 7 2 42
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Underwood L(6-3) 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 1 6 4.38
Baker 4 6 5 4 2 0 1 20 6.64
Hiller 4.1 7 7 7 5 1 2 25 5.57
Totals 9 17 16 15 8 1 4 51
Passed Balls: Parrish (18)
Wild Pitches: Kern (1), Hiller (4)
Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Mark Johnson, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - John Shulock
RANGERS 1ST: Rivers doubled to left; Bell doubled to right
[Rivers scored]; Oliver walked; Zisk singled to left [Bell
scored, Oliver to third, Zisk out at second (left to catcher to
second)]; J. Ellis hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oliver scored];
Soderholm homered; BAKER REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4,
Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: Whitaker singled to left; Trammell flied out to
left; Kemp struck out; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Sample singled to right; Blanks flied out to
center; Rivers grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Sample out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers
0.
TIGERS 2ND: Summers walked; Morales singled to right [Summers to
third]; Parrish doubled to left [Summers scored, Morales to
third]; Greene struck out; Rodriguez sacrifice flied into a
double play to right [Morales scored, Parrish out at third
(right to third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Tigers 2.
RANGERS 3RD: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
singled to left; Zisk singled to center [Oliver to third]; J.
Ellis walked [Zisk to second]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS;
Parrish allowed a passed ball [Oliver scored, Zisk to third,
Jorgensen to second]; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Zisk scored (unearned)]; Sundberg lined to third; 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 3RD: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Whitaker
singled to right; Trammell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Whitaker to second]; Kemp grounded out (first
unassisted) [Whitaker to third]; Thompson flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 2.
RANGERS 4TH: On a bunt Sample made an out to catcher; Blanks
grounded out (third to first); Rivers lined to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 4TH: Summers flied out to right; Morales walked; Parrish
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Morales
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Tigers 2.
RANGERS 5TH: Bell singled to center; Oliver made an out to
third; Zisk walked [Bell to second]; Jorgensen forced Bell
(center to third) [Zisk to second]; Soderholm homered [Zisk
scored, Jorgensen scored]; Sundberg reached on an error by
Rodriguez; Sample singled to center [Sundberg to second]; HILLER
REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Blanks walked [Sundberg to third,
Sample to second]; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3
H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 9, Tigers 2.
TIGERS 5TH: Greene flied out to left; Rodriguez singled to
center; Whitaker singled to right [Rodriguez to second];
Trammell grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Whitaker out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers
9, Tigers 2.
RANGERS 6TH: WAGNER REPLACED TRAMMELL (PLAYING SS); PUTMAN
REPLACED PARRISH (PLAYING C ); Bell flied out to center; Oliver
homered; Zisk walked; Jorgensen singled to center [Zisk to
second]; Soderholm walked [Zisk to third, Jorgensen to second];
Hiller threw a wild pitch [Zisk scored, Jorgensen to third,
Soderholm to second]; Sundberg doubled to center [Jorgensen
scored, Soderholm scored]; Sample reached on an error by
Rodriguez; Blanks singled to center [Sundberg scored, Sample to
third]; Rivers grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Blanks out at second]; 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 14,
Tigers 2.
TIGERS 6TH: Kemp singled to center [Kemp to second (error by
Rivers)]; Thompson singled to right [Kemp to third]; Summers
homered [Kemp scored, Thompson scored]; Morales grounded out
(third to first); Putman made an out to shortstop; Greene was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 14, Tigers
5.
RANGERS 7TH: JONES REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING CF); SUMMERS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MORALES CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Bell lined to shortstop; Oliver doubled to center;
Zisk walked; Jorgensen flied out to left; Soderholm singled to
left [Oliver scored, Zisk to second]; Sundberg made an out to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 15, Tigers 5.
TIGERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Whitaker
flied out to center; Wagner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 15, Tigers 5.
RANGERS 8TH: Sample made an out to second; Blanks struck out;
Rivers homered; Bell flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 16, Tigers 5.
TIGERS 8TH: SAMPLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); JENKINS
REPLACED RIVERS (PITCHING); Kemp homered; Jones grounded out
(shortstop to first); Summers walked; Morales forced Summers
(shortstop to second); Putman lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Rangers 16, Tigers 6.
RANGERS 9TH: Oliver made an out to third; Zisk walked; Jorgensen
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Zisk to second]; Soderholm
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 16, Tigers 6.
TIGERS 9TH: KERN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Greene walked;
Rodriguez struck out; Whitaker walked [Greene to second]; Kern
threw a wild pitch [Greene to third, Whitaker to second]; Wagner
walked; Kemp struck out; Jones reached on an error by Bell
[Greene scored (unearned) (no RBI), Whitaker to third, Wagner to
second]; Summers doubled to left [Whitaker scored (unearned),
Wagner scored (unearned), Jones to third]; Morales struck out; 3
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 16, Tigers 9.
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