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Monday August 13, 1979
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The Yankees defeated the Rangers, 3-2, as Oscar Gamble hit a homer and drove in the winning run with an eighth-inning single. The score was 2-2 in the eighth when Willie Randolph began the winning surge with a two-out single and stole second. Gamble then hit a liner to right-center and Randolph scored. Gamble's round-tripper came in the third inning. [The Sporting News]


New York Yankees 3, Texas Rangers 2

Game Played on Monday, August 13, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  7  0
Yankees      0  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   3  5  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Brown cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .270      Randolph 2b           2   1   0   0     2   0   .274
Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .325      Gamble lf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .347
Bell ss,3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .302        Randle pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Jackson rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .288
  Washington pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .279
J. Ellis dh           4   0   1   0     0   2   .279      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     0   1   .251
Soderholm 3b          2   0   1   1     1   0   .252      Spencer dh            2   0   1   0     1   0   .272
  Norman pr,ss        0   1   0   0     0   0   .197      Gulden c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .105
  Montanez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Putnam 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sample ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .259
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   7   2     1   8             Totals               28   3   5   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 24,977
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Yankees 4
DP: Rangers 1, Yankees 1
Doubles: J. Ellis (9), Soderholm (14), Sample (12)
Triples: Rivers (6)
Home Runs: Nettles (15), Gamble (10)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (25)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (8)
GIDP: Jackson (14)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(12-9)         7.2   5   3   3   3   3   2  30   3.79
Lyle                    0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.30
Totals                  8     5   3   3   3   4   2  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(11-7)          9     7   2   2   1   8   0  34   2.60
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   8   0  34

Wild Pitches: Guidry (8)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Ted Hendry


RANGERS 1ST: Wills made an out to second; Rivers struck out;
Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Brown struck out; Randolph walked; Gamble singled
to center [Randolph to third]; Jackson grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Gamble out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell made an out to shortstop; Zisk lined to right;
J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
homered; Spencer walked; Gulden flied out to center; Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Putnam
made an out to catcher; Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Brown grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble homered; Jackson lined
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills struck out; Rivers tripled to right; Oliver
hit into a double play to left [Rivers out at home (left to
catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles made an out to
second; Spencer singled to left; Gulden flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Zisk grounded
out (shortstop to first); J. Ellis doubled to left; Soderholm
walked; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Dent lined to shortstop; Brown flied out to center;
Randolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg singled to shortstop; Wills out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Sundberg to second]; Rivers
struck out; Oliver was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Jackson was
called out on strikes; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Bell singled to shortstop; Zisk lined to center; J.
Ellis struck out; Soderholm doubled to left [Bell scored];
NORMAN RAN FOR SODERHOLM; SAMPLE BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Sample
doubled to left [Norman scored]; Sundberg grounded out (third to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: NORMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); JORGENSEN REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING 1B);
Nettles struck out; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher);
Gulden grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Yankees 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills flied out to center; Rivers grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Dent lined to left; Brown flied out to left;
Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Gamble singled to center
[Randolph scored]; LYLE REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); RANDLE RAN
FOR GAMBLE; Jackson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 3.

RANGERS 9TH: RANDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bell flied out
to center; Zisk singled to center; WASHINGTON RAN FOR ZISK;
Guidry threw a wild pitch [Washington to second]; J. Ellis
struck out; MONTANEZ BATTED FOR NORMAN; Montanez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Yankees 3.



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