| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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