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Bobby Murcer hit two homers, including a two-run shot that capped a three-run eighth inning, powering the Yankees to a 6-5 triumph over the Rangers. The winning rally began with one out when Lou Piniella stroked a pinch-double and reached third on an error by Texas right fielder Richie Zisk. New York Yankees 6, Texas Rangers 5Game Played on Tuesday, August 14, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRangers 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 - 5 8 1
Yankees 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 x - 6 13 1
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .275 Murcer cf,lf 5 3 3 3 0 1 .256
Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .272
Bell 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .301 Gamble lf 4 1 3 0 1 0 .356
Oliver lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .325 Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Zisk rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .273 Jackson rf 4 0 3 1 1 0 .294
Montanez dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .278
Putnam 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Sundberg c 3 0 2 2 0 0 .267 Spencer dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .269
Norman ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .198 Piniella ph,dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 .307
Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gulden c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .136
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .184
Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Narron c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171
Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Brown ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 5 8 4 2 5 Totals 36 6 13 5 5 4
Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 24,125
Left on Base: Rangers 2, Yankees 11
DP: Rangers 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Zisk, Dent
Doubles: Putnam (15), Rivers (20), Piniella (18)
Home Runs: Bell (13), Murcer 2 (3)
Caught Stealing: Oliver (4), Wills (6)
GIDP: Putnam (6)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Medich 6.1 9 3 3 2 2 1 29 4.84
Lyle 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 6 3.50
Kern L(10-4) 0.1 2 1 1 2 1 1 5 1.47
Rajsich 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.08
Totals 8 13 6 6 5 4 2 41
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Tiant W(9-6) 8 8 5 5 2 4 1 31 3.87
Gossage SV(7) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.50
Totals 9 8 5 5 2 5 1 34
Wild Pitches: Medich (3)
Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry Barnett
RANGERS 1ST: Wills struck out; Rivers popped to first in foul
territory; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 1ST: Murcer struck out; Randolph lined to right; Gamble
singled to left; Jackson singled to center [Gamble to third];
Chambliss grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Yankees 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Oliver walked; Zisk flied out to center; Montanez
singled to left [Oliver to third]; Putnam grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Oliver scored, Montanez out
at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Nettles lined to center; Spencer made an out to
third; Gulden flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Yankees 0.
RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; On a bunt Norman made
an out to first; Wills struck out; Rivers flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied out to right; On a bunt Murcer singled
to third; Randolph walked [Murcer to second]; Gamble made an out
to catcher; Jackson singled to center [Murcer scored, Randolph
out at third (center to third)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers
1, Yankees 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Oliver singled
to right; Oliver was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss singled to left; Nettles lined to right;
Spencer struck out; Gulden singled to right [Chambliss to
second]; Dent grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 1.
RANGERS 5TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Putnam
made an out to second; Sundberg flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Randolph
flied out to right; Gamble singled to center; Jackson singled to
right [Gamble to third]; Medich threw a wild pitch [Gamble
scored, Jackson to second]; Chambliss walked; Nettles grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees
2.
RANGERS 6TH: Norman singled to right; On a bunt Wills forced
Norman (pitcher to shortstop); Wills was caught stealing second
but was safe at second (error by Dent; assist by Gulden); Rivers
flied out to right [Wills to third]; Rangers manager Pat
Corrales ejected by HP umpire Fred Spenn when the umpire tried
to break up a meeting on the mound; Bell lined to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 2.
YANKEES 6TH: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Gulden
grounded out (second to first); Dent grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 2.
RANGERS 7TH: Oliver flied out to center; Zisk walked; Montanez
made an out to shortstop; Putnam doubled to left [Zisk to
third]; Sundberg singled to third [Zisk scored, Putnam scored,
Sundberg out at second (third to shortstop)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 3, Yankees 2.
YANKEES 7TH: Murcer homered; Randolph grounded out (pitcher to
first); LYLE REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Gamble walked; Jackson
flied out to left; Chambliss struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Yankees 3.
RANGERS 8TH: Norman struck out; On a bunt Wills grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bump Wills called for interference for
running out of the baseline; Rivers doubled to right; Bell
homered [Rivers scored]; Oliver flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Yankees 3.
YANKEES 8TH: Nettles made an out to second; PINIELLA BATTED FOR
SPENCER; Piniella doubled to right [Piniella to third (error by
Zisk)]; WHITE BATTED FOR GULDEN; White singled to right
[Piniella scored]; BROWN BATTED FOR DENT; KERN REPLACED LYLE
(PITCHING); Brown struck out; Murcer homered [White scored];
Randolph walked; Gamble singled to center [Randolph to second];
Jackson walked [Randolph to third, Gamble to second]; RAJSICH
REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Chambliss lined to second; 3 R, 4 H, 1
E, 3 LOB. Rangers 5, Yankees 6.
RANGERS 9TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NARRON
REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING C ); BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
MURCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); STANLEY REPLACED GAMBLE
(PLAYING SS); GOSSAGE REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Zisk flied out
to right; Montanez struck out; Putnam flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Yankees 6.
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