The Rangers snapped their six-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Brewers. The Rangers put the decision away with four runs in the second inning. Singles by Richie Zisk, Willie Montanez and Jim Sundberg produced the first tally to break a 1-1 tie.

After Nelson Norman bunted safely to load the bases, an infield out by Bump Wills, sacrifice fly by Mickey Rivers and double by Al Oliver added three runs. Don Money and Sixto Lezcano homered for the Brewers. The crowd of 49,172 at the game boosted the Milwaukee attendance to 1,645,922, highest total in the club's 10-year history. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    18, 1979 (Night game) at County Stadium
Rangers      1  4  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   7 15  0
Brewers      1  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   1   0   1     1   1   .272      Yount ss              4   0   1   0     1   0   .257
Rivers cf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .271      Money 2b              3   2   2   1     1   0   .254
Oliver lf             4   0   2   2     1   1   .321      Cooper 1b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .314
Bell 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .299      Thomas cf             5   0   1   1     0   3   .232
Putnam 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Oglivie lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .247
  Soderholm ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .256      Lezcano rf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .333
  Jorgensen pr,1b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Zisk rf               5   1   2   0     0   2   .270      Molitor dh            4   0   0   0     0   2   .308
Montanez dh           3   1   2   0     0   0   .237      Moore c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .331
  Sample ph,dh        2   1   2   0     0   0   .267      Slaton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            3   1   1   1     2   0   .271        McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             5   0   2   1     0   0   .202        Galasso p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   7  15   7     4   4             Totals               37   3  11   3     2   7

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 49,172
Left on Base: Rangers 11, Brewers 10
DP: Rangers 0, Brewers 1
Errors: McClure
Doubles: Oliver 2 (21), Sample (14), Bell (32), Cooper (37)
Home Runs: Money (4), Lezcano (21)
Stolen Bases: Wills (28)
Sacrifice Hits: Money (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivers (7)
GIDP: Norman (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(13-9)         6     8   3   3   2   4   2  28   3.81
Kern SV(20)             3     3   0   0   0   3   0  12   1.40
Totals                  9    11   3   3   2   7   2  40

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(12-7)          1.2   7   5   5   0   0   0  12   3.17
McClure                 6.2   7   2   2   3   3   0  29   4.46
Galasso                 0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.42
Totals                  9    15   7   7   4   4   0  45

Wild Pitches: McClure 3 (5)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Dan Morrison


RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Rivers singled to
center; Oliver doubled to center [Rivers scored]; Bell made an
out to second; Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Yount flied out to right; Money walked; On a bunt
Cooper singled [Money to second]; Thomas singled to left [Money
scored, Cooper to second]; Oglivie singled to left [Cooper to
third, Thomas to second]; Lezcano struck out; Bando grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 1, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk singled to center; Montanez singled to center
[Zisk to third]; Sundberg singled to center [Zisk scored,
Montanez to third]; On a bunt Norman singled [Montanez stayed at
third, Sundberg to second]; Wills forced Norman (second to
shortstop) [Montanez scored, Sundberg to third]; Rivers hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sundberg scored, Wills to second];
Oliver doubled to left [Wills scored]; MCCLURE REPLACED SLATON
(PITCHING); McClure threw a wild pitch [Oliver to third]; Bell
flied out to right; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: Molitor flied out to center; Moore flied out to
left; Yount grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Putnam singled to pitcher [Putnam to second (error
by McClure)]; Zisk singled to third [Putnam stayed at second];
On a bunt Montanez singled [Putnam to third, Zisk to second];
Sundberg lined to third; Norman grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Montanez out at second]; 0 R, 3
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Money homered; Cooper grounded out (third to
first); Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie struck
out (catcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Brewers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills flied out to center; Rivers grounded out
(first unassisted); Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Lezcano homered; Bando flied out to left; Molitor
struck out; Moore singled to center; Yount walked [Moore to
second]; Money forced Yount (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell flied out to right; Putnam made an out to
second; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Cooper made an out to second; Thomas struck out;
Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Montanez flied out to right; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); Norman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Bando
lined to left; Molitor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills walked; Wills stole second; McClure threw a
wild pitch [Wills to third]; On a bunt Rivers popped to catcher
in foul territory; Oliver walked; Bell made an out to shortstop;
Putnam made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
5, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: On a bunt Moore singled; Yount singled to left
[Moore to second]; KERN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Money out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Moore to third, Yount to
second]; Cooper reached on a fielder's choice [Moore out at home
(third to catcher), Yount to third]; Thomas was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Brewers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Zisk flied out to right; SAMPLE BATTED FOR
MONTANEZ; Sample doubled to left; McClure threw a wild pitch
[Sample to third]; Sundberg walked; Norman singled to left
[Sample scored, Sundberg to second]; Wills struck out; Rivers
made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Brewers 3.

BREWERS 8TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Oglivie lined
to shortstop; Lezcano singled to third; Bando lined to
shortstop; Molitor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Brewers 3.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bell doubled
to right; SODERHOLM BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Soderholm singled to left
[Bell scored]; JORGENSEN RAN FOR SODERHOLM; GALASSO REPLACED
MCCLURE (PITCHING); Zisk was called out on strikes; Sample
singled to shortstop [Jorgensen to second]; Sundberg walked
[Jorgensen to third, Sample to second]; Norman forced Sundberg
(first to shortstop); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 7, Brewers
3.

BREWERS 9TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Moore
grounded out (third to first); Yount flied out to center; Money
singled to right; Cooper doubled to left [Money to third];
Thomas was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
7, Brewers 3.