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Mickey Rivers doubled in the ninth inning for his third hit of the game and scored on a single by Bump Wills to give the Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Twins. Rivers' run put the Rangers ahead, 5-3, and proved to be decisive when the Twins rallied for a run in their half before Jim Kern struck out rookie Ken Landreaux to save the triumph. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 5, Minnesota Twins 4Game Played on Friday, September 7, 1979 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRangers 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 12 1
Twins 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rivers cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .283 Cubbage 3b 2 1 2 1 1 0 .279
Wills 2b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .273 Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Oliver lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .324 Adams ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .306
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .298 Ward pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Ellis dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .282 Wilfong 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .309
Putnam ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Castino 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Zisk rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 2 1 .292
Montanez 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .241 Landreaux cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .309
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .265 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .268
Norman ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .201 R. Jackson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272
Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Goodwin dh 2 1 1 0 0 0 .283
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0 1 1 .268
Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Powell rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .292
Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Edwards lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .267
Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D. Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Redfern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 5 12 5 3 2 Totals 30 4 7 4 6 4
Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 10,793
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Twins 9
DP: Rangers 0, Twins 1
Errors: Zisk
Doubles: Oliver (25), Rivers (25), Montanez (3), Cubbage (10), Edwards (7)
Triples: Rivers (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (11), Wilfong 2 (24), Rivera (12), Castino (19)
GIDP: J. Ellis (3)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Alexander 4.1 4 3 3 4 0 0 21 4.67
Lyle W(5-8) 3.2 2 1 1 2 3 0 15 3.20
Kern SV(24) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.45
Totals 9 7 4 4 6 4 0 40
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Zahn 7 7 3 3 3 1 0 31 3.69
Marshall L(10-13) 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 0 7 2.71
D. Jackson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.42
Redfern 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.45
Totals 9 12 5 5 3 2 0 41
Wild Pitches: Kern (4)
Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Don Denkinger
RANGERS 1ST: Rivers popped to first in foul territory; Wills
walked; Oliver singled to right [Wills to second]; Bell singled
to center [Wills scored, Oliver to second]; J. Ellis grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Cubbage singled to right; Wilfong out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Cubbage to second]; Smalley flied out
to left; Landreaux singled to right [Cubbage scored, Landreaux
to second (error by Zisk)]; Wynegar made an out to second; 1 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 1.
RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Montanez
grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 1.
TWINS 2ND: R. Jackson walked; Goodwin singled to right [R.
Jackson to second]; Powell grounded out (pitcher to first) [R.
Jackson to third, Goodwin to second]; Edwards grounded out
(shortstop to first) [R. Jackson scored]; Cubbage doubled to
center [Goodwin scored]; Wilfong grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 3.
RANGERS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rivers
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wills flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 3.
TWINS 3RD: Smalley walked; Landreaux grounded out (second to
pitcher) [Smalley to second]; Wynegar lined to right; R. Jackson
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Twins 3.
RANGERS 4TH: Oliver doubled to left; Bell grounded out (first
unassisted) [Oliver to third]; J. Ellis grounded out (second to
first) [Oliver scored]; Zisk walked; Montanez walked [Zisk to
second]; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 3.
TWINS 4TH: Goodwin grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell
made an out to third; Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 2, Twins 3.
RANGERS 5TH: Norman singled to right; Rivers doubled to right
[Norman to third]; Wills reached on a fielder's choice [Norman
scored]; Oliver flied out to center [Rivers to third]; Bell
reached on a fielder's choice [Rivers out at home (first to
catcher), Wills to second]; J. Ellis lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 3.
TWINS 5TH: Cubbage walked; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Cubbage to second]; Smalley walked; LYLE
REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Landreaux forced Smalley (pitcher
to shortstop) [Cubbage to third]; Wynegar walked [Landreaux to
second]; R. Jackson forced Landreaux (third unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 3.
RANGERS 6TH: Zisk flied out to right; Montanez singled to right;
Sundberg struck out; Norman forced Montanez (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 3.
TWINS 6TH: MORALES BATTED FOR GOODWIN; Morales walked; RIVERA
BATTED FOR POWELL; Rivera out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Morales to second]; Edwards struck out; RANDALL BATTED
FOR CUBBAGE; Randall flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 3, Twins 3.
RANGERS 7TH: RANDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CASTINO
REPLACED WILFONG (PLAYING 3B); RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Rivers singled to right; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Rivers to second]; Oliver popped to third
in foul territory; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Twins 3.
TWINS 7TH: Castino flied out to center; Smalley struck out;
Landreaux flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3,
Twins 3.
RANGERS 8TH: MARSHALL REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); J. Ellis flied
out to left; Zisk flied out to left; Montanez doubled to left;
Sundberg singled to left [Montanez scored, Sundberg out at
second (left to pitcher to second to first)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Rangers 4, Twins 3.
TWINS 8TH: Wynegar grounded out (third to first); R. Jackson
singled to left; Morales struck out; Rivera forced R. Jackson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Twins 3.
RANGERS 9TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rivers
tripled to right; Wills singled to right [Rivers scored]; D.
JACKSON REPLACED MARSHALL (PITCHING); Oliver singled to left
[Wills to second]; REDFERN REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); Bell
struck out; PUTNAM BATTED FOR J. ELLIS; Putnam popped to first
in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Twins 3.
TWINS 9TH: PUTNAM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Edwards doubled
to left; KERN REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); ADAMS BATTED FOR
RANDALL; Kern threw a wild pitch [Edwards to third]; Adams
singled to right [Edwards scored]; WARD RAN FOR ADAMS; Castino
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Ward to second];
Smalley lined to right [Ward to third]; Landreaux struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Twins 4.
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