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TEX 8 ... KCA 7

Apr 30,1979

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visiting Team

Texas Rangers (12-7)

home team

Kansas City Royals (11-10)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Night

start time

7:35PM

temperature

52 F - night

wind

9mph unknown

ballpark code

KAN06

Attendance

23,634

time

2:45

DH Game

Yes

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

2B Umpire

3B Umpire

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

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team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1979 links
Texas Rangers	1	0	5		0	0	2		0	0	0		8	7	0	11-10	Lost 2	4	7	10	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Kansas City Royals	1	0	2		1	2	0		0	0	1		7	13	3	12-7	Won 2	3	4	7	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

5th inning: 14(1)3/GDP **14 minute rain delay at 8:30**
5th inning: 3/G **32 minute rain delay with 1-0 count on Al Cowens**

Texas Rangers - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Billy Sample	lf	24.028	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.771	17	25
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.246	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.591	19	1005
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.198	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.954	19	1454
4	Oscar Gamble	dh	29.131	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.986	16	1036
5	Richie Zisk	rf	30.082	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.601	14	873
6	Jim Sundberg	c	27.347	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.446	19	742
7	Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.256	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.849	18	978
8	Bump Wills	2b	26.276	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.498	19	328
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.007	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.532	18	41
Totals				29	8	7	7	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	159	6482

2B: Buddy Bell (6), Bump Wills (2)
RBI: Al Oliver (16), Oscar Gamble (7), Richie Zisk 2 (8), Jim Sundberg (10), Bump Wills (4), Nelson Norman (3)
SB: Billy Sample (4), Bump Wills (7)
SH: Buddy Bell (2), Mike Jorgensen (1), Nelson Norman (4)
SF: Jim Sundberg (3)
IBB: Al Oliver (4), Oscar Gamble (3)
GDP: Oscar Gamble (1), Richie Zisk (2)

Kansas City Royals - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	George Brett	3b	25.350	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.758	21	752
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.294	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.750	21	1114
3	Amos Otis	cf	32.004	5	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.822	18	1395
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.103	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.366	1.047	21	837
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.187	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.942	21	697
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.103	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.813	19	488
	John Wathan	ph	29.208	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.804	12	160
7	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.274	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.855	19	161
	Frank White	ph	28.238	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.848	21	729
8	Freddie Patek	ss	34.202	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.757	21	1439
	Jamie Quirk	ph-ss	24.190	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	3	191
9	U.L. Washington	2b	25.185	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.250	7	86
Totals				37	7	13	7	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	204	8049

E: George Brett, U.L. Washington 2
2B: Amos Otis (4), Pete LaCock (6), U.L. Washington (1)
3B: George Brett (3), Al Cowens (3), Pete LaCock (1)
HR: Al Cowens (3), Clint Hurdle (1)
RBI: Hal McRae (13), Al Cowens 3 (21), John Wathan (5), Clint Hurdle 2 (11)
CS: Freddie Patek (3)
SF: John Wathan (1)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Fergie Jenkins	35.138	4.2	7	6	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.68	1.26	6	517
2	Jim Kern (W 3-0)	30.045	3.1	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	1.47	8	193
3	Sparky Lyle (S 3)	34.281	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.31	0.73	11	691
Totals			9.0	13	7	7	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

BF: Fergie Jenkins 24, Jim Kern 13, Sparky Lyle 6

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Rich Gale	25.101	2.1	4	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.67	1.74	5	36
2	Steve Busby (L 0-1)	29.213	6.2	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96	1.18	2	136
Totals			9.0	7	8	4	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

IBB: Rich Gale, Steve Busby
BF: Rich Gale 14, Steve Busby 24