Texas Rangers (7) Minnesota Twins (2)

| 1979

Date of Game: Wednesday, May 23, 1979
Stadium: Arlington Stadium

Minnesota Twins (AL)	Texas Rangers (AL)
Record: 25-15	Record: 24-17
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Attendance: 17,909 Time of Game: 2:01

Game Notes:

Al Oliver - 3 home runs

Best at-bats

Pat Putnam HR in 1st inning (18.15)

Al Oliver HR in 1st inning (8.34)

Mike Jorgensen HR in 4th inning (6.54)
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GAME INFORMATION

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Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0
Texas Rangers	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	x	7	9	0

Minnesota Twins Batting Stats

Minnesota Twins	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mike Cubbage	dh	28.306	3	0	0	0	1	0	.247	30	469	1	9	0
Roy Smalley	ss	26.210	4	0	0	0	0	0	.386	40	570	9	28	0
Ken Landreaux	cf	24.152	4	1	2	0	0	0	.319	40	156	5	26	1
Glenn Adams	lf	31.232	4	0	1	0	0	0	.289	37	376	3	16	0
Ron Jackson	1b	26.014	4	0	1	0	0	1	.287	38	389	7	20	0
Hosken Powell	rf	24.009	3	1	1	1	1	0	.526	5	126	0	5	0
Butch Wynegar	c	23.070	3	0	1	0	1	0	.295	40	468	5	24	1
Rob Wilfong	2b	25.264	4	0	0	0	0	1	.317	38	201	3	13	2
John Castino	3b	24.212	3	0	0	1	0	1	.300	34	34	1	15	1
Ken Brett	p	30.247	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	248	0	0	0
Mike Bacsik	p	27.052	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6	35	0	0	0
Totals:			32	2	6	2	3	3	.188	315	3072

Texas Rangers Batting Stats

Texas Rangers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Johnny Grubb	lf	30.292	3	0	2	0	0	0	.267	30	711	4	14	1
Richie Zisk	ph	30.106	1	0	0	0	0	1	.226	36	895	3	16	0
Billy Sample	lf	24.051	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	35	43	0	8	4
Buddy Bell	3b	27.270	3	1	0	0	1	0	.258	41	1027	1	26	1
Al Oliver	cf	32.221	4	3	3	4	0	0	.304	41	1476	7	28	1
John Ellis	dh	30.272	4	1	1	0	0	1	.317	27	703	2	16	0
Pat Putnam	1b	25.171	4	1	2	2	0	0	.321	31	62	3	14	1
Mike Jorgensen	rf	30.280	4	1	1	1	0	0	.301	37	997	5	14	0
Jim Sundberg	c	28.005	3	0	0	0	0	1	.200	41	764	2	20	1
Bump Wills	2b	26.300	2	0	0	0	1	0	.215	41	350	1	10	14
Larvell Blanks	ss	29.115	2	0	0	0	0	1	.276	16	488	0	7	0
Nelson Norman	ss	20.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	39	62	0	5	2
Totals:			30	7	9	7	2	4	.300	415	7578

Game Stats

2B: Hosken Powell (3)
HR: Mike Jorgensen (5), Al Oliver 3 (7), Pat Putnam (3)
RBIs: John Castino (15), Mike Jorgensen (14), Al Oliver 4 (28), Hosken Powell (5), Pat Putnam 2 (14)
SB: Bump Wills (14)
CS: Johnny Grubb (2)
SH: Nelson Norman (9)
GDP: Glenn Adams (2), Mike Jorgensen (2)

Minnesota Twins Pitching Stats

Minnesota Twins	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dave Goltz (L 4-5)	29.334	5	7	6	6	1	3	4	4.68	1.38	0	0	0	10	221
Ken Brett	30.247	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.60	1.60	0	0	0	7	287
Mike Bacsik	27.052	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	4.15	1.00	0	0	0	6	38
Pitching Totals:		8	9	7	7	2	4	5			0	0	0	23	546

Texas Rangers Pitching Stats

Texas Rangers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Fergie Jenkins (W 5-2)	35.162	9	6	2	2	3	3	0	3.53	1.30	0	0	0	11	522
Pitching Totals:		9	6	2	2	3	3	0			0	0	0	11	522

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Goltz 0-0-0; Ken Brett 0-0-0; Mike Bacsik 0-0-0; Fergie Jenkins 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dave Goltz 22; Ken Brett 5; Mike Bacsik 6; Fergie Jenkins 35;
Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 17,909
Umpires: Home: Bill Haller 1B Russ Goetz 2B Ron Luciano 3B Ken Kaiser

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