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Texas Rangers 8 Detroit Tigers 2

April 7,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (1-0)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (0-1)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

43,708

Time of Game

2:40

Umpires

[HP]: Mike Fitzpatrick [1B]: Tom Ravashiere [2B]: Doug Cossey [3B]: Bob Moyer

Texas Rangers 8 Detroit Tigers 2

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**Debut for umpires Mike Fitzpatrick**
9th inning: **Debut game for Dan Gonzales**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Texas Rangers	TEX	1-0		2	0	0		0	2	1		3	0	0			8	8	4		3	2	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	0-1		0	1	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			2	7	2		5	10	23	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bump Wills	2b	26.254	B	4	3	2	0		0	1	.500		1	310
2	Johnny Grubb	lf-rf	30.246	L	5	2	1	2		0	1	.200		1	682
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.175	L	4	1	1	2		0	0	.250		1	1436
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.060	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	860
	Bill Sample	lf	24.005	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		1	9
5	Buddy Bell	3b	27.223	R	4	2	0	0		1	0	.000		1	987
6	Oscar Gamble	dh	29.108	L	2	0	0	0		1	1	.000		1	1021
	Pat Putnam	ph	25.125	L	2	0	1	2		0	0	.500		1	32
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.324	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.250		1	724
8	Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.234	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.000		1	961
9	Nelson Norman	ss	20.349	B	2	0	0	0		1	0	.000		1	24
Totals

Errors: Richie Zisk, Mike Jorgensen, Nelson Norman 2

2B: Bump Wills (1), Pat Putnam (1)

HR: Johnny Grubb (1)

RBI: Johnny Grubb 2 (2), Al Oliver 2 (2), Pat Putnam 2 (2), Jim Sundberg (1)

SH: Nelson Norman (1)

SF: Al Oliver (1)

HBP: Bump Wills (1)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	cf	30.295	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	640
2	Lou Whitaker	2b	21.330	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	151
3	Jason Thompson	1b	24.275	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.000		1	435
4	Steve Kemp	lf	24.243	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.500		1	311
5	Jerry Morales	rf	30.048	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.250		1	1006
6	Lance Parrish	c	22.296	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	98
7	Phil Mankowski	3b	26.088	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.500		1	205
8	Tim Corcoran	dh	26.019	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	172
9	Alan Trammell	ss	21.045	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.000		1	159
	Dan Gonzales	ph	25.189	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	1
Totals

Errors: Ron LeFlore, Alan Trammell

2B: Jerry Morales (1), Phil Mankowski (1)

3B: Lou Whitaker (1)

HR: Steve Kemp (1)

RBI: Steve Kemp (1), Phil Mankowski (1)

GDP: Ron LeFlore (1), Lou Whitaker (1)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fergie Jenkins	R	W 1-0	9.0	7	2	2	2	5	1		2.00	1.00		1	512
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Rozema	R	L 0-1	5.1	4	2	2	2	1	1		3.38	1.13		1	57
2	Sheldon Burnside	L		1.1	2	3	3	1	0	0		20.25	2.25		1	3
3	Aurelio Lopez	R		2.1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0.00	1.29		1	34
Totals				0.0

WP: Aurelio Lopez (1)

HB: Dave Rozema (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Rozema (0-0-0), Sheldon Burnside (0-0-0), Aurelio Lopez (0-0-0)