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Texas Rangers 2 Detroit Tigers 8

August 7,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (58-53)

Home Team

Detroit Tigers (56-53)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Tiger Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

27,009

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

[HP]: John Shulock [1B]: Jerry Neudecker [2B]: Mark Johnson [3B]: Bill Deegan

Texas Rangers 2 Detroit Tigers 8

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Texas Rangers	TEX	58-53		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	7	1		3	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Detroit Tigers	DET	56-53		0	0	0		3	0	1		0	4	x			8	10	0		5	8	13	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	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.281	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.276		83	956
2	Buddy Bell	ss	27.345	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.303		111	1097
3	Al Oliver	dh	32.297	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.319		92	1527
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.182	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.268		98	957
5	Pat Putnam	1b	25.247	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.283		97	128
6	John Ellis	c	30.351	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.278		80	756
	Jim Sundberg	c	28.081	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.264		104	827
7	Eric Soderholm	3b	30.317	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.243		91	771
8	Bill Sample	lf	24.127	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.255		96	104
9	Larvell Blanks	2b	29.191	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.216		60	532
	Mike Jorgensen	ph	30.356	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.258		70	1030
Totals

2B: Richie Zisk (14)

HR: Buddy Bell (12), Richie Zisk (12)

RBI: Buddy Bell (68), Richie Zisk (49)

SB: Bill Sample (6)

Detroit Tigers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ron LeFlore	dh	31.052	R	5	0	1	1		0	1	.298		101	740
2	Alan Trammell	ss	21.167	R	4	2	1	0		1	0	.271		95	253
3	Steve Kemp	lf	25.000	L	4	2	2	1		0	0	.333		102	412
4	Jerry Morales	rf	30.170	R	4	2	2	4		0	1	.228		85	1090
5	John Wockenfuss	c-1b	30.161	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.274		51	283
6	Lynn Jones	cf	26.218	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.280		61	61
7	Tom Brookens	3b	25.362	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.263		23	23
8	Ed Putman	1b	25.316	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.250		10	32
	Lance Parrish	c	23.053	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.268		102	199
9	Mark Wagner	2b	25.156	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.312		53	153
	Champ Summers	ph	33.053	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.271		79	330
Totals

3B: John Wockenfuss (1)

HR: Jerry Morales 2 (11)

RBI: Ron LeFlore (33), Steve Kemp (83), Jerry Morales 4 (35), John Wockenfuss (24), Lance Parrish (50)

SB: Alan Trammell 3 (8)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Rajsich	L	L 0-2	5.2	5	4	4	2	2	1		4.05	1.47		19	23
2	Sparky Lyle	L		2.0	4	4	4	1	2	1		3.46	1.21		48	728
3	Bob Babcock	R		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		9.00	2.75		3	3
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Rajsich (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0), Bob Babcock (0-0-0)

Detroit Tigers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Billingham	R	W 8-5	6.0	5	2	2	1	2	2		3.53	1.39		26	449
2	Aurelio Lopez	R	SV 10	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0		2.45	1.24		37	70
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Billingham (0-0-0), Aurelio Lopez (0-0-0)