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Texas Rangers 7 Minnesota Twins 5

May 14,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (19-14)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (22-10)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

6,406

Time of Game

2:47

Umpires

[HP]: Mike Fitzpatrick [1B]: Mike Briscese [2B]: Les Novack [3B]: Bill Follmer

Texas Rangers 7 Minnesota Twins 5

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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	19-14		1	0	0		1	0	2		1	1	1			7	14	0		2	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	22-10		1	0	0		2	1	1		0	0	0			5	10	2		1	1	1	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	Johnny Grubb	lf-cf	30.283	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.200		25	706
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.260	R	5	1	4	1		0	0	.250		33	1019
3	Al Oliver	dh	32.212	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.321		33	1468
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.097	R	5	2	2	1		0	0	.214		28	887
5	Pat Putnam	1b	25.162	L	3	2	2	0		0	0	.300		26	57
	John Ellis	ph	30.266	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.311		20	696
	Dave Roberts	pr-1b	28.086	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.167		5	511
6	Mike Jorgensen	cf	30.271	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.283		30	990
	Bill Sample	ph-lf	24.042	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.253		31	39
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.361	R	3	1	1	1		2	0	.206		33	756
8	Larvell Blanks	2b-ss	29.106	R	4	0	1	1		1	0	.333		8	480
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.021	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.218		32	55
	Bump Wills	ph-2b	26.291	B	1	1	0	0		1	0	.204		33	342
Totals

2B: Buddy Bell (11), Richie Zisk (2), Pat Putnam 2 (6), John Ellis (1)

RBI: Johnny Grubb (8), Buddy Bell (22), Richie Zisk (13), John Ellis (12), Mike Jorgensen (8), Jim Sundberg (16), Larvell Blanks (1)

SH: Dave Roberts (1)

GDP: Nelson Norman 2 (2)

SB: Bump Wills (9)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Cubbage	3b	28.297	L	4	1	3	0		1	1	.258		28	467
2	Roy Smalley	ss	26.201	B	3	1	2	1		0	0	.398		32	562
3	Ken Landreaux	lf	24.143	L	5	0	1	1		0	0	.313		32	148
4	Glenn Adams	dh	31.222	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.292		30	369
	Jose Morales	ph	34.135	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.265		18	417
5	Butch Wynegar	c	23.061	B	1	1	1	0		3	0	.291		32	460
6	Ron Jackson	1b	26.005	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.259		30	381
7	Rob Wilfong	2b	25.255	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.341		31	194
8	Willie Norwood	cf	28.188	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.265		32	196
9	Rick Sofield	rf	22.149	L	3	1	1	0		0	1	.241		21	21
	Bombo Rivera	rf	26.285	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.244		23	197
Totals

Errors: Roy Smalley, Rob Wilfong

2B: Roy Smalley (3), Ken Landreaux (8)

HR: Ron Jackson (5)

RBI: Roy Smalley (25), Ken Landreaux (23), Glenn Adams (15), Ron Jackson 2 (14)

SH: Roy Smalley 2 (7)

GDP: Ron Jackson (2)

CS: Mike Cubbage (4)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fergie Jenkins	R		5.2	9	5	5	3	4	1		3.75	1.40		9	520
2	Dave Rajsich	L		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.45	1.27		7	11
3	Jim Kern	R	W 5-0	3.0	0	0	0	1	4	0		1.60	1.25		14	199
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (0-0-0), Dave Rajsich (0-0-0), Jim Kern (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Erickson	R		5.0	8	4	4	3	0	0		7.90	2.09		7	44
2	Mike Bacsik	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1.04	0.81		4	36
3	Ken Brett	L		0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		5.40	2.10		4	284
4	Mike Marshall	R	L 6-2	2.2	3	2	2	1	0	0		1.19	1.06		19	610
Totals				0.0

WP: Mike Marshall (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Roger Erickson (0-0-0), Mike Bacsik (0-0-0), Ken Brett (0-0-0), Mike Marshall (0-0-0)