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Texas Rangers 9 Minnesota Twins 8

May 15,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (20-14)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (22-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,499

Time of Game

2:52

Umpires

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

Texas Rangers 9 Minnesota Twins 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	20-14		0	0	0		0	3	1		0	5	0			9	12	2		2	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	22-11		1	2	0		0	1	2		2	0	0			8	14	0		1	1	3	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	30.284	L	4	2	2	2		1	0	.217		26	707
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.261	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.241		34	1020
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.213	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.319		34	1469
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.098	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.215		29	888
5	Pat Putnam	dh	25.163	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.297		27	58
6	Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.272	L	3	2	2	0		1	0	.302		31	991
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.362	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.225		34	757
8	Bump Wills	2b	26.292	B	3	0	0	0		0	1	.198		34	343
	John Ellis	ph	30.267	R	1	0	1	2		0	0	.326		21	697
9	Larvell Blanks	ss	29.107	R	2	1	1	1		0	0	.364		9	481
	Nelson Norman	ss	21.022	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.213		33	56
Totals

Errors: Larvell Blanks

2B: Richie Zisk (3), Jim Sundberg (3)

HR: Johnny Grubb (3), Al Oliver (4)

RBI: Johnny Grubb 2 (10), Al Oliver (22), Richie Zisk (14), Pat Putnam (11), Jim Sundberg (17), John Ellis 2 (14), Larvell Blanks (2)

GDP: Bump Wills (4)

CS: Johnny Grubb (1)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Willie Norwood	cf	28.189	R	6	2	3	2		0	0	.276		33	197
2	Roy Smalley	ss	26.202	B	6	3	4	1		0	0	.411		33	563
3	Ken Landreaux	lf	24.144	L	4	0	1	0		2	1	.311		33	149
4	Ron Jackson	1b	26.006	R	5	1	2	2		0	0	.264		31	382
5	Butch Wynegar	c	23.062	B	3	0	1	1		2	0	.292		33	461
6	Glenn Adams	dh	31.223	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.293		31	370
	Jose Morales	ph	34.136	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.250		19	418
7	Rob Wilfong	2b	25.256	L	2	1	0	0		1	0	.333		32	195
	Bob Randall	ph-2b	30.343	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.276		17	392
8	Bombo Rivera	rf	26.286	R	5	0	0	0		0	2	.220		24	198
9	John Castino	3b	24.204	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.333		27	27
Totals

2B: Ron Jackson 2 (8)

HR: Willie Norwood (4), Roy Smalley (9), John Castino (1)

RBI: Willie Norwood 2 (14), Roy Smalley (26), Ron Jackson 2 (16), Butch Wynegar (20), Glenn Adams (16), John Castino (11)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dock Ellis	R		5.1	9	5	5	2	1	1		6.08	1.90		6	319
2	Dave Rajsich	L		0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2.45	1.36		8	12
3	Sparky Lyle	L	W 3-2	3.0	5	2	2	2	2	2		4.10	1.03		19	699
4	Jim Kern	R	SV 4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.57	1.22		15	200
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dock Ellis (0-0-0), Dave Rajsich (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (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	Pete Redfern	R		5.0	7	4	4	1	3	2		3.38	1.41		8	64
2	Mike Bacsik	R		2.2	3	4	4	1	1	0		3.97	0.97		5	37
3	Mike Marshall	R	L 6-3	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		1.42	1.11		20	611
4	Ken Brett	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.70	1.83		5	285
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Redfern (0-0-0), Mike Bacsik (0-0-0), Mike Marshall (0-0-0), Ken Brett (0-0-0)