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Texas Rangers 8 Minnesota Twins 4

May 16,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (21-14)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (22-12)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

6,121

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

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

Texas Rangers 8 Minnesota Twins 4

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9th inning: 4(1)/G/FO/RINT **Pat Putnam called for interference**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Texas Rangers	TEX	21-14		0	0	3		0	0	5		0	0	0			8	13	2		2	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	22-12		0	0	0		0	1	3		0	0	0			4	10	0		1	2	4	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	30.285	L	5	1	3	1		0	0	.243		27	708
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.262	R	5	0	2	1		0	0	.246		35	1021
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.214	L	5	0	1	2		0	0	.314		35	1470
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.099	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.223		30	889
5	Pat Putnam	dh	25.164	L	5	1	1	0		0	1	.290		28	59
6	Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.273	L	4	1	1	2		0	0	.299		32	992
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.363	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.217		35	758
8	Bump Wills	2b	26.293	B	3	2	1	0		1	0	.202		35	344
9	Larvell Blanks	ss	29.108	R	3	1	2	2		0	0	.429		10	482
	Nelson Norman	pr-ss	21.023	B	1	1	0	0		0	0	.210		34	57
Totals

Errors: Nelson Norman

2B: Johnny Grubb 2 (4), Buddy Bell (12), Mike Jorgensen (6), Larvell Blanks (1)

RBI: Johnny Grubb (11), Buddy Bell (23), Al Oliver 2 (24), Mike Jorgensen 2 (10), Larvell Blanks 2 (4)

SB: Bump Wills (10)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Randall	2b	30.344	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.281		18	393
	Rob Wilfong	ph-2b	25.257	L	2	0	0	0		0	2	.326		33	196
2	Roy Smalley	ss	26.203	B	5	0	2	0		0	0	.410		34	564
3	Willie Norwood	cf	28.190	R	5	1	1	0		0	2	.273		34	198
4	Ron Jackson	1b	26.007	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.256		32	383
5	Jose Morales	dh	34.137	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		20	419
6	Butch Wynegar	c	23.063	B	4	1	2	0		0	0	.299		34	462
7	Ken Landreaux	lf	24.145	L	2	2	2	2		2	0	.321		34	150
8	Bombo Rivera	rf	26.287	R	2	0	1	0		1	0	.231		25	199
	Glenn Adams	ph-rf	31.224	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.290		32	371
9	John Castino	3b	24.205	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.306		28	28
Totals

3B: Ken Landreaux (1)

RBI: Bob Randall (5), Ken Landreaux 2 (25)

GDP: Willie Norwood (6), Butch Wynegar (3)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jon Matlack	L	W 2-2	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	0		4.76	1.41		4	242
2	Jim Kern	R	SV 5	3.0	2	0	0	1	4	0		1.45	1.21		16	201
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jon Matlack (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	Paul Hartzell	R	L 1-2	5.2	8	7	7	1	0	0		5.84	1.52		7	139
2	Gary Serum	R		3.1	5	1	1	0	2	0		6.06	1.59		7	49
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Hartzell (0-0-0), Gary Serum (0-0-0)