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Texas Rangers 5 Minnesota Twins 4

September 7,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (69-72)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (72-67)

Game Date

September 7,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

10,793

Time of Game

2:59

Umpires

[HP]: Nick Bremigan [1B]: Steve Palermo [2B]: Rich Garcia [3B]: Don Denkinger

Texas Rangers 5 Minnesota Twins 4

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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	69-72		1	0	0		1	1	0		0	1	1			5	12	1		4	10	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	72-67		1	2	0		0	0	0		0	0	1			4	7	0		3	8	14	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	30.312	L	5	1	3	0		0	0	.283		112	985
2	Bump Wills	2b	27.042	B	3	1	1	2		1	0	.273		125	434
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.328	L	5	1	3	0		0	0	.324		121	1556
4	Buddy Bell	3b	28.011	R	5	0	1	1		0	1	.298		141	1127
5	John Ellis	dh	31.017	R	4	0	0	1		0	0	.282		101	777
	Pat Putnam	ph	25.278	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.286		120	151
6	Richie Zisk	rf	30.213	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.271		127	986
7	Willie Montanez	1b	31.159	L	3	1	2	0		1	0	.241		127	1360
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.112	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.265		130	853
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.137	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.201		126	149
Totals

Errors: Richie Zisk

2B: Mickey Rivers (25), Al Oliver (25), Willie Montanez (22)

3B: Mickey Rivers (8)

RBI: Bump Wills 2 (41), Buddy Bell (88), John Ellis (58), Jim Sundberg (54)

SH: Bump Wills (11)

GDP: John Ellis (3)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Cubbage	3b	29.048	L	2	1	2	1		1	0	.279		85	524
	Bob Randall	ph-2b	31.093	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.271		67	442
	Glenn Adams	ph	31.338	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.306		107	446
2	Rob Wilfong	2b	26.006	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.309		119	282
	John Castino	3b	24.319	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.291		126	126
3	Roy Smalley	ss	26.317	B	3	0	0	0		2	1	.292		139	669
4	Ken Landreaux	cf	24.259	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.309		134	250
5	Butch Wynegar	c	23.177	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.268		128	556
6	Ron Jackson	1b	26.121	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.272		136	487
7	Danny Goodwin	dh	26.005	L	2	1	1	0		0	0	.283		40	103
	Jose Morales	ph	34.251	R	1	0	0	0		1	1	.268		79	478
8	Hosken Powell	rf	24.116	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.292		87	208
	Bombo Rivera	ph-rf	27.036	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.278		95	269
9	Dave Edwards	lf	25.195	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.267		81	96
Totals

2B: Mike Cubbage (10), Dave Edwards (7)

RBI: Mike Cubbage (22), Glenn Adams (49), Ken Landreaux (73), Dave Edwards (30)

SH: Rob Wilfong 2 (24), John Castino (19), Bombo Rivera (12)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Doyle Alexander	R		4.1	4	3	3	4	0	0		4.67	1.62		20	258
2	Sparky Lyle	L	W 5-8	3.2	2	1	1	2	3	0		3.20	1.14		60	740
3	Jim Kern	R	SV 24	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.45	1.09		62	247
Totals				0.0

WP: Jim Kern (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Doyle Alexander (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	Geoff Zahn	L		7.0	7	3	3	3	1	0		3.69	1.30		21	138
2	Mike Marshall	R	L 10-13	1.1	4	2	2	0	0	0		2.71	1.26		81	672
3	Darrell Jackson	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.42	1.66		16	35
4	Pete Redfern	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.45	1.27		31	87
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Geoff Zahn (0-0-0), Mike Marshall (0-0-0), Darrell Jackson (0-0-0), Pete Redfern (0-0-0)