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Texas Rangers 6 Minnesota Twins 2

September 8,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (70-72)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (72-68)

Game Date

September 8,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

15,382

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

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

Texas Rangers 6 Minnesota Twins 2

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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	70-72		0	0	1		4	1	0		0	0	0			6	14	0		4	10	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	72-68		0	0	0		1	0	0		1	0	0			2	7	1		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	30.313	L	5	0	1	2		0	0	.282		113	986
2	Bump Wills	2b	27.043	B	4	0	1	1		0	1	.273		126	435
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.329	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.326		122	1557
	Bill Sample	lf	24.159	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.275		114	122
4	Buddy Bell	3b	28.012	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.297		142	1128
5	John Ellis	dh	31.018	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.280		102	778
	Pat Putnam	ph	25.279	L	3	1	1	1		0	0	.286		121	152
6	Richie Zisk	rf	30.214	R	3	1	0	0		2	2	.269		128	987
7	Willie Montanez	1b	31.160	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.240		128	1361
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.113	R	4	2	4	1		1	0	.271		131	854
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.138	B	4	1	2	1		0	0	.206		127	150
Totals

2B: Jim Sundberg (23)

HR: Pat Putnam (16)

RBI: Mickey Rivers 2 (39), Bump Wills (42), Pat Putnam (58), Jim Sundberg (55), Nelson Norman (16)

SH: Nelson Norman (15)

SF: Bump Wills (2)

GDP: Willie Montanez (18)

CS: John Ellis (2)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Cubbage	3b	29.049	L	3	0	0	0		2	1	.275		86	525
2	Rob Wilfong	2b	26.007	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.306		120	283
3	Roy Smalley	ss	26.318	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.290		140	670
4	Ken Landreaux	cf	24.260	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.308		135	251
5	Butch Wynegar	c	23.178	B	4	0	2	0		0	0	.270		129	557
6	Ron Jackson	1b	26.122	R	3	0	0	1		1	0	.270		137	488
7	Danny Goodwin	dh	26.006	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.282		41	104
8	Hosken Powell	rf	24.117	L	4	0	3	0		0	0	.298		88	209
9	Dave Edwards	lf	25.196	R	3	0	0	1		1	1	.262		82	97
Totals

Errors: Rob Wilfong

2B: Hosken Powell (15)

RBI: Ron Jackson (62), Dave Edwards (31)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Doc Medich	R	W 8-6	6.1	7	2	2	3	3	0		4.40	1.35		24	222
2	Jim Kern	R	SV 25	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0		1.42	1.07		63	248
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Doc Medich (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	Jerry Koosman	L	L 18-12	4.0	8	5	5	2	1	0		3.46	1.35		32	408
2	Paul Thormodsgard	R		1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1		9.00	3.00		1	50
3	Mike Bacsik	R		3.0	2	0	0	2	1	0		4.82	1.41		27	59
4	Pete Redfern	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.41	1.27		32	88
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Koosman (0-0-0), Paul Thormodsgard (0-0-0), Mike Bacsik (0-0-0), Pete Redfern (0-0-0)