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Texas Rangers 6 Minnesota Twins 5

September 9,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (71-72)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (72-69)

Game Date

September 9,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

9,261

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

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

Texas Rangers 6 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	71-72		0	0	0		3	0	1		0	0	2			6	11	2		4	10	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	72-69		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	2	2			5	8	1		3	9	15	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	30.314	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.283		114	987
2	Bump Wills	2b	27.044	B	4	1	0	0		1	0	.271		127	436
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.330	L	4	0	1	1		1	0	.325		123	1558
4	Buddy Bell	3b	28.013	R	5	1	3	1		0	0	.300		143	1129
5	Willie Montanez	dh	31.161	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.240		129	1362
6	Pat Putnam	1b	25.280	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.286		122	153
	Mike Jorgensen	1b	31.024	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.232		87	1047
7	Johnny Grubb	rf	31.036	L	2	2	1	2		1	0	.280		95	776
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.114	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.273		132	855
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.139	B	3	1	1	1		0	1	.207		128	151
Totals

Errors: Buddy Bell, Johnny Grubb

2B: Willie Montanez (23)

HR: Johnny Grubb (10)

RBI: Al Oliver (68), Buddy Bell (89), Pat Putnam (59), Johnny Grubb 2 (35), Nelson Norman (17)

SH: Mickey Rivers (5)

SF: Nelson Norman (2)

HBP: Johnny Grubb (1)

GDP: Jim Sundberg (15)

SB: Buddy Bell (5)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Hosken Powell	rf	24.118	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.295		89	210
	Bombo Rivera	ph-rf	27.038	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.276		96	270
2	Roy Smalley	ss	26.319	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.289		141	671
3	Ken Landreaux	cf	24.261	L	3	0	0	1		0	0	.306		136	252
4	Ron Jackson	1b	26.123	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.270		138	489
5	Butch Wynegar	c	23.179	B	3	1	1	0		1	0	.271		130	558
6	Danny Goodwin	dh	26.007	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.275		42	105
	Mike Cubbage	ph	29.050	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.274		87	526
7	Rob Wilfong	2b	26.008	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.308		121	284
8	Rick Sofield	lf	22.267	L	4	1	2	3		0	0	.258		22	22
9	John Castino	3b	24.321	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.292		127	127
	Glenn Adams	ph	31.340	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.305		108	447
Totals

Errors: Ron Jackson

2B: Roy Smalley (25), Rick Sofield (2)

3B: Rob Wilfong (5)

RBI: Bombo Rivera (23), Ken Landreaux (74), Rick Sofield 3 (7)

SF: Ken Landreaux (7)

GDP: Butch Wynegar (10)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Steve Comer	R	W 15-10	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	0		3.78	1.31		31	61
2	Sparky Lyle	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.16	1.14		61	741
3	Jim Kern	R	SV 26	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.41	1.07		64	249
Totals				0.0

WP: Sparky Lyle (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Comer (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	Paul Hartzell	R	L 6-8	8.1	9	6	6	4	1	1		4.93	1.42		25	157
2	Darrell Jackson	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		4.42	1.68		17	36
3	Pete Redfern	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.39	1.27		33	89
Totals				0.0

WP: Pete Redfern (5)

HB: Paul Hartzell (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Hartzell (0-0-0), Darrell Jackson (0-0-0), Pete Redfern (0-0-0)