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Kansas City Royals 10 Texas Rangers 6

May 7,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (15-12)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (14-12)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

14,242

Time of Game

2:47

Umpires

[HP]: Dick Nelson [1B]: Johnny James [2B]: Mike Thompson [3B]: Joe Bob Taylor

Kansas City Royals 10 Texas Rangers 6

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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
Kansas City Royals	KCA	15-12		0	1	0		1	0	5		0	3	0			10	16	2		3	6	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	14-12		3	0	1		0	2	0		0	0	0			6	13	2		4	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	George Brett	3b	25.357	L	5	1	1	1		0	1	.261		27	758
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.301	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.260		27	1120
3	Amos Otis	cf	32.011	R	5	2	3	1		0	0	.333		24	1401
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.110	L	3	2	2	1		2	0	.348		27	843
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.194	R	5	1	2	2		0	0	.304		27	703
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.110	L	3	1	2	1		0	0	.311		24	493
	John Wathan	ph-1b	29.215	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.303		16	164
7	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.281	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.262		23	165
	Willie Wilson	lf	23.302	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.231		20	172
8	Freddie Patek	ss	34.210	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.295		27	1445
9	U L Washington	2b	25.192	B	5	0	1	1		0	1	.333		9	88
Totals

Errors: U L Washington

2B: Amos Otis (6), Clint Hurdle (8), U L Washington (2)

HR: Al Cowens (4)

RBI: George Brett (8), Hal McRae (16), Amos Otis (15), Darrell Porter (27), Al Cowens 2 (24), Pete LaCock (10), U L Washington (1)

SF: Hal McRae (2)

GDP: Clint Hurdle (1)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bump Wills	2b	26.284	B	5	1	2	0		0	0	.216		26	335
2	Johnny Grubb	lf	30.276	L	5	1	2	2		0	0	.204		19	700
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.205	L	5	1	0	0		0	1	.314		26	1461
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.090	R	4	1	2	0		1	0	.224		21	880
5	Pat Putnam	dh	25.155	L	5	2	2	2		0	0	.297		19	50
6	Buddy Bell	3b	27.253	R	5	0	3	2		0	0	.198		26	1012
7	Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.264	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.267		23	983
8	Jim Sundberg	c	27.354	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.188		26	749
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.014	B	2	0	0	0		0	1	.217		25	48
	Bill Sample	ph-lf	24.035	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.274		24	32
Totals

Errors: Bump Wills, Buddy Bell

2B: Bump Wills (3), Johnny Grubb (2)

3B: Buddy Bell (2)

HR: Johnny Grubb (2), Pat Putnam (1)

RBI: Johnny Grubb 2 (7), Pat Putnam 2 (8), Buddy Bell 2 (18)

SH: Nelson Norman (6)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Leonard	R		4.1	9	6	6	0	4	2		3.86	1.34		7	157
2	Eduardo Rodriguez	R	W 3-0	2.1	4	0	0	1	1	0		4.76	1.68		9	244
3	Marty Pattin	R	SV 2	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.61	1.26		4	411
Totals				0.0

WP: Eduardo Rodriguez (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard (0-0-0), Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0-0), Marty Pattin (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Steve Comer	R		5.1	10	6	6	2	1	0		3.83	1.39		7	37
2	Doc Medich	R	L 0-2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0		5.25	1.58		5	203
3	Dave Rajsich	L		1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.53	1.22		6	10
4	Dock Ellis	R		0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		5.40	1.85		5	318
5	Sparky Lyle	L		1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1		4.29	0.90		15	695
Totals				0.0

WP: Doc Medich (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Comer (0-0-0), Doc Medich (0-0-0), Dave Rajsich (0-0-0), Dock Ellis (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)