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Kansas City Royals 7 Texas Rangers 8

May 8,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (15-13)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (15-12)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

14,400

Time of Game

2:33

Umpires

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

Kansas City Royals 7 Texas Rangers 8

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1st inning: NP **Frank White fractured 5th metacarpal right hand**
3rd inning: S1/DP.3-H;2XH(325);1X3(452) **Ed Farmer struck on forearm by line drive**
5th inning: NP **Al Cowens left with broken left jaw**

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	15-13		3	0	3		0	1	0		0	0	0			7	8	1		4	7	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	15-12		3	2	0		2	1	0		0	0	x			8	9	3		3	6	10	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	Frank White	2b	28.246	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.297		27	735
	U L Washington	pr-2b	25.193	B	3	1	0	0		0	1	.250		10	89
	Steve Braun	ph	31.000	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.200		6	992
2	George Brett	3b	25.358	L	5	1	1	0		0	1	.258		28	759
3	Amos Otis	cf	32.012	R	5	2	1	1		0	1	.327		25	1402
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.111	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.354		28	844
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.195	R	2	1	1	0		0	1	.308		28	704
	Tom Poquette	pr-rf	27.190	L	1	1	0	0		0	1	.000		3	314
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.111	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.312		25	494
7	Hal McRae	dh	33.302	R	2	0	0	0		2	0	.255		28	1121
8	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.282	L	3	0	0	1		1	2	.250		24	166
9	Freddie Patek	ss	34.211	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.304		28	1446
Totals

Errors: U L Washington

2B: Amos Otis (7)

RBI: Amos Otis (16), Darrell Porter (28), Pete LaCock (11), Clint Hurdle (12), Freddie Patek (10)

HBP: Frank White (1), Al Cowens (1)

SB: Al Cowens (6)

CS: Freddie Patek (4)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Sample	lf	24.036	R	4	0	1	2		0	0	.273		25	33
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.254	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.212		27	1013
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.206	L	4	2	1	0		0	0	.311		27	1462
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.091	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.215		22	881
5	John Ellis	1b	30.260	R	3	1	1	3		0	1	.282		17	693
	Johnny Grubb	ph	30.277	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		20	701
6	Gary Gray	dh	26.229	R	3	1	2	1		0	0	.281		12	30
	Pat Putnam	ph	25.156	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.289		20	51
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.355	R	4	2	2	2		0	0	.202		27	750
8	Bump Wills	2b	26.285	B	3	1	0	0		1	0	.210		27	336
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.015	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.210		26	49
Totals

Errors: Bump Wills 2, Nelson Norman

2B: Buddy Bell (8), Jim Sundberg (2)

HR: John Ellis (2), Jim Sundberg (1)

RBI: Bill Sample 2 (7), John Ellis 3 (10), Gary Gray (1), Jim Sundberg 2 (13)

SH: Nelson Norman (7)

HBP: Buddy Bell (3)

GDP: Buddy Bell (3)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Gura	L	L 1-4	4.2	8	7	7	2	1	2		6.29	1.60		8	203
2	Eduardo Rodriguez	R		3.1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.68	1.36		10	245
Totals				0.0

HB: Larry Gura (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura (0-0-0), Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ed Farmer	R		4.1	7	4	4	4	3	0		4.30	1.77		6	153
2	Jim Kern	R	W 4-0	4.2	1	0	0	0	6	0		1.53	1.26		11	196
Totals				0.0

WP: Ed Farmer (2)

HB: Ed Farmer 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ed Farmer (0-0-0), Jim Kern (0-0-0)