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Kansas City Royals 4 Texas Rangers 3

May 9,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (16-13)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (15-13)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,324

Time of Game

2:54

Umpires

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

Kansas City Royals 4 Texas Rangers 3

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7th inning: NP **Rich Gale hurt elbow**
8th inning: **Debut game for Renie Martin**

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	16-13		2	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	1			4	7	0		3	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	15-13		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	1			3	13	4		4	7	11	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	Steve Braun	lf	31.001	L	5	2	3	1		0	0	.400		7	993
2	George Brett	3b	25.359	L	5	2	1	0		0	1	.256		29	760
3	Amos Otis	cf	32.013	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.324		26	1403
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.112	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.360		29	845
5	Hal McRae	dh	33.303	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.245		29	1122
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.112	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.296		26	495
7	Clint Hurdle	rf	21.283	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.243		25	167
8	Freddie Patek	ss	34.212	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.295		29	1447
9	U L Washington	2b	25.194	B	3	0	0	0		1	1	.200		11	90
Totals

2B: Darrell Porter (5)

HR: Steve Braun (1)

RBI: Steve Braun (1), Amos Otis (17), Darrell Porter (29)

SH: Freddie Patek (3)

GDP: Darrell Porter (2)

SB: Darrell Porter (1)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Grubb	lf	30.278	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.189		21	702
	Dave Chalk	ph	28.252	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		1	733
	Larvell Blanks	pr-ss	29.101	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		5	477
2	Buddy Bell	3b	27.255	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.211		28	1014
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.207	L	5	0	4	1		0	0	.333		28	1463
4	Richie Zisk	rf	30.092	R	5	1	2	0		0	1	.226		23	882
5	Pat Putnam	dh	25.157	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.268		21	52
	Gary Gray	ph	26.230	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.273		13	31
6	Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.266	L	2	0	0	0		1	1	.255		25	985
	John Ellis	ph-1b	30.261	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.300		18	694
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.356	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.204		28	751
8	Bump Wills	2b	26.286	B	4	0	2	2		0	1	.221		28	337
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.016	B	2	0	1	0		0	0	.219		27	50
	Bill Sample	ph-lf	24.037	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.269		26	34
Totals

Errors: Al Oliver 2, Bump Wills

2B: Buddy Bell (9)

RBI: Al Oliver (20), Bump Wills 2 (9)

GDP: Johnny Grubb (3), Richie Zisk (4)

SB: Bump Wills (8)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rich Gale	R	W 2-2	6.2	6	0	0	1	4	0		5.09	1.48		7	38
2	Al Hrabosky	L		1.0	5	2	2	1	0	0		3.60	1.67		12	399
3	Renie Martin	R	SV 1	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0		6.75	1.50		1	1
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rich Gale (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0), Renie Martin (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Fergie Jenkins	R	L 4-1	9.0	7	2	2	3	6	1		3.34	1.32		8	519
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (0-0-0)