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June 16,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (34-30)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (33-30)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

41,097

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

[HP]: Larry McCoy [1B]: Joe Brinkman [2B]: Vic Voltaggio [3B]: Marty Springstead

New York Yankees 3 Texas Rangers 2

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	34-30		0	0	0		0	1	0		1	0	0		1		3	9	0		4	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	33-30		0	0	0		1	1	0		0	0	0		0		2	6	0		4	8	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.229	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.280		54	927
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.345	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.266		63	499
3	Thurman Munson	c	32.009	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.293		61	1387
4	Lou Piniella	rf	35.292	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.308		50	1306
5	Graig Nettles	3b	34.300	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.294		64	1597
6	Darryl Jones	dh	28.011	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.286		7	7
7	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.172	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.261		61	1200
8	Juan Beniquez	lf	29.034	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.253		36	664
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.203	R	4	2	2	1		0	0	.254		61	851
Totals

HR: Juan Beniquez (4), Bucky Dent (1)

RBI: Willie Randolph (25), Juan Beniquez (13), Bucky Dent (13)

SH: Mickey Rivers (1), Darryl Jones (2)

GDP: Thurman Munson (8)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Grubb	cf	30.316	L	5	0	0	0		0	2	.292		50	731
2	Bill Sample	lf	24.075	R	4	0	1	1		1	0	.267		55	63
3	Buddy Bell	3b	27.293	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.278		63	1049
4	Pat Putnam	1b	25.195	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.295		51	82
5	Oscar Gamble	dh	29.178	L	3	0	1	0		1	1	.311		28	1048
6	Richie Zisk	rf	30.130	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.218		56	915
7	Jim Sundberg	c	28.029	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.216		62	785
8	Nelson Norman	ss	21.054	B	3	1	1	0		0	0	.206		61	84
	John Ellis	ph	30.299	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.270		46	722
9	Bump Wills	2b	26.324	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.236		63	372
Totals

2B: Pat Putnam (10)

3B: Bill Sample (1)

HR: Pat Putnam (7)

RBI: Bill Sample (13), Pat Putnam (25)

GDP: John Ellis (2)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luis Tiant	R		8.0	6	2	2	2	5	1		4.76	1.46		11	514
2	Ron Davis	R	W 5-0	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0		2.16	1.44		9	13
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luis Tiant (0-0-0), Ron Davis (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Rajsich	L		6.1	7	2	2	0	2	2		2.78	1.37		12	16
2	Sparky Lyle	L	L 3-6	3.0	1	1	1	1	2	0		3.95	1.08		30	710
3	Jim Kern	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.80	1.17		29	214
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Rajsich (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0), Jim Kern (0-0-0)