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New York Yankees 7 Texas Rangers 4

August 27,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (70-57)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (62-69)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,922

Time of Game

2:28

Umpires

[HP]: Al Clark [1B]: Durwood Merrill [2B]: Dallas Parks [3B]: Dave Phillips

New York Yankees 7 Texas Rangers 4

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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
New York Yankees	NYA	70-57		0	1	1		4	1	0		0	0	0			7	12	1		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	62-69		1	0	3		0	0	0		0	0	0			4	9	1		4	10	17	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	Bobby Murcer	cf	33.099	L	5	0	1	0		0	1	.254		103	1655
2	Willie Randolph	2b	25.052	R	5	2	3	0		0	1	.276		123	559
3	Oscar Gamble	lf	29.250	L	5	1	2	4		0	1	.361		73	1093
4	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.101	L	5	0	0	0		0	4	.293		101	1751
5	Chris Chambliss	dh	30.244	L	4	0	0	0		1	0	.277		116	1255
6	Graig Nettles	3b	35.007	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.253		119	1652
7	Jim Spencer	1b	32.028	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.284		83	1320
8	Brad Gulden	c	23.078	L	3	1	1	0		1	1	.140		18	21
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.275	R	2	1	2	0		0	0	.234		119	909
	Fred Stanley	ss	32.014	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.230		36	579
Totals

Errors: Reggie Jackson

2B: Jim Spencer (14)

HR: Oscar Gamble (11)

RBI: Oscar Gamble 4 (42), Graig Nettles (64)

SF: Graig Nettles (7)

HBP: Bucky Dent (1)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bump Wills	2b	27.031	B	3	1	0	0		1	0	.267		115	424
2	Bill Sample	cf	24.147	R	4	1	0	0		0	1	.268		110	118
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.317	L	5	1	4	3		0	0	.321		111	1546
4	Buddy Bell	ss-3b	28.000	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.303		131	1117
5	Richie Zisk	rf	30.202	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.276		117	976
6	John Ellis	dh	31.006	R	2	0	2	1		1	0	.281		95	771
	Mickey Rivers	ph	30.301	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.271		102	975
7	Eric Soderholm	3b	30.337	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.252		108	788
	Willie Montanez	ph	31.148	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.233		117	1350
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.101	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.264		124	847
9	Pat Putnam	1b	25.267	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.281		112	143
Totals

Errors: Pat Putnam

2B: Al Oliver (22)

RBI: Al Oliver 3 (62), John Ellis (54)

SH: Bump Wills (9), Bill Sample (10)

GDP: Jim Sundberg (14)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tommy John	L	W 17-6	7.0	9	3	3	1	1	0		2.93	1.22		30	480
2	Ron Davis	R	SV 7	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0		3.06	1.39		32	36
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy John (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	Fergie Jenkins	R	L 13-11	4.0	10	6	6	1	3	1		4.15	1.30		30	541
2	Danny Darwin	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0		4.32	1.08		14	17
3	Sparky Lyle	L		4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0		3.42	1.18		55	735
Totals				0.0

WP: Fergie Jenkins (3)

BK: Danny Darwin (1)

HB: Fergie Jenkins (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Fergie Jenkins (0-0-0), Danny Darwin (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)