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Minnesota Twins 6 Texas Rangers 2

September 16,1979

Visiting Team

Minnesota Twins (77-72)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (74-76)

Game Date

September 16,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

6,853

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Ted Hendry [1B]: Larry Barnett [2B]: Jim Evans [3B]: Fred Spenn

Minnesota Twins 6 Texas Rangers 2

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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
Minnesota Twins	MIN	77-72		0	6	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			6	7	0		3	8	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	74-76		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	1	0			2	9	2		4	10	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Hosken Powell	rf	24.125	L	3	1	0	0		0	1	.282		97	218
	Bombo Rivera	ph-rf	27.045	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.279		101	275
2	Rob Wilfong	2b	26.015	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.315		129	292
3	Danny Goodwin	dh	26.014	L	2	1	2	2		0	0	.289		50	113
	Jesus Vega	ph	23.337	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.000		3	3
4	Ken Landreaux	lf	24.268	L	4	0	2	2		0	0	.311		144	260
5	Roy Smalley	ss	26.326	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.279		149	679
6	Butch Wynegar	c	23.186	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.266		137	565
7	Rick Sofield	cf	22.274	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.282		28	28
	Dave Edwards	ph-cf	25.204	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.263		86	101
8	Ron Jackson	1b	26.130	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.269		146	497
9	John Castino	3b	24.328	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.284		135	135
Totals

2B: Danny Goodwin (8), Ken Landreaux 2 (27), Butch Wynegar (17)

RBI: Danny Goodwin 2 (24), Ken Landreaux 2 (79)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.321	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.289		121	994
2	Bump Wills	2b	27.051	B	3	0	1	0		1	0	.269		134	443
3	Al Oliver	lf	32.337	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.324		126	1561
4	Buddy Bell	3b-ss	28.020	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.298		150	1136
5	Willie Montanez	dh	31.168	L	4	1	3	1		0	0	.248		136	1369
6	Bill Sample	rf	24.167	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.296		121	129
7	Pat Putnam	1b	25.287	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.284		128	159
	John Ellis	ph	31.026	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.287		107	783
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.121	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.274		139	862
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.146	B	2	0	1	0		0	0	.210		135	158
	Johnny Grubb	ph	31.043	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.272		99	780
	Eric Soderholm	3b	30.357	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.256		116	796
Totals

Errors: Bump Wills, Pat Putnam

HR: Willie Montanez (11)

RBI: Willie Montanez (64)

GDP: Al Oliver (13), Bill Sample (5)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Erickson	R	W 2-9	7.0	7	1	1	2	0	1		5.69	1.66		22	59
2	Darrell Jackson	L		2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		4.19	1.61		20	39
Totals				0.0

WP: Darrell Jackson 2 (6)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Roger Erickson (0-0-0), Darrell Jackson (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Doc Medich	R	L 9-7	1.2	5	0	0	1	2	0		4.28	1.38		26	224
2	John Henry Johnson	L		6.1	2	0	0	0	2	0		4.53	1.40		30	63
3	Danny Darwin	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		4.04	1.07		18	21
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Doc Medich (0-0-0), John Henry Johnson (0-0-0), Danny Darwin (0-0-0)