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» Kansas City Royals 9 Texas Rangers 3

Date: May 1, 1979
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City,MO)

TEX:	12-8	Prev Game (KCA)	Next Game (KCA)
KCA:	12-10	Prev Game (TEX)	Next Game (TEX)

Game Notes:
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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	7	1
KCA	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	x	9	11	1

Texas Rangers	Career	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	PIT	AVG

1. Bill Sample	cr	lf	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.278
Bert Campaneris	cr	ss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111
2. Buddy Bell	cr	3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197
3. Al Oliver	cr	cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.364
4. Richie Zisk	cr	rf	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.231
5. John Ellis	cr	1b-c	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.160
6. Gary Gray	cr	dh	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.222
Oscar Gamble	cr	ph	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.325
7. Jim Sundberg	cr	c	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	.172
Mike Jorgensen	cr	1b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256
8. Bump Wills	cr	2b	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	.178
9. Nelson Norman	cr	ss	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.209
John Grubb	cr	ph-lf	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167

Totals - 16 players			33	3	7	2	1	2	0	.235

Kansas City Royals	Career	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	PIT	AVG

1. Frank White	cr	2b	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.301
2. George Brett	cr	3b	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.261
3. Amos Otis	cr	cf	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	.324
4. Al Cowens	cr	rf	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	.325
5. Hal McRae	cr	dh	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.244
6. Darrell Porter	cr	c	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	.365
7. John Wathan	cr	1b	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	.360
Pete LaCock	cr	ph-1b	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	.328
8. Freddie Patek	cr	ss	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.324
9. Willie Wilson	cr	lf	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286

Totals - 12 players			33	9	11	9	3	3	0	.304

E: Richie Zisk (2)

2B: Bill Sample (4)
3B: Jim Sundberg (2)
HR: None

RBI: Oscar Gamble (8), Bump Wills (5)

SB: None
CS: None

S: None
SF: None
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: Bill Sample (2), Richie Zisk (3)

E: Freddie Patek (9)

2B: None
3B: None
HR: Darrell Porter (3), Frank White (3)

RBI: Pete LaCock 2(9), Freddie Patek (9), Darrell Porter 3(22), John Wathan (6), Frank White (12), Willie Wilson (1)

SB: Al Cowens (3), Amos Otis 2(10)
CS: None

S: None
SF: Willie Wilson (1)
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: None

TEX Pitchers	Car	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PIT/Str	ERA

Jon Matlack L (0-1)	cr	2.1	5	6	6	3	0	1	0-0	23.14
Doc Medich	cr	4.2	5	2	2	0	3	1	0-0	6.52
Ed Farmer	cr	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	5.06

Totals - 3 pitcher(s)		8.0	11	9	9	3	3	2	--	3.36

WP: Ed Farmer (1)
BK: None
TBF: Jon Matlack 15, Doc Medich 18, Ed Farmer 4
GB/FB: Jon Matlack 2-5, Doc Medich 6-4, Ed Farmer 1-2

KCA Pitchers	Car	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PIT/Str	ERA

Paul Splittorff W (4-2)	cr	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	0-0	3.55
Marty Pattin SV (1)	cr	4	6	3	2	0	0	0	0-0	2.57

Totals - 2 pitcher(s)		9.0	7	3	2	1	2	0	--	4.51

WP: Marty Pattin 2(2)
BK: None
TBF: Paul Splittorff 17, Marty Pattin 17
GB/FB: Paul Splittorff 3-10, Marty Pattin 6-5

Umpires: H: hendt901 1B: joneb901 2B: schud901 3B: purda901
Time of game: 2:19
Attendance: 20,767
Temperature: 73 degrees F - 4
Wind: 13 mph -

Streaks in Progress: John Ellis 1, Oscar Gamble 1, John Grubb 1, Al Oliver 3, Bill Sample 3, Jim Sundberg 1, Richie Zisk 3

Streaks Ended:

Streaks in Progress: George Brett 2, Al Cowens 8, Pete LaCock 5, Amos Otis 8, Freddie Patek 2, Darrell Porter 2, John Wathan 1, Frank White 1

Streaks Ended:

Milestones

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