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» Texas Rangers 3 Kansas City Royals 2

Date: May 2, 1979
Stadium: Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City,MO)

TEX:	13-8	Prev Game (KCA)	Next Game (CHA)
KCA:	12-11	Prev Game (TEX)	Next Game (CLE)

Game Notes:
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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
KCA	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	2

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

1. Bill Sample	cr	lf	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.281
2. John Grubb	cr	dh	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.171
3. Al Oliver	cr	cf	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.370
4. Buddy Bell	cr	3b	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.200
5. Richie Zisk	cr	rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214
6. Jim Sundberg	cr	c	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.177
7. Pat Putnam	cr	1b	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.320
Mike Jorgensen	cr	1b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256
8. Bump Wills	cr	2b	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.195
9. Nelson Norman	cr	ss	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.217

Totals - 12 players			35	3	10	3	1	1	0	.238

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

1. Frank White	cr	2b	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.284
2. George Brett	cr	3b	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.268
3. Amos Otis	cr	cf	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.346
4. Darrell Porter	cr	c	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.351
5. Al Cowens	cr	rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310
6. Pete LaCock	cr	1b	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.318
Willie Wilson	cr	pr-lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
7. Hal McRae	cr	dh	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.244
8. Clint Hurdle	cr	lf	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.273
John Wathan	cr	ph-1b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346
9. Freddie Patek	cr	ss	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.329
Steve Braun	cr	ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
U L Washington	cr	ss	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
Joe Zdeb	cr	ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143

Totals - 15 players			35	2	8	2	3	0	0	.300

E: Al Oliver (2)

2B: Buddy Bell (7), Al Oliver (5), Pat Putnam (3)
3B: None
HR: Al Oliver (3)

RBI: Buddy Bell (15), Al Oliver (17), Bill Sample (5)

SB: Al Oliver (1)
CS: None

S: Nelson Norman (5), Bill Sample (1)
SF: None
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: John Grubb (2)

E: George Brett (7), Al Cowens (1)

2B: Hal McRae (8), Amos Otis (5)
3B: None
HR: None

RBI: Amos Otis (12), Darrell Porter (23)

SB: Al Cowens (4)
CS: None

S: None
SF: None
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: None

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

Steve Comer W (2-3)	cr	7.1	8	2	2	3	0	0	0-0	3.00
Sparky Lyle SV (4)	cr	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	3.00

Totals - 2 pitcher(s)		9.0	8	2	2	3	0	0	--	3.30

WP: None
BK: None
TBF: Steve Comer 33, Sparky Lyle 5
GB/FB: Steve Comer 9-13, Sparky Lyle 1-4

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

Dennis Leonard L (3-3)	cr	9.1	10	3	3	1	1	1	0-0	3.04

Totals - 1 pitcher(s)		9.1	10	3	3	1	1	1	--	4.43

WP: None
BK: None
TBF: Dennis Leonard 38
GB/FB: Dennis Leonard 14-12

Umpires: H: easlh901 1B: shawd901 2B: zirbl901 3B: hendt901
Time of game: 2:24
Attendance: 20,155
Temperature: 64 degrees F - 4
Wind: 13 mph -

Streaks in Progress: Buddy Bell 1, John Grubb 2, Nelson Norman 1, Al Oliver 4, Pat Putnam 2, Bill Sample 4, Jim Sundberg 2, Bump Wills 1

Streaks Ended:

Streaks in Progress: George Brett 3, Clint Hurdle 2, Hal McRae 1, Amos Otis 9, Freddie Patek 3

Streaks Ended: Al Cowens 8, Pete LaCock 5

Milestones

Bill Sample had his 1st career sacrifice hit.

Milestones

None

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