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TEX 3 ... KCA 2

May 2,1979

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visiting Team

Texas Rangers (13-8)

home team

Kansas City Royals (12-11)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Night

start time

7:35PM

temperature

64 F - night

wind

13mph unknown

ballpark code

KAN06

Attendance

20,155

time

2:24

DH Game

Yes

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

2B Umpire

3B Umpire

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

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team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1979 links
Texas Rangers	1	0	0		1	1	0		0	0	0		3	10	1	12-11	Lost 1	4	7	12	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Kansas City Royals	0	0	1		0	1	0		0	0	0		2	8	2	13-8	Won 1	3	5	8	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

**28 minute rain delay before start of game**

Texas Rangers - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Billy Sample	lf	24.030	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.776	19	27
2	Johnny Grubb	dh	30.270	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.513	15	696
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.200	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370	.984	21	1456
4	Buddy Bell	3b	27.248	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.571	21	1007
5	Richie Zisk	rf	30.084	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.552	16	875
6	Jim Sundberg	c	27.349	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.503	21	744
7	Pat Putnam	1b	25.150	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.320	.785	15	46
8	Bump Wills	2b	26.278	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.505	21	330
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.009	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.519	20	43
Totals				35	3	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	169	5224

E: Al Oliver
2B: Al Oliver (5), Buddy Bell (7), Pat Putnam (3)
HR: Al Oliver (3)
RBI: Billy Sample (5), Al Oliver (17), Buddy Bell (15)
SB: Al Oliver (1)
SH: Billy Sample (1), Nelson Norman (5)
GDP: Johnny Grubb (2)

Kansas City Royals - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Frank White	2b	28.240	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.811	23	731
2	George Brett	3b	25.352	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.769	23	754
3	Amos Otis	cf	32.006	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.876	20	1397
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.105	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.351	1.046	23	839
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.189	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.896	23	699
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.105	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.830	21	490
7	Hal McRae	dh	33.296	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.733	23	1116
8	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.276	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.846	20	162
	John Wathan	ph-1b	29.210	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.346	.819	14	162
9	Freddie Patek	ss	34.204	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.750	23	1441
	Steve Braun	ph	30.358	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.650	5	991
	Joe Zdeb	ph	25.309	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.286	6	171
Totals				35	2	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	224	8953

E: George Brett, Al Cowens
2B: Amos Otis (5), Hal McRae (8)
RBI: Amos Otis (12), Darrell Porter (23)
SB: Al Cowens (4)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Steve Comer (W 2-3)	25.109	7.1	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	1.27	6	36
2	Sparky Lyle (S 4)	34.283	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.67	12	692
Totals			9.0	8	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

BF: Steve Comer 33, Sparky Lyle 5

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Dennis Leonard (L 3-3)	27.359	9.0	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.06	1.28	6	156
Totals			9.0	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

BF: Dennis Leonard 38