New York Yankees (5) Texas Rangers (1)

| 1979

Date of Game: Sunday, April 22, 1979
Stadium: Yankee Stadium I

Texas Rangers (AL)	New York Yankees (AL)
Record: 8-4	Record: 9-6
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Attendance: 35,250 Time of Game: 2:05

Game Notes:

Graig Nettles - 4 hits

Best at-bats

Bucky Dent 1B in 2nd inning (27.34)

Graig Nettles HR in 3rd inning (20.25)

Buddy Bell 2B in 1st inning (9.85)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
New York Yankees	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	x	5	12	1

Texas Rangers Batting Stats

Texas Rangers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bump Wills	2b	26.269	4	0	1	0	0	0	.227	12	321	0	2	6
Billy Sample	lf	24.020	4	0	1	0	0	0	.333	10	18	0	2	2
Al Oliver	cf	32.190	4	1	1	0	0	2	.413	12	1447	2	10	0
Buddy Bell	3b	27.239	4	0	1	1	0	0	.227	12	998	0	11	0
Richie Zisk	rf	30.075	4	0	1	0	0	0	.286	7	866	1	4	0
John Ellis	1b	30.241	3	0	0	0	0	0	.143	9	685	0	3	0
Mike Jorgensen	1b	30.249	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	12	972	1	1	0
Jim Sundberg	c	27.340	3	0	0	0	0	0	.190	12	735	0	8	0
Gary Gray	dh	26.213	3	0	0	0	0	1	.300	5	23	0	0	0
Nelson Norman	ss	20.334	2	0	1	0	1	1	.231	11	34	0	1	0
Dave Rajsich	p	27.207	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4	6	0	0	0
Ed Farmer	p	29.186	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	147	0	0	0
Sparky Lyle	p	34.274	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	687	0	0	0
Totals:			31	1	6	1	1	4	.194	115	6939

New York Yankees Batting Stats

New York Yankees	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Willie Randolph	2b	24.290	4	0	1	0	0	0	.231	15	451	0	3	7
Roy White	lf	35.117	3	1	1	0	1	0	.273	7	1806	0	2	0
Thurman Munson	c	31.320	4	1	2	0	0	0	.268	14	1340	0	8	0
Reggie Jackson	rf	32.339	4	0	0	0	0	1	.238	14	1664	3	5	1
Graig Nettles	3b	34.245	4	2	4	3	0	0	.321	15	1548	4	13	0
Chris Chambliss	1b	30.117	4	0	1	0	0	0	.222	15	1154	2	4	0
Jim Spencer	dh	31.267	1	1	1	0	0	0	.318	10	1247	2	3	0
Lou Piniella	ph	35.238	3	0	1	0	0	0	.174	7	1263	0	2	0
Juan Beniquez	cf	28.344	3	0	0	0	1	0	.250	6	634	1	3	0
Bucky Dent	ss	27.149	4	0	1	2	0	1	.227	14	804	0	5	0
Totals:			34	5	12	5	2	2	.353	117	11911

Game Stats

2B: Buddy Bell (4), Thurman Munson (2), Al Oliver (4), Willie Randolph (2)
HR: Graig Nettles (4)
RBIs: Buddy Bell (11), Bucky Dent 2 (5), Graig Nettles 3 (13)
SB: Billy Sample (2)
CS: Bump Wills (2)
GDP: Reggie Jackson (3), Jim Sundberg (2), Bump Wills (3)

Texas Rangers Pitching Stats

Texas Rangers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dock Ellis (L 0-1)	34.042	2.2	7	4	4	1	0	1	6.75	2.13	0	0	0	2	315
Dave Rajsich	27.207	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.14	0	0	0	4	8
Ed Farmer	29.186	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	3.00	2.67	0	0	0	2	149
Sparky Lyle	34.274	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.09	0.73	0	0	0	7	687
Pitching Totals:		8	12	5	5	2	2	1			0	0	0	15	1159

New York Yankees Pitching Stats

New York Yankees	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ron Guidry (W 2-1)	28.237	9	6	1	1	1	4	0	2.61	0.87	0	0	0	5	88
Pitching Totals:		9	6	1	1	1	4	0			0	0	0	5	88

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Dock Ellis;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dock Ellis 0-0-0; Dave Rajsich 0-0-0; Ed Farmer 0-0-0; Sparky Lyle 0-0-0; Ron Guidry 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dock Ellis 15; Dave Rajsich 9; Ed Farmer 6; Sparky Lyle 6; Ron Guidry 32;
Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 35,250
Umpires: Home: Dick Nelson 1B Harold Siroka 2B Phil Lospitalier 3B Merrill Hadry

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