Texas Rangers (2) California Angels (1)

| 1979

Date of Game: Tuesday, June 26, 1979
Stadium: Arlington Stadium

California Angels (AL)	Texas Rangers (AL)
Record: 42-33	Record: 40-33
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Attendance: 28,695 Time of Game: 2:16

Game Notes:

Jim Anderson - 1st career home run

Best at-bats

Billy Sample HR in 8th inning (29.02)

Jim Anderson HR in 3rd inning (7.63)

Larvell Blanks 1B in 5th inning (6.61)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
California Angels	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
Texas Rangers	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	x	2	6	0

California Angels Batting Stats

California Angels	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Merv Rettenmund	dh	36.020	3	0	0	0	1	1	.227	18	1004	1	6	1
Carney Lansford	3b	22.139	4	0	3	0	0	1	.315	74	194	8	37	13
Dan Ford	cf	27.038	4	0	0	0	0	3	.287	64	634	9	37	4
Don Baylor	lf	29.363	4	0	0	0	0	1	.279	75	1055	12	59	12
Brian Downing	c	28.260	4	0	1	0	0	0	.347	68	654	7	40	2
Bobby Grich	2b	30.162	3	0	2	0	0	1	.329	74	1056	16	50	1
Joe Rudi	rf	32.292	3	0	0	0	1	1	.226	47	1280	5	31	0
Willie Aikens	1b	24.255	3	0	0	0	0	1	.290	52	94	13	48	0
Jim Anderson	ss	22.123	3	1	1	1	0	0	.167	19	67	1	2	1
Totals:			31	1	7	1	2	9	.226	491	6038

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	26.334	3	0	0	0	0	2	.245	73	382	1	19	19
Buddy Bell	3b	27.304	4	0	1	0	0	1	.275	73	1059	4	36	2
Oscar Gamble	rf	29.188	3	0	0	0	1	2	.404	38	1058	6	20	1
John Ellis	dh	30.306	4	0	0	0	0	2	.262	54	730	7	31	1
Pat Putnam	1b	25.205	3	1	2	0	1	0	.298	61	92	9	33	1
Billy Sample	lf	24.085	3	1	2	1	0	0	.286	64	72	2	14	5
Johnny Grubb	cf	30.326	3	0	0	1	0	1	.259	60	741	9	27	1
Jim Sundberg	c	28.039	0	0	0	0	2	0	.216	71	794	2	27	3
Dave Roberts	pr-c	28.129	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	19	525	1	2	0
Larvell Blanks	ss	29.149	2	0	1	0	0	0	.266	38	510	0	9	0
Al Oliver	ph	32.255	1	0	0	0	0	0	.303	62	1497	9	38	1
Nelson Norman	ss	21.034	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	70	93	0	6	2
Jim Kern	p	30.103	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	208	0	0	0
Totals:			26	2	6	2	4	8	.231	718	7761

Game Stats

2B: Buddy Bell (19), Bobby Grich (18), Carney Lansford (15), Pat Putnam (12)
HR: Jim Anderson (1), Billy Sample (2)
RBIs: Jim Anderson (2), Johnny Grubb (27), Billy Sample (14)
SH: Bobby Grich (8), Billy Sample (5), Bump Wills (5)
SF: Johnny Grubb (2)
GDP: Willie Aikens (5), Dan Ford (6)

California Angels Pitching Stats

California Angels	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Don Aase (L 6-6)	24.261	8	6	2	2	4	8	1	3.49	1.38	0	0	0	16	58
Pitching Totals:		8	6	2	2	4	8	1			0	0	0	16	58

Texas Rangers Pitching Stats

Texas Rangers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Jon Matlack (W 5-4)	29.158	8.2	7	1	1	2	9	1	3.94	1.26	0	0	0	12	250
Jim Kern (Sv 12)	30.103	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	1.10	0	0	0	35	220
Pitching Totals:		9	7	1	1	2	9	1			0	0	0	47	470

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Aase 0-0-0; Jon Matlack 0-0-0; Jim Kern 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Don Aase 34; Jon Matlack 33; Jim Kern 1;
Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 28,695
Umpires: Home: Terry Cooney 1B Bill Kunkel 2B John Shulock 3B Dale Ford

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