Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
April 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 8, Detroit Tigers 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 3 2 0
Grubb lf,rf 5 2 1 2
Oliver cf 4 1 1 2
Zisk rf 4 0 1 0
  Sample lf 1 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 2 0 0
Gamble dh 2 0 0 0
  Ellis ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Putnam ph,dh 2 0 1 2
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 8 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 1 2 1
Morales rf 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 4 0 2 1
Corcoran dh 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 0 0 0
  Gonzales ph 1 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Texas 200 021 300884
Detroit 010 100 000272
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (1-0) 9.0 7 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (0-1) 5.1 4 5 2 2 1
  Burnside   1.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Lopez   2.1 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
5
4
3

  E–Zisk (1), Jorgensen (1), Norman 2 (2), LeFlore (1), Trammell (1).  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Parrish (1).  2B–Texas Wills (1,off Burnside); Putnam (1,off Lopez), Detroit Morales (1,off Jenkins); Mankowski (1,off Jenkins).  3B–Detroit Whitaker (1,off Jenkins).  HR–Texas Grubb (1,1st inning off Rozema 1 on, 0 out), Detroit Kemp (1,4th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Norman (1,off Lopez).  SF–Oliver (1,off Rozema).  HBP–Wills (1,by Rozema).  IBB–Gamble (1,by Rozema).  WP–Lopez (1).  HBP–Rozema (1,Wills).  IBB–Rozema (1,Gamble).  U-HP–Mike Fitzpatrick, 1B–Tom Ravashiere, 2B–Doug Cossey, 3B–Bob Moyer.  T–2:40.  A–43,708.
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