Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
April 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1979 at Arlington 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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Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 7

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore dh 4 0 1 1
Whitaker 2b 3 2 0 0
Kemp lf 5 0 2 2
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Morales rf 5 0 0 0
Parrish c 2 0 0 0
  May ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 1
Trammell ss 3 1 2 0
  Corcoran ph 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 3 1 1 0
Grubb lf 5 0 0 1
Oliver cf 3 0 2 1
Bell 3b 5 1 2 1
Gamble dh 2 1 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Putnam 1b 3 0 1 1
Norman ss 3 2 1 0
Jorgensen rf 1 1 0 0
  Zisk ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 7
Detroit 020 012 000590
Texas 002 120 02x793
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   4.2 6 5 5 4 0
  Baker  L (0-1) 2.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Hiller   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
8
2
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   5.1 6 4 3 5 2
  Farmer   2.0 3 1 0 3 1
  Lyle  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
3
8
3

  E–Bell (1), Norman 2 (6).  DP–Detroit 1, Texas 2.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (2,off Alexander); Thompson (1,off Alexander); Kemp (2,off Farmer), Texas Oliver (2,off Wilcox); Bell (2,off Wilcox).  HR–Texas Zisk (1,8th inning off Hiller 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–May (1,by Alexander); Thompson (1,by Farmer); Corcoran (1,by Farmer); Oliver (1,by Wilcox); Gamble (2,by Wilcox).  SH–Wills (1,off Wilcox).  HBP–Putnam (1,by Baker).  SB–Jones (2,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg); LeFlore (3,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg); Wills 2 (2,2nd base off Wilcox/May,2nd base off Hiller/May).  HBP–Baker (1,Putnam).  IBB–Wilcox 2 (3,Oliver,Gamble); Alexander (1,May); Farmer 2 (2,Thompson,Corcoran).  U-HP–Jeff Brown, 1B–Johnny James, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Mike Thompson.  T–3:04.  A–30,014.
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