Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees
April 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, New York Yankees 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 3 0 0 1
Sample lf 3 1 0 0
  Norman ss 0 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 1 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 3 0 0 1
Gamble dh 3 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 1 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 1 0
Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0
  Grubb ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 4 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 3 2 2 1
  Beniquez pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 2 2 1 0
Munson c 4 0 2 2
Jackson rf 4 0 2 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
White lf 3 0 0 0
Spencer dh 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 1 1 0
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Texas 000 002 001340
New York 220 010 00x591
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (1-1) 4.1 6 5 5 3 1
  Rajsich   3.2 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  W (2-1) 8.0 4 3 3 6 1
  Tidrow  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
6
2

  E–Dent (3).  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Oliver (3,off Figueroa); Grubb (1,off Figueroa), New York Rivers (2,off Comer).  CS–Beniquez (1,2nd base by Rajsich/Sundberg).  U-HP–Dick Nelson, 1B–Harold Siroka, 2B–Merrill Hadry, 3B–John Mackin.  T–2:08.  A–26,651.
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