Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
April 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 8, Kansas City Royals 7

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 4 2 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Oliver cf 3 1 1 1
Gamble dh 1 1 0 1
Zisk rf 4 0 1 2
Sundberg c 3 1 0 1
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 2 2 1
Norman ss 3 1 1 1
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 8 7 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 5 0 0 1
Otis cf 5 2 2 0
Porter c 4 1 1 0
Cowens rf 4 1 2 3
LaCock 1b 3 1 2 0
  Wathan ph 0 0 0 1
Hurdle lf 3 1 2 2
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
  Quirk ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Washington 2b 4 0 2 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Busby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 7
Texas 105 002 000870
Kansas City 102 120 0017133
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   4.2 7 6 6 3 3
  Kern  W (3-0) 3.1 4 0 0 1 2
  Lyle  SV (3) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale   2.1 4 6 4 3 2
  Busby  L (0-1) 6.2 3 2 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
8
4
5
3

  E–Brett (6), Washington 2 (3).  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 3.  2B–Texas Wills (2,off Gale); Bell (6,off Busby), Kansas City Otis (4,off Jenkins); LaCock (6,off Jenkins); Washington (1,off Kern).  3B–Kansas City Brett (3,off Jenkins); Cowens (3,off Jenkins); LaCock (1,off Kern).  HR–Kansas City Hurdle (1,4th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out); Cowens (3,5th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Bell (2,off Gale); Jorgensen (1,off Busby); Norman (4,off Busby).  SF–Sundberg (3,off Busby); Wathan (1,off Lyle).  IBB–Oliver (4,by Gale); Gamble (3,by Busby).  SB–Sample (4,2nd base off Gale/Porter); Wills (7,2nd base off Busby/Porter).  CS–Patek (3,2nd base by Kern/Sundberg).  IBB–Gale (2,Oliver); Busby (1,Gamble).  U-HP–Larry Zirbel, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Duane Shaw, 3B–Harold Easley.  T–2:45.  A–23,634.
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