Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
May 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Minnesota Twins 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf,cf 5 0 1 1
Bell 3b 5 1 4 1
Oliver dh 4 0 1 0
Zisk rf 5 2 2 1
Putnam 1b 3 2 2 0
  Ellis ph 1 0 1 1
  Roberts pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen cf 3 0 1 1
  Sample ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 1 1
Blanks 2b,ss 4 0 1 1
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Wills ph,2b 1 1 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 4 1 3 0
Smalley ss 3 1 2 1
Landreaux lf 5 0 1 1
Adams dh 3 0 1 1
  Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Wynegar c 1 1 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 1 2
Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0
Norwood cf 4 0 0 0
Sofield rf 3 1 1 0
  Rivera rf 1 0 0 0
Erickson p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Texas 100 102 1117140
Minnesota 100 211 0005102
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   5.2 9 5 5 3 4
  Rajsich   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Kern  W (5-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
8
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Erickson   5.0 8 4 4 3 0
  Bacsik   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Brett   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Marshall  L (6-2) 2.2 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
5
0

  E–Smalley (3), Wilfong (4).  DP–Texas 1, Minnesota 3.  2B–Texas Zisk (2,off Erickson); Putnam 2 (6,off Erickson 2); Bell (11,off Erickson); J Ellis (1,off Brett), Minnesota Smalley (3,off Jenkins); Landreaux (8,off Jenkins).  HR–Minnesota R Jackson (5,4th inning off Jenkins 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Roberts (1,off Marshall); Smalley 2 (7,off Jenkins 2).  IBB–Wynegar (2,by Jenkins).  SB–Wills (10,2nd base off Marshall/Wynegar).  CS–Cubbage (4,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  WP–Marshall (1).  IBB–Jenkins (1,Wynegar).  U-HP–Mike Fitzpatrick, 1B–Mike Briscese, 2B–Les Novack, 3B–Bill Follmer.  T–2:47.  A–6,406.
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