Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
May 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 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 9, Minnesota Twins 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 4 2 2 2
Bell 3b 5 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 1 1 1
Zisk rf 4 1 1 1
Putnam dh 4 1 1 1
Jorgensen 1b 3 2 2 0
Sundberg c 4 1 3 1
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
  Ellis J. ph 1 0 1 2
  Chalk 2b 0 0 0 0
Blanks ss 2 1 1 1
  Norman ss 2 0 0 0
Ellis D. p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 9
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Norwood cf 6 2 3 2
Smalley ss 6 3 4 1
Landreaux lf 4 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 5 1 2 2
Wynegar c 3 0 1 1
  Edwards pr 0 0 0 0
  Borgmann c 0 0 0 0
Adams dh 3 0 1 1
  Morales ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 2 1 0 0
  Randall ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Rivera rf 5 0 0 0
Castino 3b 5 1 2 1
Redfern p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 14 8
Texas 000 031 0509122
Minnesota 120 012 2008140
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   5.1 9 6 5 2 1
  Rajsich   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lyle  W (3-2) 3.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Kern  SV (4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
7
5
3
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Redfern   5.0 7 4 4 1 3
  Bacsik   2.2 3 4 4 1 1
  Marshall  L (6-3) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Brett   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
2
4

  E–Blanks (1), D Ellis (1).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Texas Zisk (3,off Bacsik); Sundberg (3,off Marshall), Minnesota R Jackson 2 (8,off D Ellis,off Lyle).  HR–Texas Grubb (3,5th inning off Redfern 1 on, 2 out); Oliver (4,6th inning off Redfern 0 on, 0 out), Minnesota Norwood (4,2nd inning off D Ellis 1 on, 2 out); Castino (1,7th inning off Lyle 0 on, 1 out); Smalley (9,7th inning off Lyle 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Wynegar (3,by Lyle).  CS–Grubb (1,2nd base by Redfern/Wynegar).  IBB–Lyle (2,Wynegar).  U-HP–Mike Briscese, 1B–Les Novack, 2B–Mike Fitzpatrick, 3B–Bill Follmer.  T–2:52.  A–7,499.
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