Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers
May 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1979 at Arlington 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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Minnesota Twins 2, Texas Rangers 7

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage dh 3 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 1 2 0
Adams lf 4 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0
Powell rf 3 1 1 1
Wynegar c 3 0 1 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0
Castino 3b 3 0 0 1
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  Bacsik p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 3 0 2 0
  Zisk ph 1 0 0 0
  Sample lf 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 1 0 0
Oliver cf 4 3 3 4
Ellis dh 4 1 1 0
Putnam 1b 4 1 2 2
Jorgensen rf 4 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
Wills 2b 2 0 0 0
Blanks ss 2 0 0 0
  Norman ss 0 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 9 7
Minnesota 000 100 100260
Texas 400 110 01x790
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  L (4-5) 5.0 7 6 6 1 3
  Brett   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Bacsik   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (5-2) 9.0 6 2 2 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Minnesota 1, Texas 1.  2B–Minnesota Powell (3,off Jenkins).  HR–Texas Oliver 3 (7,1st inning off Goltz 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Goltz 0 on, 2 out,8th inning off Bacsik 0 on, 0 out); Putnam (3,1st inning off Goltz 1 on, 1 out); Jorgensen (5,4th inning off Goltz 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Norman (9,off Brett).  SB–Wills (15,3rd base off Bacsik/Wynegar).  CS–Grubb (2,2nd base by Goltz/Wynegar).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:01.  A–17,909.
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