Baltimore Orioles vs Texas Rangers
June 3, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Texas Rangers 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 0 1
Dauer 3b 4 0 0 0
Lowenstein lf 4 0 1 0
Singleton rf 4 1 2 0
May dh 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
Smith 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 1 1
Garcia ss 4 1 2 0
Skaggs c 2 0 1 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 1 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 4 3 3 1
Bell 3b 3 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 0 2 1
Putnam 1b 4 0 1 1
Zisk rf 3 0 0 0
Ellis dh 4 1 1 0
  Sample pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Norman ss 2 0 1 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Baltimore 000 010 001280
Texas 011 010 10x490
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (6-3) 8.0 9 4 4 2 4
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (3-3) 7.0 5 1 1 2 0
  Kern  SV (9) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
2

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Garcia (5,off Alexander), Texas Sundberg (8,off Palmer).  HR–Texas Grubb (7,7th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bell (5,off Palmer).  SB–Bumbry (11,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg); J Ellis (1,2nd base off Palmer/Skaggs).  CS–Bumbry (6,2nd base by Alexander/Sundberg).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:15.  A–21,851.
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