Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Baltimore Orioles 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb cf 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 2 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Ellis J. dh 4 0 0 0
  Sample pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 2 3 3
Zisk rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ss 0 0 0 0
  Holle ph 1 0 1 0
Wills 2b 4 0 1 0
Ellis D. p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 2 2 0
Singleton rf 3 1 3 0
  Lowenstein pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 4 1 1 1
May dh 4 0 2 2
DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 1
Garcia ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Texas 000 010 002390
Baltimore 000 202 00x491
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  L (1-5) 5.2 8 4 4 2 3
  Lyle   2.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (4-5) 8.0 7 1 1 2 1
  Stanhouse  SV (6) 1.0 2 2 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
2
1

  E–DeCinces (3).  DP–Texas 1, Baltimore 1.  2B–Texas Putnam (9,off Stone); Bell (16,off Stone); Holle (1,off Stanhouse), Baltimore Murray (11,off D Ellis).  HR–Texas Putnam 2 (6,5th inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out,9th inning off Stanhouse 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Singleton (5,by D Ellis).  CS–Sundberg (1,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey); Dempsey (1,2nd base by D Ellis/Sundberg).  IBB–D Ellis (2,Singleton).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Dan Morrison, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:25.  A–30,806.
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