Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
June 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb rf 3 0 0 0
Sample lf 1 2 0 0
Oliver cf 2 0 0 2
Putnam 1b 4 0 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Gamble dh 3 1 2 1
  Roberts ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 0
Blanks ss 2 1 2 0
  Norman ss 1 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 7 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 1 0 0 0
  Garcia ss 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 1 1
Ayala lf 4 2 2 2
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 1 1 0
Roenicke cf 2 0 1 0
  Bumbry pr 0 1 0 0
May dh 3 1 1 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 1 0
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 0 0 0 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 3
Texas 011 001 010471
Baltimore 000 101 003582
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack   8.0 7 3 3 2 1
  Kern  L (7-1) 0.2 1 2 2 3 0
Totals
8.2
8
5
5
5
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (9-2) 9.0 7 4 3 4 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
4
0

  E–Kern (3), Murray (6), Skaggs (1).  DP–Texas 3, Baltimore 2.  TP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore DeCinces (4,off Matlack); Murray (12,off Matlack).  HR–Texas Gamble (3,2nd inning off D Martinez 0 on, 2 out), Baltimore Ayala 2 (2,4th inning off Matlack 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Matlack 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Wills (4,off D Martinez); Grubb (1,off D Martinez); Sundberg (1,off D Martinez); May (1,off Kern).  SF–Oliver 2 (3,off D Martinez 2).  IBB–DeCinces (2,by Kern); Lowenstein (2,by Kern).  SB–Sample (6,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs).  IBB–Kern 2 (3,DeCinces,Lowenstein).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:25.  A–22,658.
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