Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb cf 4 1 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 5 1 2 1
Ellis c 3 0 1 0
  Roberts pr,c 1 0 0 0
Gamble rf 1 1 1 1
  Sample ph,lf 2 0 2 0
Soderholm dh 4 0 0 1
Zisk lf,rf 5 0 1 0
Wills 2b 4 2 1 0
Blanks ss 4 0 1 1
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0
Chalk ss 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 2 0
Newman 1b 4 1 2 0
Page dh 4 2 1 0
Heath c 3 0 0 1
Armas cf 4 2 2 2
Murray rf 3 1 3 3
Bryant lf 2 0 1 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 6
Texas 000 110 2105121
Oakland 001 401 00x6110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  L (6-6) 6.0 10 6 5 0 3
  Alexander   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
0
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  W (2-9) 6.1 8 4 4 5 1
  Lacey   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Todd   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Heaverlo  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
5
1

  E–Zisk (3).  DP–Texas 2.  PB–Heath (1).  2B–Texas Bell (18,off Langford); Zisk (5,off Langford), Oakland Page (5,off Comer); Gross 2 (12,off Comer,off Alexander); Murray (8,off Comer).  3B–Oakland Bryant (1,off Comer).  HR–Texas Gamble (5,5th inning off Langford 0 on, 2 out), Oakland Armas (3,3rd inning off Comer 0 on, 0 out); Murray (2,4th inning off Comer 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Soderholm (2,off Todd).  IBB–Gamble 2 (6,by Langford 2).  SH–Bryant (2,off Comer); Heath (1,off Comer).  WP–Langford 2 (8).  IBB–Langford 2 (3,Gamble 2).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–John Shulock.  T–2:27.  A–1,865.
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