Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
June 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Texas Rangers defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 7, Oakland Athletics 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 1 0 0
Sample lf 3 2 1 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 1 1
  Sundberg pr,c 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 1
Ellis 1b 3 0 1 0
  Grubb pr,rf,lf 1 1 0 0
Zisk rf 3 0 0 1
  Putnam ph,1b 1 1 1 3
Soderholm dh 4 0 0 0
Roberts c,rf 3 0 1 0
Washington cf 4 1 2 0
Norman ss 4 1 2 1
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Bryant rf 4 0 1 1
Gross 1b 4 0 1 1
Newman c 4 0 1 0
Page dh 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 3 0 2 0
Heath 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 4 1 1 0
Picciolo ss 3 1 2 0
Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Texas 100 000 0337101
Oakland 000 000 020290
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  W (1-2) 7.0 6 2 2 1 3
  Lyle   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Kern  SV (11) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
4
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hamilton  L (2-3) 7.2 6 3 3 3 0
  Heaverlo   0.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Todd   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
0

  E–Norman (15).  DP–Texas 1.  HR–Texas Putnam (9,8th inning off Heaverlo 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Bell (5,off Todd).  IBB–Wills (3,by Heaverlo).  SB–Washington (1,2nd base off Heaverlo/Newman).  CS–Norman (1,2nd base by Hamilton/Newman); Page (11,2nd base by Medich/Roberts).  IBB–Heaverlo (11,Wills).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:32.  A–4,752.
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