Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
July 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 9, Kansas City Royals 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 1 0
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1
Oliver cf 5 1 2 0
Gamble dh 4 2 2 1
Putnam 1b 4 2 1 2
Grubb rf 2 1 0 0
  Zisk ph,rf 2 1 0 0
Jorgensen lf 3 1 1 0
  Sample ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0
Norman ss 4 1 2 2
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 1 1 0
Braun dh 3 0 1 0
  Washington ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Otis cf 5 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
Porter c 4 2 3 0
  Quirk c 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 0 1 1
LaCock 1b 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph,1b 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 2 2
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Paschall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Texas 021 300 3009130
Kansas City 020 100 0014101
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (10-6) 5.1 5 3 3 2 1
  Lyle  SV (10) 3.2 5 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (5-6) 6.2 10 8 6 3 2
  Hrabosky   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Paschall   2.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
6
3
2

  E–Brett (24).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Texas Oliver (12,off Leonard); Sample (10,off Hrabosky), Kansas City Porter (13,off Comer); White (16,off Comer); Wilson (4,off Lyle).  3B–Texas Norman (3,off Leonard).  HR–Texas Putnam (10,2nd inning off Leonard 1 on, 0 out).  SF–White (2,off Comer).  HBP–Cowens (2,by Comer).  WP–Hrabosky (4).  HBP–Comer (4,Cowens).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:46.  A–30,139.
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