Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
July 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 1
Brookens 2b 3 1 1 0
  Whitaker ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 4 1 0 0
Morales rf 5 0 2 2
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0
Wockenfuss dh 3 1 1 1
  Summers ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 3 0
Trammell ss 2 0 1 0
  Greene ph 0 0 0 1
  Wagner ss 0 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Grubb rf 3 0 1 0
  Sample ph 0 0 0 0
  Soderholm 3b 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b,ss 5 0 0 0
Oliver cf,lf 4 1 1 2
Putnam 1b 4 0 1 0
Zisk lf,rf 4 0 2 0
Gamble dh 3 0 1 0
  Jorgensen ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 3 1
Roberts 2b 2 0 1 0
  Rivers ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Norman ss 2 0 1 1
  Blanks ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 13 4
Detroit 210 100 0116110
Texas 000 011 2004131
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris   6.0 8 2 2 1 3
  Hiller  W (4-7) 1.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Lopez  SV (9) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
2
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   3.1 8 4 4 1 3
  Darwin  L (2-2) 4.0 0 1 1 3 2
  Kern   1.1 3 1 0 2 0
  Rajsich   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
6
6

  E–Kern (5).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit LeFlore (14,off Johnson), Texas Norman (5,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Wockenfuss (10,2nd inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Trammell (8,off Johnson); Sample (8,off Hiller); Jorgensen (3,off Hiller).  SF–Greene (1,off Kern).  IBB–LeFlore (2,by Johnson); Kemp (1,by Darwin).  SB–Morales (2,2nd base off Johnson/Sundberg); Brookens (4,Home off Johnson/Sundberg); LeFlore (52,2nd base off Darwin/Sundberg).  CS–Whitaker (7,2nd base by Darwin/Sundberg); Kemp (5,2nd base by Kern/Sundberg).  IBB–Johnson (3,LeFlore); Darwin (1,Kemp).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:40.  A–14,297.
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