Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers
August 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Texas Rangers 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 2 1
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Summers rf 3 0 0 0
  Jones rf 0 0 0 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Greene dh 3 2 1 0
Brookens 3b 3 1 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 2 2
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 2 1
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 4 1 1 0
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Grubb dh 3 1 0 0
Sundberg c 3 0 1 2
Roberts 2b 2 2 1 0
Norman ss 1 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 6 4
Detroit 000 010 200361
Texas 001 012 00x461
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  L (8-5) 8.0 6 4 3 2 4
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
2
4
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (12-6) 6.2 6 3 3 3 3
  Kern  SV (18) 2.1 0 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
8

  E–Whitaker (5), Norman (18).  DP–Texas 3.  2B–Texas Bell (25,off Wilcox); Roberts (2,off Wilcox).  3B–Texas Sundberg (3,off Wilcox).  SH–Norman 2 (13,off Wilcox 2).  SB–LeFlore (53,2nd base off Comer/Sundberg).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:16.  A–13,803.
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