Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
August 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 10

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 2 2
Bell ss 5 0 1 1
Oliver lf 5 0 1 1
Zisk rf 3 0 0 0
Ellis dh 4 1 1 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 1 0 0
Blanks 2b 1 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 0 1 0 0
  Norman 2b 1 0 0 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Allard p 0 0 0 0
  Babcock p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Jones cf 5 2 3 2
Trammell ss 5 2 3 1
Kemp dh 2 2 0 1
Morales rf 3 1 0 0
  Summers rf 0 0 0 0
Wockenfuss lf 4 2 3 5
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0
Brookens 3b 2 1 0 1
Wagner 2b 4 0 0 0
Robbins p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 10 9 10
Texas 000 000 400460
Detroit 015 112 00x1092
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L (4-14) 2.2 4 6 6 2 2
  Allard   2.0 2 2 2 3 3
  Babcock   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Gleaton   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
10
10
6
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Robbins  W (1-1) 6.2 1 2 2 5 4
  Lopez   2.1 5 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
7
7

  E–Brookens (5), Wagner (6).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Jones (5,off Allard).  3B–Detroit Trammell (3,off Babcock).  HR–Detroit Wockenfuss 2 (13,2nd inning off Johnson 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Johnson 3 on, 2 out); Jones (3,3rd inning off Johnson 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Kemp (6,off Babcock).  SB–Rivers (4,2nd base off Lopez/Parrish); Trammell (9,2nd base off Johnson/Sundberg); Brookens (5,2nd base off Allard/Sundberg).  U-HP–Mark Johnson, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–John Shulock, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:44.  A–28,619.
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