Texas Rangers vs Baltimore Orioles
August 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 2 1
Bell 3b,ss 5 2 2 2
Oliver lf 4 0 2 0
Zisk rf 3 1 2 1
Ellis dh 2 0 0 1
  Putnam ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Norman ss 1 0 1 0
  Soderholm ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 2 0 0
Garcia ss 4 2 2 3
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 2 0 0 1
Murray 1b 4 0 0 1
Roenicke lf 4 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 3 0 3 0
Dauer 2b 4 2 1 0
Skaggs c 3 0 1 1
McGregor p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 7 6
Texas 100 010 0305110
Baltimore 230 001 00x670
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (13-10) 5.2 6 6 6 5 4
  Darwin   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Lyle   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
6
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
McGregor  W (9-4) 7.1 9 5 5 1 3
  Stanhouse  SV (14) 1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Texas Bell (35,off McGregor), Baltimore Garcia (12,off Jenkins); Dauer (19,off Jenkins); DeCinces (18,off Darwin).  HR–Texas Rivers (5,5th inning off McGregor 0 on, 2 out); Bell (16,8th inning off McGregor 1 on, 0 out); Zisk (14,8th inning off McGregor 0 on, 1 out), Baltimore Garcia (5,2nd inning off Jenkins 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Soderholm (3,off Stanhouse).  SF–J Ellis (4,off McGregor).  SB–DeCinces (5,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg); Murray (5,2nd base off Darwin/Sundberg).  CS–DeCinces (3,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:47.  A–28,099.
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