New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers
August 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 7, Texas Rangers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Murcer cf 5 0 1 0
Randolph 2b 5 2 3 0
Gamble lf 5 1 2 4
Jackson rf 5 0 0 0
Chambliss dh 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 1
Spencer 1b 4 1 2 0
Gulden c 3 1 1 0
Dent ss 2 1 2 0
  Stanley ss 1 0 0 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 5
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 3 1 0 0
Sample cf 4 1 0 0
Oliver lf 5 1 4 3
Bell ss,3b 4 0 1 0
Zisk rf 4 0 1 0
Ellis dh 2 0 2 1
  Rivers ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0
  Montanez ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman ss 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 1 1 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
New York 011 410 0007121
Texas 103 000 000491
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (17-6) 7.0 9 4 3 1 1
  Davis  SV (7) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (13-11) 4.0 10 7 6 1 3
  Darwin   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Lyle   4.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
2
9

  E–Jackson (4), Putnam (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Spencer (14,off Jenkins), Texas Oliver (22,off John).  HR–New York Gamble (11,4th inning off Jenkins 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Nettles (7,off Jenkins).  HBP–Dent (1,by Jenkins).  SH–Wills (9,off John); Sample (10,off John).  WP–Jenkins (3).  BK–Darwin (1).  HBP–Jenkins (2,Dent).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dallas Parks, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–2:28.  A–24,922.
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