Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1979 at Metropolitan Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Minnesota Twins and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 5, Minnesota Twins 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 3 0
Wills 2b 3 1 1 2
Oliver lf 5 1 3 0
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1
Ellis dh 4 0 0 1
  Putnam ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Zisk rf 3 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 3 1 2 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Norman ss 4 1 1 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Cubbage 3b 2 1 2 1
  Randall ph,2b 1 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 1 1
  Ward pr 0 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 1 0 0 0
  Castino 3b 1 0 0 0
Smalley ss 3 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 5 0 1 1
Wynegar c 3 0 0 0
Jackson R. 1b 3 1 1 0
Goodwin dh 2 1 1 0
  Morales ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Powell rf 2 0 0 0
  Rivera ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Edwards lf 4 1 1 1
Zahn p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson D. p 0 0 0 0
  Redfern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Texas 100 110 0115121
Minnesota 120 000 001470
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   4.1 4 3 3 4 0
  Lyle  W (5-8) 3.2 2 1 1 2 3
  Kern  SV (24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
6
4
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Zahn   7.0 7 3 3 3 1
  Marshall  L (10-13) 1.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Jackson   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Redfern   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
3
2

  E–Zisk (7).  DP–Minnesota 1.  2B–Texas Oliver (25,off Zahn); Rivers (25,off Zahn); Montanez (3,off Marshall), Minnesota Cubbage (10,off Alexander); Edwards (7,off Lyle).  3B–Texas Rivers (8,off Marshall).  SH–Wills (11,off Zahn); Wilfong 2 (24,off Alexander 2); Rivera (12,off Lyle); Castino (19,off Kern).  WP–Kern (4).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:59.  A–10,793.
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