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September 9, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 11 2
Twins 5 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 11 2
Twins 5 8 1

Glenn Adams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .306
OBP .000 .353
At Bats 0 314
Hits 0 96
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 49

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 4 25
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 9, 1979
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Out
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Johnny Grubb
Glenn Adams
Rick Sofield

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 6 11 2 9
Minnesota Twins 5 8 1 4
Winning Pitcher Steve Comer
Losing Pitcher Paul Hartzell
Save Jim Kern
Game Winning RBI Pat Putnam
Attendance 9,261
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Glenn Adams pinch hits for John Castino. Adams hits a popup towards short. Norman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Sofield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Sofield reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores. Wynegar scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 9 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilfong for the out. Jackson moves to third. Wynegar moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jose Morales pinch hits for Danny Goodwin. Jim Kern now pitching. Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Jose Morales. Cubbage hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell juggles the ball. That's an error on Bell.
Top 9 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to home to get Oliver. Bell moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Oliver moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 9 Pete Redfern now pitching. Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores. Oliver moves to second.
Top 9 Darrell Jackson now pitching. Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norman scores. Wills moves to third.
Top 9 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Rivers bunts towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilfong covering, for the out. Norman moves to second.
Top 9 Bombo Rivera now playing right field. Norman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Smalley hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to third for the out. Sofield scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. There's a wild pitch. Sofield moves to third. Castino moves to second.
Bottom 8 Castino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sofield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sofield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilfong scores.
Bottom 8 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Wilfong hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb who is chasing the ball. Wilfong reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartzell covering, for the out.
Top 8 Putnam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to second.
Top 7 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Wills hits a line drive into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Landreaux bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Norman hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grubb tags and scores.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb moves to third.
Top 6 Grubb is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Putnam hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sofield hits a line drive towards third. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out.
Top 5 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Landreaux hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smalley tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Grubb fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Grubb. Smalley moves to third.
Top 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Norman strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grubb hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Bell. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Bell steals second.
Top 4 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Powell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Castino hits a popup, foul, towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sofield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 That's a pickoff. Rivers moves to second.
Top 3 Rivers takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Norman for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilfong for the out.
Bottom 2 Goodwin hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Grubb takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Montanez moves to third.
Top 2 Montanez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Montanez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to second.
Top 1 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.