Yankees @ Rangers
June 17, 1979

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Yankees 2 6 1
Rangers 4 10 1
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Yankees 2 6 1
Rangers 4 11 1

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .269
OBP .333 .373
At Bats 3 134
Hits 1 36
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 13

Ken Clay Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Arlington Stadium - June 17, 1979
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Single
Ken Clay
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Juan Beniquez
Mickey Rivers
Lou Piniella
Billy Sample
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Chambliss 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 7 Nettles takes first base on ball four. Rivers moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Top 7 Munson is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Randolph is hit by the pitch. Rivers moves to second.
Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Clay covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Wills bunts towards first. Chambliss picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Chambliss. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 6 Norman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Sundberg strikes out.
Top 6 Beniquez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nettles 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 5 Munson 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 4 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to third.
Bottom 4 There goes Wills. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ken Clay now pitching. Norman hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to third for the out. Beniquez moves to second.
Top 4 Beniquez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Spencer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Beniquez. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. There goes Zisk trying to get to third. Beniquez throws the ball in to Dent, who relays the ball to Nettles who tags Zisk for the out.
Bottom 3 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Putnam hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Chambliss is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Top 3 Munson strikes out.
Top 3 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivers moves to second.
Top 3 Rivers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Sample hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Beniquez hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer 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 1 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gamble scores. Zisk moves to second.
Bottom 1 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble moves to third.
Bottom 1 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Putnam strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Beniquez. Sample reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 1 Munson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Comer fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Comer. Randolph moves to third.
Top 1 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Rivers. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.