Orioles @ Rangers
July 4, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 5 8 1
Rangers 9 15 1
Top 9 R H E
Orioles 5 8 1
Rangers 9 15 1

Doug DeCinces Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .244
OBP .250 .335
At Bats 4 160
Hits 1 39
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 2 22

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 1 13
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Arlington Stadium - July 4, 1979
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Out
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Johnny Grubb
Mike Jorgensen
Doug DeCinces
Pat Kelly
Al Bumbry

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 5 8 1 9
Texas Rangers 9 15 1 3
Winning Pitcher Danny Darwin
Losing Pitcher Mike Flanagan
Save Jim Kern
Game Winning RBI Billy Sample
Attendance 41,097
Time of Game 2 hours 46 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Murray strikes out.
Top 9 Singleton strikes out.
Top 9 Pat Kelly pinch hits for Kiko Garcia. Kelly hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Grubb. Kelly reaches second base with a double. Bumbry moves to third.
Top 9 Bumbry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanhouse covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Skaggs now catching. Don Stanhouse now pitching. Sundberg strikes out.
Top 8 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Rick Dempsey. Crowley is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Smith strikes out.
Top 8 Roenicke strikes out.
Top 8 Lowenstein takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Putnam. The throw from Dempsey and he is out, Smith applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Putnam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gamble hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Smith reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stewart fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Murray strikes out.
Top 7 Singleton takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Johnny Grubb now playing center field. Nelson Norman now playing shortstop. Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sample hits a fly ball into right field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bumbry, who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple. Grubb goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Johnny Grubb pinch hits for LaRue Washington. Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Blanks hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bumbry strikes out.
Top 6 Dempsey is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Mike Jorgensen now playing right field. Pat Putnam now playing first base. Jim Kern now pitching. Roenicke strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Pat Putnam pinch hits for Richie Zisk. Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Eric Soderholm. Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeCinces hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Singleton scores.
Top 5 Murray hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sundberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Singleton moves to second.
Top 5 Singleton takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Garcia 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 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sample strikes out.
Top 4 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Dempsey bunts towards the mound. Darwin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Roenicke hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Lowenstein hits a line drive towards short. Blanks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeCinces for the out.
Bottom 3 Sammy Stewart now pitching. Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. There goes Washington trying to get to home. Garcia throws to Dempsey who tags Washington for the out.
Bottom 3 Washington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Blanks hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Singleton takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Garcia strikes out.
Top 3 Bumbry hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Dempsey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Dempsey reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 2 Soderholm hits a line drive towards third. DeCinces reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ellis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roenicke. Ellis reaches second base with a double. Wills scores. Sample goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sample hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Washington hits a fly ball into right field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Roenicke hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Murray scores.
Top 2 Murray hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. Murray reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Tippy Martinez now pitching. Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bumbry. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. Zisk goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Ellis hits a line drive into center field. Bumbry picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bumbry. Bell goes all the way around to score. Ellis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Sample hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Singleton is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Garcia is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Garcia hits a popup, foul, in back of first. Wills settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Wills.
Top 1 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.