Orioles @ Rangers
July 4, 1979

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Orioles 1 1 1
Rangers 4 6 1
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Orioles 1 1 1
Rangers 4 7 1

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .277
OBP 1.000 .374
At Bats 1 184
Hits 1 51
• Singles 0 37
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 4
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 2 23

Tippy Martinez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 0
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Arlington Stadium - July 4, 1979
Tippy Martinez
Rick Dempsey
Eddie Murray
Billy Smith
Doug DeCinces
Kiko Garcia
Gary Roenicke
Al Bumbry
John Lowenstein
Billy Sample
Bump Wills
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Sample hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
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.