Rangers @ Mariners
September 3, 1979

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Rangers 3 9 3
Mariners 1 6 1
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Rangers 3 9 3
Mariners 1 6 1

Joe Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .291
OBP .333 .319
At Bats 3 220
Hits 1 64
• Singles 1 52
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 25

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 4 22
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Kingdome - September 3, 1979
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Out
Jim Kern
Greg Mahlberg
Willie Montanez
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Johnny Grubb
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Joe Simpson
Dan Meyer
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Simpson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Paciorek strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kern fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kern. Meyer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Johnny Grubb now playing left field. Meyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mahlberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Billy Sample. Grubb hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Montanez is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Zisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Zisk reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Larry Milbourne now playing shortstop. Al Oliver pinch hits for John Ellis. Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields it and throws to second for the out. Milbourne moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jones takes first base on ball four. Milbourne moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cruz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Larry Milbourne pinch hits for Mario Mendoza. Milbourne takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Norman moves to third.
Top 7 Byron McLaughlin now pitching. Wills hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rivers bunts towards the mound. Bannister fields it and throws to first for the out. Norman moves to second.
Top 7 Norman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mahlberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Jim Kern now pitching. Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stinson for the out.
Bottom 6 Simpson 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 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bell. Bochte scores. Horton moves to third. Paciorek moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Meyer bunts towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Bochte moves to third. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Horton takes first base on ball four. Bochte moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Sample hits a line drive towards right. Simpson catches it and throws to first to double up Montanez.
Top 6 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Cruz. The throw from Mahlberg and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Mendoza takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ellis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bannister fields it and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to second.
Top 5 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman misplays the ball. That's an error on Norman.
Bottom 4 Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Mendoza fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Mahlberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Paciorek. Sample reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bochte strikes out. Mahlberg drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bochte out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Mendoza moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mendoza moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Wills. The throw from Stinson and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Rivers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Stinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Norman hits a fly ball into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stinson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Meyer 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 2 Mahlberg hits a line drive into left field. Paciorek settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sample strikes out.
Top 2 Montanez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Horton hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bochte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Bochte reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz 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 1 Ellis strikes out.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.