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June 23, 1979

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Rangers 8 12 3
Athletics 5 6 1
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Rangers 8 12 3
Athletics 5 6 1

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .283
OBP .250 .379
At Bats 4 145
Hits 1 41
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 13

Jim Todd Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 1
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - June 23, 1979
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Walk
Jim Todd
Jeff Newman
Wayne Gross
Mike Edwards
Milt Ramirez
Dave Chalk
Derek Bryant
Tony Armas
Larry Murray
Billy Sample
Oscar Gamble
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jim Todd now pitching. Sample takes first base on ball four. Gamble moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Soderholm scores.
Top 10 There's a wild pitch. Soderholm moves to second.
Top 10 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 10 Roberts hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 10 Dave Roberts pinch hits for Pat Putnam. There goes Wills. The throw from Newman and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 10 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Gross is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Chalk strikes out.
Bottom 9 Edwards hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Wayne Gross now playing first base. Jeff Newman now catching. Milt Ramirez now playing third base. Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Kern now pitching. Bryant 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 Murray is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Armas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Armas reaches second base with a double. Dilone scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Mike Heath. Lyle fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Lyle. Dilone moves to third.
Bottom 8 Heath takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Gross 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 7 Chalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 LaRue Washington now playing center field. Larvell Blanks now playing shortstop. Bryant hits a fly ball into center field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Larvell Blanks pinch runs for John Ellis. Bob Lacey now pitching. Wills hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Armas. Wills reaches second base with a double. Washington scores. Blanks goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 John Ellis pinch hits for Nelson Norman. Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sample scores. Washington moves to third.
Top 7 LaRue Washington pinch runs for Richie Zisk. Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sample moves to third.
Top 7 Richie Zisk pinch hits for Johnny Grubb. Zisk takes first base on ball four. Sample moves to second.
Top 7 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minetto fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields the ball and throws to Minetto covering. Safe.
Bottom 6 Murray 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 Armas hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gross tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gross moves to third. Page moves to second.
Bottom 6 Page is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Newman bunts towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gross takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bell hits a line drive towards short. Chalk reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Chalk hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Edwards hits a line drive towards short. Norman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bryant hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Norman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Heath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Murray hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Page moves to second.
Bottom 4 Heath hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins juggles the ball. That's an error on Jenkins.
Bottom 4 Newman strikes out.
Top 4 Grubb hits a popup towards third. Gross catches it and throws to second to double up Gamble. The throw to first to get Sample, and that's a triple play.
Top 4 Sample bunts towards first. Newman fields the ball and throws to Minetto covering. Safe. Gamble moves to second.
Top 4 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields the ball and throws to Minetto covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out.
Bottom 3 Chalk hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Soderholm hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Putnam hits a popup towards short. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Murray is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Edwards fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Grubb strikes out.
Top 2 Craig Minetto now pitching. Sample hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gamble hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Soderholm takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Page hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Chalk moves to third.
Bottom 1 Chalk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills misplays the ball. That's an error on Wills. Chalk moves to second.
Bottom 1 Edwards hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.