Rangers @ Tigers
August 7, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 1 10 1
Tigers 1 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 1 10 1
Tigers 3 5 0

Steve Kemp Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .330
OBP .000 .410
At Bats 3 373
Hits 0 123
• Singles 0 82
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 0 80

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 2 18
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Tiger Stadium - August 7, 1979
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Home Run
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Pat Putnam
Larvell Blanks
Eric Soderholm
Buddy Bell
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Steve Kemp
Lou Whitaker

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 1 10 1 7
Detroit Tigers 3 5 0 3
Winning Pitcher Milt Wilcox
Losing Pitcher Jim Kern
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Steve Kemp
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 25 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Kemp hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Billy Sample pinch runs for John Ellis. Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Tom Brookens now playing third base. Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Tom Brookens pinch runs for Aurelio Rodriguez. Jim Kern now pitching. Trammell bunts towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Blanks covering, for the out. Brookens moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rodriguez bunts towards the mound. Comer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Parrish hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Putnam hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zisk hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Thompson for the double play.
Bottom 7 Summers hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm juggles the ball. That's an error on Soderholm.
Top 7 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blanks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Blanks reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Soderholm strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zisk strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Summers hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Blanks strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ellis moves to third.
Top 4 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ellis moves to second.
Top 4 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blanks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 LeFlore strikes out.
Bottom 3 Trammell strikes out.
Top 3 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Bell scores.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Morales reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Soderholm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ellis moves to second.
Top 2 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out. Zisk moves to second.
Top 2 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 LeFlore hits a line drive into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Bell. The throw from Parrish and he is out, Whitaker applying the tag.
Top 1 Oliver is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive towards first. Thompson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.