Rangers @ Tigers
August 8, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 16 17 2
Tigers 9 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 16 17 2
Tigers 9 11 2

Jerry Morales Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .229
OBP .500 .266
At Bats 3 297
Hits 1 68
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 15
RBI’s 0 35

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 3 18
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Tiger Stadium - August 8, 1979
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Strikeout
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Larvell Blanks
Eric Soderholm
Buddy Bell
Al Oliver
Billy Sample
Richie Zisk
Jerry Morales
Champ Summers
Lynn Jones

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 16 17 2 8
Detroit Tigers 9 11 2 6
Winning Pitcher Fergie Jenkins
Losing Pitcher Pat Underwood
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Buddy Bell
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Morales strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Summers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Summers reaches second base with a double. Whitaker scores. Wagner scores. Jones moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 9 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell misplays the ball. That's an error on Bell. Greene scores. Whitaker moves to third. Wagner moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Kemp strikes out.
Bottom 9 Wagner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Greene moves to third. Whitaker moves to second.
Bottom 9 Whitaker takes first base on ball four. Greene moves to second.
Bottom 9 Rodriguez strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jim Kern now pitching. Greene takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Summers scoops it up and throws to first, with Hiller covering, for the out. Zisk moves to second.
Top 9 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Oliver hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Putman hits a line drive towards third. Soderholm reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Summers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Billy Sample now playing center field. Fergie Jenkins now pitching. Kemp hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rivers hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Blanks strikes out.
Top 8 Sample hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wagner strikes out.
Bottom 7 Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sundberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Zisk moves to second.
Top 7 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Oliver hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones. Oliver reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Lynn Jones now playing center field. Champ Summers now playing first base. Jerry Morales now playing right field. Bell hits a line drive towards short. Wagner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greene is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Putman hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Summers hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kemp moves to third.
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a line drive into center field. Rivers picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rivers. Kemp moves to second.
Top 6 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wagner scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Blanks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. Sample moves to third.
Top 6 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez juggles the ball. That's an error on Rodriguez.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Morales. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. Jorgensen scores. Soderholm scores.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Zisk scores. Jorgensen moves to third. Soderholm moves to second.
Top 6 Soderholm takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to third. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 6 Jorgensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zisk moves to second.
Top 6 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Oliver hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Mark Wagner now playing shortstop. Ed Putman now catching. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Whitaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rodriguez moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Greene hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch 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.
Top 5 John Hiller now pitching. Blanks takes first base on ball four. Sundberg moves to third. Sample moves to second.
Top 5 Sample hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez juggles the ball. That's an error on Rodriguez.
Top 5 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards center field. Morales picks it up and throws to third to catch Bellfor the out. Zisk moves to second.
Top 5 Zisk takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Top 5 Oliver hits a popup towards third. Rodriguez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Morales takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Summers hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rivers hits a line drive into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sample bunts in front of the plate. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kemp for the out. Whitaker moves to third.
Bottom 3 Trammell bunts towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Whitaker moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Whitaker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Sundberg hits a line drive towards third. Rodriguez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zisk tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Mike Jorgensen pinch runs for John Ellis. The ball gets by Parrish for a passed ball. Oliver scores. Zisk moves to third. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 3 Ellis takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to second.
Top 3 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Oliver moves to third.
Top 3 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a fly ball towards right. Zisk catches it and throws to third to double up Morales. Morales tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Greene strikes out.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Parrish reaches second base with a double. Summers scores. Morales moves to third.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Summers moves to third.
Bottom 2 Summers takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 2 Blanks hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sample hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp strikes out.
Bottom 1 Trammell hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Steve Baker now pitching. Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Soderholm hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Oliver tags and scores.
Top 1 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kemp throws the ball in to Whitaker who tags Zisk trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bell scores. Oliver moves to third.
Top 1 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Summers. Bell reaches second base with a double. Rivers scores.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Rivers reaches second base with a double.