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September 7, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 12 1
Twins 4 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 12 1
Twins 4 7 0

Ken Landreaux Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .309
OBP .250 .353
At Bats 4 498
Hits 1 154
• Singles 1 116
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 33
RBI’s 1 73

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 4 23
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 7, 1979
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Willie Montanez
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Ken Landreaux
Gary Ward

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 5 12 1 9
Minnesota Twins 4 7 0 9
Winning Pitcher Sparky Lyle
Losing Pitcher Mike Marshall
Save Jim Kern
Game Winning RBI Jim Sundberg
Attendance 10,793
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Landreaux strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Smalley hits a line drive into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ward moves to third.
Bottom 9 Gary Ward pinch runs for Glenn Adams. Castino bunts towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 9 Adams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Edwards scores.
Bottom 9 Jim Kern now pitching. Glenn Adams pinch hits for Bob Randall. There's a wild pitch. Edwards moves to third.
Bottom 9 Edwards hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Edwards reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Pat Putnam pinch hits for John Ellis. Putnam hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Pete Redfern now pitching. Bell strikes out.
Top 9 Darrell Jackson now pitching. Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wills moves to second.
Top 9 Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers scores.
Top 9 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera who is chasing the ball. Rivers reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Edwards throws the ball in to Randall who tags Sundberg trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Montanez scores.
Top 8 Montanez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Edwards. Montanez reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Zisk hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Marshall now pitching. Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Landreaux hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Smalley strikes out.
Bottom 7 Castino hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wills bunts towards the mound. Zahn fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to second.
Top 7 Bob Randall now playing second base. John Castino now playing third base. Bombo Rivera now playing right field. Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bob Randall pinch hits for Mike Cubbage. Randall hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Edwards strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. Rivera bunts towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jose Morales pinch hits for Danny Goodwin. Morales takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Sundberg strikes out.
Top 6 Montanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Wynegar takes first base on ball four. Landreaux moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to second for the out. Cubbage moves to third.
Bottom 5 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wilfong bunts towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out. Cubbage moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cubbage takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ellis hits a line drive into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson fields it and throws to home to get Rivers. Wills moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Norman scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Rivers reaches second base with a double. Norman moves to third.
Top 5 Norman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Powell hits a popup towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Montanez takes first base on ball four. Zisk moves to second.
Top 4 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver scores.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Oliver moves to third.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Edwards. Oliver reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynegar hits a line drive into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first, with Alexander covering, for the out. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 3 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Zahn covering, for the out.
Top 3 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilfong for the out.
Bottom 2 Cubbage hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Cubbage reaches second base with a double. Goodwin scores.
Bottom 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jackson scores.
Bottom 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out. Jackson moves to third. Goodwin moves to second.
Bottom 2 Goodwin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Montanez for the out.
Top 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wynegar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Landreaux hits a line drive into right field. Zisk picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Zisk. Cubbage scores. Landreaux moves to second.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilfong bunts towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out. Cubbage moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cubbage hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores. Oliver moves to second.
Top 1 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wills moves to second.
Top 1 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.