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July 1, 1979

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Athletics 13 29 2
Rangers 12 21 0
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Athletics 13 29 2
Rangers 12 21 0

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .286 .273
OBP .286 .371
At Bats 7 176
Hits 2 48
• Singles 1 35
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 1 21

Jim Todd Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 1
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Arlington Stadium - July 1, 1979
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Jim Todd
Mike Heath
Wayne Gross
Mike Edwards
Dave Chalk
Milt Ramirez
Rob Picciolo
Rickey Henderson
Derek Bryant
Billy Sample
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jim Todd now pitching. Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 15 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 15 Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chalk scores. Gross moves to third. Heath moves to second.
Top 15 Gross is walked intentionally.
Top 15 Ramirez hits a popup towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 15 Essian bunts in front of the plate. Sundberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Chalk moves to second.
Top 15 Chalk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 14 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 14 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 14 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 14 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 14 Picciolo hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Heath moves to third.
Top 14 Bryant is walked intentionally.
Top 14 Edwards bunts towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out. Heath moves to second.
Top 14 Heath hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 13 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 13 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out.
Top 13 Ramirez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 12 Putnam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Soderholm moves to third.
Bottom 12 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 12 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 12 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 12 Chalk hits a fly ball into center field. Jorgensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 There goes Henderson. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Henderson steals second.
Top 12 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 12 Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Bryant hits a line drive into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 11 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grubb moves to second.
Bottom 11 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gross fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 11 Sample hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 11 Milt Ramirez now playing shortstop. Rob Picciolo now playing left field. Wayne Gross now playing first base. Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Bell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 11 Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Page moves to second.
Top 11 Mitchell Page pinch runs for Jeff Newman. Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 11 Eric Soderholm now playing third base. Buddy Bell now playing shortstop. Essian strikes out.
Bottom 10 Putnam hits a popup towards third. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Eric Soderholm pinch hits for LaRue Washington. Soderholm hits a line drive towards short. Picciolo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Rick Langford now pitching. Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Chalk 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 10 Henderson strikes out.
Top 10 Picciolo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Buddy Bell now playing third base. LaRue Washington now playing shortstop. Bryant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heath moves to third. Edwards moves to second.
Top 10 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Mike Jorgensen now playing center field. Buddy Bell now playing shortstop. LaRue Washington now playing third base. Heath hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jorgensen. Heath reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mike Jorgensen pinch hits for Nelson Norman. Jorgensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 9 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Sample hits a popup, foul, towards third. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first, with Medich covering, for the out.
Top 9 Newman strikes out.
Top 9 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Picciolo scores. Chalk moves to second.
Top 9 Chalk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bryant scores. Picciolo moves to third.
Top 9 Henderson bunts in front of the plate. Sundberg fields it and throws to first for the out. Bryant moves to third. Picciolo moves to second.
Top 9 Picciolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bryant moves to second.
Top 9 Bryant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edwards scores.
Top 9 Johnny Grubb now playing right field. LaRue Washington now playing center field. Edwards hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Washington who is chasing the ball. Edwards reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Ellis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills tags and scores.
Bottom 8 LaRue Washington pinch runs for Oscar Gamble. There goes Washington. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Washington steals second.
Bottom 8 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norman scores. Wills moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Dave Heaverlo now pitching. Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norman moves to second.
Bottom 8 Norman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Heath 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 8 Gross is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Grubb is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Sample hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Wayne Gross now playing left field. Derek Bryant now playing right field. Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Doc Medich now pitching. Essian hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chalk takes first base on ball four. Picciolo moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Top 7 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bryant scores. Picciolo moves to second.
Top 7 Picciolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newman scores. Edwards scores. Bryant moves to third.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Bryant takes first base on ball four. Edwards moves to second.
Top 7 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to third.
Top 7 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Essian scores. Newman moves to second.
Top 7 Wayne Gross pinch hits for Larry Murray. Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Chalk tags and scores. Essian tags and moves to third.
Top 7 Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Chalk moves to third. Essian moves to second.
Top 7 Essian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Chalk moves to second.
Top 7 Nelson Norman now playing shortstop. Chalk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Craig Minetto now pitching. Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Minetto, and towards Edwards, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gamble hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a popup towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson Norman pinch runs for Larvell Blanks. Wills bunts towards first. Newman scoops it up and throws to first, with Edwards covering, for the out. Sundberg moves to third. Norman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blanks bunts in front of the plate. Heath juggles the ball. That's an error on Heath. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 6 Larry Murray now playing right field. Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Doyle Alexander now pitching. Picciolo strikes out.
Top 6 Bryant hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Edwards 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 5 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sample hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Heath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newman moves to second.
Top 5 Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Essian scores.
Top 5 Essian hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Essian reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Matlack covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 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.
Bottom 4 Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wills 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 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Picciolo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Blanks hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sample scores. Grubb moves to second.
Bottom 3 Grubb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ellis scores. Sample moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sample hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Heath fields it and throws to third for the out. Ellis moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gamble scores. Putnam moves to second.
Bottom 3 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Heath hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Matlack scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heath for the out.
Top 3 Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Essian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Chalk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Henderson bunts towards first. Putnam fields the ball and throws to Matlack covering. Safe. Picciolo moves to second.
Top 3 Picciolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blanks strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chalk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bryant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Heath 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 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Grubb strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it and throws to home to get Putnam. Ellis moves to third. Sample moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Ellis hits a line drive to left field. Bryant throws towards the plate. Heath fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Heath. Bell scores. Putnam moves to third. Ellis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Putnam is hit by the pitch. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gamble hits a fly ball into left field. Bryant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bryant. Wills reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Newman strikes out.
Top 1 Essian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Blanks applying the tag.
Top 1 Henderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.