Rangers @ Yankees
August 13, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 7 0
Yankees 3 5 0
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 2 7 0
Yankees 3 5 0

John Ellis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .280
OBP .333 .313
At Bats 3 246
Hits 1 69
• Singles 0 49
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 52

Ron Guidry Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 7 2
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Yankee Stadium - August 13, 1979
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Strikeout
Ron Guidry
Brad Gulden
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Lenny Randle
Bobby Brown
Reggie Jackson
John Ellis
LaRue Washington
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Ellis strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 LaRue Washington pinch runs for Richie Zisk. There's a wild pitch. Washington moves to second.
Top 9 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Lenny Randle now playing left field. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Lenny Randle pinch runs for Oscar Gamble. Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Randolph scores.
Bottom 8 There goes Randolph. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Randolph steals second.
Bottom 8 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dent hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Oliver strikes out.
Top 8 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gulden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gulden for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Nelson Norman now playing shortstop. Buddy Bell now playing third base. Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Nettles strikes out.
Top 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Nelson Norman pinch runs for Eric Soderholm. Billy Sample pinch hits for Pat Putnam. Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. Sample reaches second base with a double. Norman scores.
Top 7 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. Soderholm reaches second base with a double. Bell goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Ellis strikes out.
Top 7 Zisk hits a line drive into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gamble for the out.
Top 6 Oliver is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Rivers strikes out.
Top 6 Wills bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Soderholm takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ellis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. Ellis reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gulden hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a fly ball towards left. Gamble catches it and throws to home to double up Rivers.
Top 4 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson who is chasing the ball. Rivers reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Wills strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a line drive towards short. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gamble hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brown for the out.
Top 3 Sundberg hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Putnam hits a popup in front of the plate. Gulden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gulden hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Top 2 Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Zisk hits a line drive into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bell hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Randolph moves to third.
Bottom 1 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Brown strikes out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers strikes out.
Top 1 Wills hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.