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Ruppert Jones Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .259
OBP .250 .351
At Bats 4 556
Hits 1 144
• Singles 1 87
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 79
RBI’s 0 72

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 10
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Arlington Stadium - September 11, 1979
Sparky Lyle
Jim Sundberg
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Ruppert Jones
Bobby Valentine
Rod Craig
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Jones reaches second base with a double. Craig scores. Valentine moves to third.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tom Paciorek pinch hits for Bob Stinson. Paciorek strikes out.
Top 9 Bobby Valentine pinch hits for Larry Milbourne. Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Craig moves to second.
Top 9 Craig hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roberts strikes out.
Top 8 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bochte moves to third.
Top 8 Horton strikes out.
Top 8 Bochte hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Bochte reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Stinson now catching. Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hinton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Jones strikes out.
Top 7 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Craig moves to second.
Top 7 Charlie Beamon pinch hits for Larry Cox. Beamon hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Milbourne hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Craig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Rich Hinton now pitching. Norman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Cox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Putnam scores. Sample moves to second.
Bottom 6 Sample hits a line drive into center field. Jones picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jones. Zisk scores. Putnam moves to third.
Bottom 6 Putnam is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Zisk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Zisk reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Montanez for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Meyer hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Horton hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bochte hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There goes Jones. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Top 5 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cox hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sundberg strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Roberts. Sample reaches second base with a double. Zisk goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Montanez hits a fly ball into right field. Craig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Milbourne hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Craig hits a popup towards short. Norman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roberts is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Cruz scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 3 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bochte moves to third.
Top 3 Bochte hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Top 3 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Cruz moves to second.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Craig settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sample hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cox strikes out.
Top 2 Milbourne hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Craig 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 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Putnam for the out.
Bottom 1 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bell tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Montanez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Wills strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Meyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Horton takes first base on ball four. Bochte moves to second.
Top 1 Bochte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.