Tigers @ Rangers
April 14, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 5 9 0
Rangers 7 9 3
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 5 9 0
Rangers 7 9 3

Aurelio Rodriguez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .500
OBP .500 .500
At Bats 4 8
Hits 2 4
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 1 1

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 2
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Arlington Stadium - April 14, 1979
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Jim Sundberg
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Johnny Grubb
Al Oliver
Richie Zisk
Aurelio Rodriguez

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 9 0 12
Texas Rangers 7 9 3 9
Winning Pitcher Sparky Lyle
Losing Pitcher Steve Baker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Richie Zisk
Attendance 30,014
Time of Game 3 hours 4 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rodriguez hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jones 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 9 Richie Zisk now playing right field. John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Milt May. Wockenfuss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a line drive into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Grubb strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Wills. The throw from May and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Bottom 8 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 John Hiller now pitching. Richie Zisk pinch hits for Mike Jorgensen. Zisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Norman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Baker covering, for the out.
Top 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Morales hits a line drive towards left. Grubb catches it and throws to second to double up Kemp.
Top 8 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Kemp moves to second.
Top 8 Kemp hits a line drive towards the mound. Farmer can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 8 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whitaker for the out.
Bottom 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mark Wagner now playing shortstop. Oliver strikes out.
Top 7 LeFlore hits a fly ball into right field. Jorgensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tim Corcoran pinch hits for Alan Trammell. Corcoran is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones bunts towards third. Bell picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Jones moves to second.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Farmer covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Jorgensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thompson is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Kemp hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. Kemp reaches second base with a double. Trammell scores. Whitaker goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman misplays the ball. That's an error on Norman. Trammell moves to second.
Top 6 Ed Farmer now pitching. LeFlore is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Trammell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Putnam is hit by the pitch. Gamble moves to third. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 5 Steve Baker now pitching. Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell scores. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 5 Gamble is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Bell reaches second base with a double. Wills scores. There goes Oliver trying to get to home. Kemp throws the ball in to Trammell who relays the ball to May, who tags Oliver, who came all the way from first, for the out. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 5 Oliver is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 There goes Wills. The throw from May and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Bottom 5 Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Milt May now catching. Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Jorgensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Milt May pinch hits for Lance Parrish. May is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jorgensen. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Whitaker scores.
Top 5 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out. Whitaker moves to second.
Top 5 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Norman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gamble scores.
Bottom 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 LeFlore hits a popup towards first. Putnam catches it and throws to second to double up Rodriguez.
Top 4 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rodriguez moves to second.
Top 4 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kemp. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Jorgensen scores.
Bottom 3 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out. Norman scores. Jorgensen moves to third.
Bottom 3 Wills bunts towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out. Norman moves to third. Jorgensen moves to second.
Bottom 3 Jorgensen takes first base on ball four. Norman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Norman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Parrish strikes out.
Top 3 Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Alexander covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gamble 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 2 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kemp for the out.
Top 2 Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes LeFlore. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. LeFlore steals second.
Top 2 LeFlore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rodriguez scores.
Top 2 Trammell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double. Jones scores.
Top 2 There goes Jones. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Top 2 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Wills bunts towards the mound. Wilcox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman misplays the ball. That's an error on Norman. LeFlore moves to third.
Top 1 Kemp hits a fly ball into right field. Jorgensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Whitaker hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 LeFlore takes first base on ball four.