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Tigers 6 @ Rangers 4
Arlington Stadium
July 30, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 30, 1979 at Arlington Stadium. The home team Rangers were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 30, 1979 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Texas Rangers
R: 4 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—John Hiller  
Losing Pitcher—Danny Darwin  
Save—Aurelio Lopez  
Game Winning RBI—Al Greene 

Game Info

DateJuly 30, 1979 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamTexas Rangers 
Visiting Starting PitcherJack Morris  
Home Starting PitcherJohn Henry Johnson  
BallparkArlington Stadium 
CityArlington 
StateTX 
Attendance14,297 
Time of Game2 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Deegan
1B: Greg Kosc
2B: George Maloney
3B: Dan Morrison

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Tom Brookens  Second Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Jerry Morales  Right Fielder 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
John Wockenfuss  DH 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

Texas Rangers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Grubb  Right Fielder 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Al Oliver  Center Fielder 
Pat Putnam  First Baseman 
Richie Zisk  Left Fielder 
Oscar Gamble  DH 
Jim Sundberg  Catcher 
Dave Roberts  Second Baseman 
Nelson Norman  Shortstop 
Pat Corrales  Manager 

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Tigers 6 @ Rangers 4
Arlington Stadium
July 30, 1979

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         Game of 7/30/1979 -- Detroit at Texas (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Texas              AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, cf         4  1  1  1   Grubb J, rf           3  0  1  0   
Brookens T, 2b        3  1  1  0   Sample B, ph          0  0  0  0   
Whitaker L, ph-2b     1  0  0  0   Soderholm E, 3b       0  0  0  0   
Kemp S, lf            4  0  1  0   Bell B, 3b-ss         5  0  0  0   
Parrish L, c          4  1  0  0   Oliver A, cf-lf       4  1  1  2   
Morales J, rf         5  0  2  2   Putnam P, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Thompson J, 1b        4  1  1  0   Zisk R, lf-rf         4  0  2  0   
Wockenfuss J, dh      3  1  1  1   Gamble O, dh          3  0  1  0   
Summers C, ph         0  0  0  0   Jorgensen M, ph       0  0  0  0   
Rodriguez A, 3b       4  1  3  0   Sundberg J, c         4  1  3  1   
Trammell A, ss        2  0  1  0   Roberts D, 2b         2  0  1  0   
Greene A, ph          0  0  0  1   Rivers M, ph-cf       2  1  1  0   
Wagner M, ss          0  0  0  0   Norman N, ss          2  0  1  1   
                                   Blanks L, ph-2b       2  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  6 11  5                        35  4 13  4

Detroit          210 100 011 --  6
Texas            000 011 200 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Morris J              6.0  8  2  2  1  3
Hiller J (W)          1.1  4  2  2  0  0
Lopez A (S)           1.2  1  0  0  1  0

  Texas                IP  H  R ER BB SO
Johnson J             3.1  8  4  4  1  3
Darwin D (L)          4.0  0  1  1  3  2
Kern J                1.1  3  1  0  2  0
Rajsich D             0.1  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Kern J
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 9, Texas 8
2B -- LeFlore R, Norman N
HR -- Wockenfuss J
SB -- Morales J, Brookens T, LeFlore R
CS -- Whitaker L, Kemp S
SH -- Trammell A, Sample B, Jorgensen M
SF -- Greene A
T -- 2:40
A -- 14297

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