Rangers @ Royals
April 30, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 8 7 0
Royals 7 13 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 8 7 0
Royals 7 13 3

Frank White Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .312
OBP .000 .365
At Bats 0 77
Hits 0 24
• Singles 0 14
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 11

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 2
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Royals Stadium - April 30, 1979
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Strikeout
Sparky Lyle
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Al Oliver
Richie Zisk
Frank White
Al Cowens
Darrell Porter

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 8 7 0 3
Kansas City Royals 7 13 3 9
Winning Pitcher Jim Kern
Losing Pitcher Steve Busby
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Bump Wills
Attendance 23,634
Time of Game 2 hours 45 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Frank White pinch hits for Clint Hurdle. White strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock. Wathan hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Otis tags and scores.
Bottom 9 Cowens takes first base on ball four. Porter moves to second.
Bottom 9 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis moves to third.
Bottom 9 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Sparky Lyle now pitching. McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Quirk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jamie Quirk now playing shortstop. Norman hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Washington 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 8 Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops it up and throws to first, with Kern covering, for the out.
Top 8 Wills hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hurdle hits a line drive towards third. Bell catches it and steps on third to double up LaCock.
Bottom 7 LaCock hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. LaCock reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Cowens 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 7 Zisk hits a fly ball towards cemter. Otis catches it and throws to home to double up Bell.
Top 7 Gamble is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 7 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a line drive into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 6 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Washington reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Sample hits a popup towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Norman bunts towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 There goes Wills. The throw from Porter, and Washington drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Jorgensen bunts towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to first for the out. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brett.
Bottom 5 There goes Patek. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hurdle moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jim Kern now pitching. Hurdle hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. LaCock scores.
Bottom 5 LaCock hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. LaCock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Cowens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out.
Bottom 5 Otis strikes out.
Top 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Gamble takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hurdle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sample hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Norman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 LaCock hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cowens hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Cowens reaches third base with a triple. Otis scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jorgensen strikes out.
Top 3 Steve Busby now pitching. Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gamble tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sample scores. Oliver scores. Gamble moves to third.
Top 3 Gamble takes first base on ball four. Norman scores. Sample moves to third. Oliver moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Oliver is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Bell bunts towards the mound. Gale fields it and throws to first for the out. Norman moves to third. Sample moves to second.
Top 3 Sample takes first base on ball four. Norman moves to second.
Top 3 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington misplays the ball. That's an error on Washington. Wills scores.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Wills reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Norman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 2 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hurdle takes first base on ball four. LaCock moves to second.
Bottom 2 LaCock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cowens hits a popup towards first. Jorgensen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jorgensen strikes out.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brett scores.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Sample who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards second. Washington scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sample scores.
Top 1 Bell strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Sample. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Sample steals second.
Top 1 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.