Rangers @ Tigers
August 8, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 6 0
Tigers 10 9 2
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 4 6 0
Tigers 10 9 2

John Ellis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .278
OBP .500 .313
At Bats 3 230
Hits 1 64
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 11
RBI’s 0 50

Aurelio Lopez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 10
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Tiger Stadium - August 8, 1979
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Strikeout
Aurelio Lopez
Lance Parrish
Jason Thompson
Mark Wagner
Tom Brookens
Alan Trammell
John Wockenfuss
Lynn Jones
Champ Summers
John Ellis
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 4 6 0 10
Detroit Tigers 10 9 2 5
Winning Pitcher Bruce Robbins
Losing Pitcher John Henry Johnson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI John Wockenfuss
Attendance 28,619
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ellis strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Zisk strikes out.
Top 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brookens juggles the ball. That's an error on Brookens.
Top 9 Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Rivers. The throw from Parrish and he is safe. Rivers steals second.
Top 9 Rivers hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kemp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gleaton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Norman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nelson Norman now playing second base. Jerry Gleaton now pitching. Parrish strikes out.
Top 7 Ellis strikes out.
Top 7 Zisk takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Oliver moves to second.
Top 7 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Bell moves to second.
Top 7 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Putnam scores. Rivers moves to second.
Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ellis scores. Jorgensen scores. Putnam moves to third.
Top 7 Aurelio Lopez now pitching. Pat Putnam pinch hits for Larvell Blanks. Putnam takes first base on ball four. Ellis moves to third. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 7 Jorgensen takes first base on ball four. Ellis moves to second.
Top 7 Sundberg strikes out.
Top 7 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Champ Summers now playing right field. Ellis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Wockenfuss strikes out.
Bottom 6 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kemp hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Trammell tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Trammell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Trammell reaches third base with a triple. Jones goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wagner fields it and throws to second for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Rivers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Rivers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wagner for the out.
Bottom 5 Bob Babcock now pitching. Brookens takes first base on ball four. Kemp scores. Wockenfuss moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Kemp moves to third. Wockenfuss moves to second.
Bottom 5 Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 5 Wockenfuss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 5 Morales strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kemp takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Robbins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sundberg is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Jones reaches second base with a double. Brookens scores.
Bottom 4 Wagner strikes out.
Bottom 4 There goes Brookens. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Brookens steals second.
Bottom 4 Brookens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards short. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ellis takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Zisk is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brian Allard now pitching. Parrish hits a popup in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wockenfuss hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Morales takes first base on ball four. Trammell moves to third. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kemp takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes Trammell. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Trammell steals second.
Bottom 3 Trammell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wagner for the out.
Bottom 3 Brookens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivers hits a popup towards third. Brookens settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blanks takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wockenfuss hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sundberg strikes out.
Top 2 Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Wockenfuss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kemp strikes out.
Bottom 1 Trammell hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.