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September 9, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 11 2
Twins 3 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 11 2
Twins 3 7 1

Rob Wilfong Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .309
OBP .667 .352
At Bats 3 363
Hits 2 112
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 51

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 4 25
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Metropolitan Stadium - September 9, 1979
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Out
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Johnny Grubb
Rob Wilfong
Butch Wynegar
Ron Jackson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilfong for the out. Jackson moves to third. Wynegar moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jose Morales pinch hits for Danny Goodwin. Jim Kern now pitching. Mike Cubbage pinch hits for Jose Morales. Cubbage hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell juggles the ball. That's an error on Bell.
Top 9 Jorgensen hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to home to get Oliver. Bell moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Oliver moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Top 9 Pete Redfern now pitching. Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores. Oliver moves to second.
Top 9 Darrell Jackson now pitching. Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norman scores. Wills moves to third.
Top 9 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Rivers bunts towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilfong covering, for the out. Norman moves to second.
Top 9 Bombo Rivera now playing right field. Norman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Landreaux 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 Smalley hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to third for the out. Sofield scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. There's a wild pitch. Sofield moves to third. Castino moves to second.
Bottom 8 Castino hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sofield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sofield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilfong scores.
Bottom 8 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Wilfong hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Grubb who is chasing the ball. Wilfong reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartzell covering, for the out.
Top 8 Putnam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Goodwin hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oliver moves to second.
Top 7 Oliver takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Wills hits a line drive into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Landreaux bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smalley 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 6 Powell 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 6 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Norman hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grubb tags and scores.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb moves to third.
Top 6 Grubb is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Putnam hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sofield hits a line drive towards third. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out.
Top 5 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Landreaux hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smalley tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Grubb fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Grubb. Smalley moves to third.
Top 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Norman strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grubb hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third.
Top 4 There goes Bell. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Bell steals second.
Top 4 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Powell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Castino hits a popup, foul, towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sofield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 That's a pickoff. Rivers moves to second.
Top 3 Rivers takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Norman for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilfong for the out.
Bottom 2 Goodwin hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Grubb takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Montanez moves to third.
Top 2 Montanez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Montanez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to second.
Top 1 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.