Rangers @ Yankees
April 21, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 9 1
Yankees 0 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 9 1
Yankees 0 8 1

Jim Spencer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .300
OBP .667 .364
At Bats 3 20
Hits 2 6
• Singles 2 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 3

Fergie Jenkins Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Yankee Stadium - April 21, 1979
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Out
Fergie Jenkins
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Johnny Grubb
Al Oliver
Richie Zisk
Jim Spencer
Roy White
Chris Chambliss

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 5 9 1 6
New York Yankees 0 8 1 8
Winning Pitcher Fergie Jenkins
Losing Pitcher Catfish Hunter
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Sundberg
Attendance 25,530
Time of Game 2 hours 4 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wills picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wills. Chambliss moves to third.
Bottom 9 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jackson strikes out.
Top 9 Grubb strikes out.
Top 9 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Top 9 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnstone hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jorgensen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gamble scores. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 8 Gamble hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Gamble reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Ken Clay now pitching. Bell is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Bottom 7 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Top 7 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to third.
Top 7 There goes Wills. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 7 Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Munson for the double play.
Bottom 6 Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mike Jorgensen now playing first base. Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnstone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grubb moves to second.
Top 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grubb takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 White is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. Nettles moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Top 4 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zisk tags and scores. Gamble tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gamble hits a line drive into right field. Jackson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jackson. Zisk moves to third. Gamble moves to second.
Top 4 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Randolph. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Norman applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Randolph bunts towards the mound. Jenkins fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Johnstone strikes out.
Top 3 Bell strikes out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jay Johnstone now playing center field. Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out.
Bottom 2 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out.
Top 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sundberg tags and scores.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers who is chasing the ball. Sundberg reaches third base with a triple. Zisk scores. Gamble goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zisk moves to second.
Top 2 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Norman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. Rivers reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Wills. The throw from Munson and he is out, Dent applying the tag.
Top 1 Wills takes first base on ball four.