Rangers @ Mariners
May 20, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 10 2
Mariners 4 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 6 10 2
Mariners 4 10 0

Willie Horton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .317
OBP .500 .368
At Bats 3 161
Hits 1 51
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 27

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 0 5
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Kingdome - May 20, 1979
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Strikeout
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Mike Jorgensen
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Johnny Grubb
Al Oliver
Richie Zisk
Willie Horton
Joe Simpson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 6 10 2 7
Seattle Mariners 4 10 0 9
Winning Pitcher Doyle Alexander
Losing Pitcher Shane Rawley
Save Jim Kern
Game Winning RBI Larvell Blanks
Attendance 10,054
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Horton strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bochte hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Norman.
Bottom 9 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stein fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bill Stein now playing third base. Larry Milbourne now playing shortstop. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 John Hale pinch hits for Mario Mendoza. Hale is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grubb strikes out.
Top 8 Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Horton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bochte 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 Sundberg hits a popup towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jorgensen for the out. Zisk moves to third. Ellis moves to second.
Top 7 Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zisk moves to second.
Top 7 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jim Kern now pitching. Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mendoza moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mendoza takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson Norman now playing shortstop. Milbourne hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Byron McLaughlin now pitching. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores. Blanks moves to third.
Top 6 Blanks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jorgensen scores. Sundberg scores. Wills moves to second.
Top 6 Wills takes first base on ball four. Jorgensen moves to third. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 6 Sundberg takes first base on ball four. Jorgensen moves to second.
Top 6 Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 John Ellis pinch hits for Pat Putnam. Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Alexander fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Cruz fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Grubb hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Meyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills tags and scores.
Top 5 Shane Rawley now pitching. There goes Wills. The throw from Cox and he is safe. Wills steals third.
Top 5 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to second.
Top 5 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bochte hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz 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 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jorgensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. There goes Zisk trying to get to home. Roberts throws the ball in to Cruz who relays the ball to Cox who tags Zisk who's trying to score from second, for the out. Putnam moves to second.
Top 4 Putnam is hit by the pitch. Bell moves to third. Zisk moves to second.
Top 4 Zisk takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Top 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Joe Simpson now playing center field. Grubb hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Mendoza hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Milbourne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Horton scores. Meyer scores. Roberts moves to second.
Bottom 3 Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bochte scores. Horton moves to third. Meyer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Meyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jorgensen fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jorgensen. Bochte moves to third. Horton moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Horton takes first base on ball four. Bochte moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bochte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 There goes Cruz. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Blanks applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blanks strikes out.
Top 3 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mendoza hits a line drive towards right. Zisk catches it and throws to first to double up Cox.
Bottom 2 Cox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Milbourne. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Milbourne steals second.
Bottom 2 Milbourne hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Roberts strikes out.
Top 2 Jorgensen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jorgensen for the out.
Top 2 There goes Putnam. The throw from Cox and he is out, Mendoza applying the tag.
Top 2 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Meyer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bochte moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bochte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cruz strikes out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oliver for the out.
Top 1 Bell is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Grubb hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.