Royals @ Rangers
May 8, 1979

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George Brett Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .333 .320
At Bats 3 118
Hits 1 31
• Singles 1 20
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 8

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 3
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Arlington Stadium - May 8, 1979
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Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
John Ellis
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Al Oliver
Richie Zisk
George Brett
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 6 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.
Top 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Eduardo Rodriguez now pitching. Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Gray hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Zisk moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Ellis hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zisk hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Oliver moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Bell trying to get to third. Otis throws the ball in to Brett, who tags Bell for the out.
Bottom 5 Tom Poquette now playing right field. Bell is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Hurdle 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 5 Jim Kern now pitching. McRae hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Poquette scores. LaCock moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Tom Poquette pinch runs for Al Cowens. LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards second. Wills picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Wills. Poquette moves to third. LaCock moves to second.
Top 5 Cowens is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sample hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sundberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Gray hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Washington strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ellis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground for a single. LaCock scores.
Top 3 Hurdle takes first base on ball four. Cowens scores. LaCock moves to third. McRae moves to second.
Top 3 McRae takes first base on ball four. Cowens moves to third. LaCock moves to second.
Top 3 LaCock takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Cowens. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Cowens steals second.
Top 3 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Norman. Otis scores.
Top 3 Porter hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Otis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Sample hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. Wills scores.
Bottom 2 Norman bunts towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out. Sundberg moves to third. Wills moves to second.
Bottom 2 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Sundberg reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 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.
Top 2 There goes Patek. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Norman applying the tag.
Top 2 Patek hits a line drive towards the mound. Farmer can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gray hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ellis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Zisk takes first base on ball four. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and has Bell trapped. He races towards second and tags Bell for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Bell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 U L Washington now playing second base. Sample hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hurdle is called out on strikes.
Top 1 McRae takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ellis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats LaCock for the out. Otis scores. Porter moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Cowens strikes out.
Top 1 Porter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brett scores. Otis moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills misplays the ball. That's an error on Wills. Washington scores. Brett moves to second.
Top 1 U L Washington pinch runs for Frank White. Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Washington moves to third.
Top 1 White is hit by the pitch.