Athletics @ Rangers
June 29, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 2
Rangers 5 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 2
Rangers 5 9 0

Rickey Henderson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .261
OBP .500 .393
At Bats 4 23
Hits 2 6
• Singles 2 5
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 1

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 6 7
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Arlington Stadium - June 29, 1979
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Out
Sparky Lyle
Dave Roberts
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Billy Sample
Johnny Grubb
Oscar Gamble
Rickey Henderson
Derek Bryant
Jim Essian

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 3 6 2 7
Texas Rangers 5 9 0 7
Winning Pitcher Danny Darwin
Losing Pitcher Matt Keough
Save Sparky Lyle
Game Winning RBI Billy Sample
Attendance 30,210
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Derek Bryant pinch runs for Tony Armas. Edwards strikes out.
Top 9 Armas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Essian moves to second.
Top 9 Jim Essian pinch hits for Larry Murray. Essian hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Heath hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 8 Norman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Milt Ramirez now playing third base. Grubb hits a line drive into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Page 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 8 Newman strikes out.
Top 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out.
Bottom 7 Sample hits a fly ball into left field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Putnam hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Chalk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Henderson 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 Nelson Norman now playing shortstop. Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gamble strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Wills. The throw from Heath and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman fields the ball and throws to Keough covering. Safe. Grubb moves to third.
Bottom 6 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 6 Blanks hits a popup towards short. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Grubb hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Henderson. Grubb reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Armas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Heath 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 5 Sample hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Edwards reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Putnam. The throw from Heath and he is out, Edwards applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Newman strikes out.
Top 5 Gross 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 4 Gamble hits a fly ball into left field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Bell. The throw from Heath and he is out, Chalk applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wills hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chalk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Henderson bunts towards first. Putnam fields the ball and throws to Darwin covering. Safe. Armas moves to second.
Top 4 Edwards hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murray tags and scores.
Top 4 Armas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murray moves to third.
Top 4 Murray takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Roberts strikes out.
Bottom 3 Blanks hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Soderholm tags and scores. Sample tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Grubb is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Sample hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gamble scores. Putnam scores. Soderholm moves to third. Sample moves to second.
Bottom 3 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross juggles the ball. That's an error on Gross. Gamble moves to third. Putnam moves to second.
Bottom 3 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gamble moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Heath 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 3 Page hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Henderson tags and scores.
Top 3 Newman takes first base on ball four. Chalk moves to second.
Top 3 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Edwards tags and scores. Henderson tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Chalk is hit by the pitch. Edwards moves to third. Henderson moves to second.
Top 3 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Edwards moves to second.
Top 3 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Roberts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sample tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out. Sample moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chalk fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Chalk. Sample moves to second.
Top 2 Armas strikes out.
Top 2 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Heath takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Page hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Darwin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Putnam hits a line drive into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gamble hits a popup towards short. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Armas. Wills reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Newman strikes out.
Top 1 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chalk takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Henderson is called out on strikes.