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September 13, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 4 11 0
Rangers 2 8 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Twins 4 11 0
Rangers 3 9 3

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .289
OBP .667 .362
At Bats 3 301
Hits 2 87
• Singles 2 61
• Doubles 0 19
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 0 32

Mike Marshall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 14 30
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Arlington Stadium - September 13, 1979
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Single
Mike Marshall
Butch Wynegar
Ron Jackson
Bob Randall
John Castino
Roy Smalley
Rick Sofield
Ken Landreaux
Bombo Rivera
Billy Sample
LaRue Washington
Mike Jorgensen
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

LaRue Washington pinch runs for John Ellis. Sample hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jorgensen scores. Washington moves to third.

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Bottom 9 Mike Jorgensen pinch runs for Richie Zisk. Mike Marshall now pitching. John Ellis pinch hits for Pat Putnam. Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jorgensen moves to second.
Bottom 9 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Hartzell covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Bombo Rivera now playing right field. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gary Ward pinch runs for Glenn Adams. 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.
Top 9 Glenn Adams pinch hits for Jose Morales. Adams takes first base on ball four. Randall moves to second.
Top 9 Jim Kern now pitching. Randall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivera scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Sofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivera moves to third.
Top 9 Castino bunts towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivera moves to second.
Top 9 Eric Soderholm now playing third base. Buddy Bell now playing shortstop. Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm juggles the ball. That's an error on Soderholm.
Bottom 8 Wills hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Nelson Norman. Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Landreaux moves to third.
Top 8 Landreaux hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Landreaux reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jose Morales pinch hits for Danny Goodwin. Morales is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sample strikes out.
Bottom 7 Putnam hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Bob Randall now playing second base. Zisk is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Bob Randall pinch hits for Rob Wilfong. Randall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sofield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sample. Sofield reaches second base with a double. Powell scores. Castino scores.
Top 7 Castino bunts towards the mound. Comer picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Comer. Powell moves to third. Castino moves to second.
Top 7 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Jackson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Jackson reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 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.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Landreaux who is chasing the ball. Bell reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smalley 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 6 Landreaux hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Comer covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Norman 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.
Bottom 5 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Sample hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Wilfong 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 Sofield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Castino moves to second.
Top 5 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Comer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Powell hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jackson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Montanez scores.
Bottom 4 Montanez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Landreaux. Montanez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a line drive towards first. Putnam reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Comer covering, for the out.
Top 4 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 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Bottom 3 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sample moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sundberg bunts towards the mound. Hartzell fields it and throws to first for the out. Sample moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sample bunts towards the mound. Hartzell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Goodwin 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 Wilfong hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sofield hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Montanez for the out.
Top 2 Castino 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 2 Powell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third.
Top 2 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smalley scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Smalley moves to third.
Top 2 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam juggles the ball. That's an error on Putnam. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 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 1 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Landreaux hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out. Sofield moves to third.
Top 1 Wilfong bunts towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Sofield moves to second.
Top 1 Sofield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.