Athletics @ Rangers
September 25, 1979

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Athletics 3 9 1
Rangers 5 9 0
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Athletics 3 9 1
Rangers 5 9 0

Jim Essian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .248
OBP .333 .301
At Bats 2 302
Hits 0 75
• Singles 0 52
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 0 39

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 5 28
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Arlington Stadium - September 25, 1979
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Out
Jim Kern
Jim Sundberg
Willie Montanez
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Nelson Norman
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Billy Sample
Jim Essian
Joe Wallis
Jeff Newman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Oakland Athletics 3 9 1 4
Texas Rangers 5 9 0 7
Winning Pitcher Jim Kern
Losing Pitcher Brian Kingman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 6,322
Time of Game 2 hours 31 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields it and throws to second for the out. Newman moves to third.
Top 9 Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to second.
Top 9 Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Billy Sample now playing right field. Buddy Bell now playing third base. Revering hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Norman strikes out.
Bottom 8 LaRue Washington pinch runs for Eric Soderholm. Sundberg is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Mike Norris now pitching. Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sample scores. Soderholm moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ellis strikes out.
Bottom 8 Billy Sample pinch runs for Richie Zisk. John Ellis pinch hits for Pat Putnam. There goes Sample. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Sample steals second.
Bottom 8 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Montanez hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murphy strikes out.
Top 8 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Picciolo strikes out.
Bottom 7 Craig Minetto now pitching. Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Wills takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Rivers scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Kingman fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kingman. Rivers moves to third.
Bottom 7 Rivers hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Essian fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Jim Kern now pitching. Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers throws the ball in to Wills who tags Edwards trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Newman scores. Essian moves to third.
Top 7 Essian takes first base on ball four. Newman moves to second.
Top 7 Wallis hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gross hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Newman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Sundberg strikes out.
Bottom 6 Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Putnam for the out.
Bottom 6 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Montanez strikes out.
Bottom 5 Oliver 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 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Top 5 Picciolo hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Edwards hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Essian hits a popup towards short. Norman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out.
Bottom 4 Norman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops it up and throws to first, with Kingman covering, for the out.
Top 4 Wallis hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Newman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Revering trying to get to third. Oliver throws the ball in to Soderholm, who tags Revering for the out. Newman moves to second.
Top 4 Revering hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards short. Picciolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murphy strikes out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out.
Top 3 Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. Norman moves to third.
Bottom 2 Norman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Putnam scores. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zisk scores. Putnam moves to second.
Bottom 2 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zisk moves to second.
Bottom 2 Zisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Essian strikes out.
Top 2 Wallis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wills hits a popup towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kingman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Newman 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 1 Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murphy scores.
Top 1 Murphy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Henderson scores.
Top 1 There goes Henderson. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Henderson steals second.
Top 1 Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.