The Texas Rangers were defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 4 to 3, on May 9, 1979.

1979 Texas Rangers

Final

KCR

Royals

16-13

4

TEX

Rangers

15-13

3

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

0

2

9

1

1

R

4

3

H

7

13

E

0

4

Top 1st

KCR

TEX

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Error by Al Oliver; Steve Braun and George Brett scored.

2

0

Top 7th

KCR

TEX

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; George Brett scored.

3

0

Bottom 8th

KCR

TEX

Rangers

Single by Bump Wills; Richie Zisk and John Ellis scored.

3

2

Top 9th

KCR

TEX

Royals

Home run by Steve Braun.

4

2

Bottom 9th

KCR

TEX

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Buddy Bell scored.

4

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Steve Braun LF 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
George Brett 3B 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Darrell Porter C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Hal McRae DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ralph LaCock 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Willie Wilson RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3 1 3 6 1 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rich Gale (W) 6.2 6 0 0 2 4 0
Al Hrabosky 1.0 5 2 2 0 0 0
Renie Martin (S) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 13 3 3 2 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Grubb LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larvell Blanks PR,SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buddy Bell 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Al Oliver CF 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Richie Zisk RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Pat Putnam DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Gray PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
John Ellis PH,1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bump Wills 2B 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2
Nelson Norman SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Sample PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 13 3 0 2 4 1 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins (L) 9.0 7 4 2 3 6 1
Totals 9.0 7 4 2 3 6 1

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

García

Adolis García

RBI

23

García

Adolis García

AVG

.299

García

Adolis García

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

K

32

Gray

Jon Gray

ERA

1.26

Robertson

David Robertson

Team Rankings

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HR

26

13th

R

122

10th

SO

228

9th

ERA

4.05

20th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
13 13 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
10 16 .385 3.5
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Tue
4/30
WSH WSH
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Wed
5/1
WSH WSH
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM

Last Game

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TEX Rangers

13-13

3

Final

4

SEA Mariners

13-12

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM