The Oakland Athletics lost to the Texas Rangers, 8 to 5, on June 23, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

37-33

8

OAK

Athletics

22-50

5

TEX

OAK

1

0

3

2

2

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

3

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

10

3

0

R

8

5

H

12

6

E

3

1

Bottom 1st

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Mike Edwards.

0

1

Athletics

Home run by Mitchell Page; Dave Chalk scored.

0

3

Top 2nd

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Oscar Gamble; Eric Soderholm scored.

2

3

Bottom 6th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Tony Armas; Wayne Gross scored.

2

4

Top 7th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by John Ellis; Bill Sample scored.

3

4

Rangers

Double by Bump Wills; La Rue Washington and Larvell Blanks scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Tony Armas; Miguel Dilone scored.

5

5

Top 10th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Dave Roberts; Bump Wills scored.

7

5

Rangers

Single by Oscar Gamble; Eric Soderholm scored.

8

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Pat Putnam 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Roberts PH,1B 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Eric Soderholm DH 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Oscar Gamble RF 5 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
Bill Sample LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Johnny Grubb CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Richie Zisk PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
La Rue Washington PR,CF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Nelson Norman SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ellis PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larvell Blanks PR,SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 12 8 2 4 1 1 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins 6.2 5 4 2 2 2 2
Sparky Lyle 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Jim Kern (W) 2.1 0 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 10.0 6 5 2 4 6 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Edwards 2B 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Dave Chalk SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Gross 3B,1B 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jeff Newman 1B,C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 4
Mike Heath C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Miguel Dilone PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milt Ramirez 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tony Armas CF 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Larry Murray RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Derek Bryant LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 6 5 2 4 6 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Norris 1.0 1 2 2 1 0 1
Craig Minetto 5.2 6 3 3 1 1 0
Bob Lacey (L) 2.2 5 3 3 1 0 1
Jim Todd 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 10.0 12 8 8 4 1 2

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HR

5

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

11

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.288

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

24

Boyle

Joe Boyle

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

26

10th

R

71

29th

SO

194

23rd

ERA

4.15

22nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
13 12 .520
Mariners Mariners
12 12 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
9 16 .360 4.0
Astros Astros
7 18 .280 6.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

17-8

7

Final

3

OAK Athletics

9-16

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.359

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

36

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.439

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.651

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

40

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

430.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

327

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM