The Texas Rangers lost to the Oakland Athletics, 13 to 12, on July 1, 1979.

1979 Texas Rangers

Final

OAK

13

TEX

Rangers

44-34

12

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

3

4

4

0

0

5

1

0

6

0

3

7

5

1

8

0

2

9

3

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

0

0

14

0

0

15

1

0

R

13

12

H

29

21

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Single by Buddy Bell; Bump Wills scored.

0

1

Rangers

Single by John Ellis; Error by Mike Heath; Buddy Bell scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Home run by Dave Chalk; Rob Picciolo and Rickey Henderson scored.

3

2

Bottom 3rd

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Home run by Buddy Bell.

3

3

Rangers

Single by John Ellis; Oscar Gamble scored.

3

4

Rangers

Single by Johnny Grubb; John Ellis scored.

3

5

Rangers

Jim Sundberg grounded out; Bill Sample scored.

3

6

Top 5th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Single by Jeff Newman; Jim Essian scored.

4

6

Bottom 6th

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Home run by Oscar Gamble; Jim Sundberg and Nelson Norman scored.

4

9

Top 7th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Wayne Gross; Dave Chalk scored.

5

9

Athletics

Mike Heath grounded out; Jim Essian scored.

6

9

Athletics

Single by Rob Picciolo; Jeff Newman and Mike Edwards scored.

8

9

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Derek Bryant scored.

9

9

Bottom 7th

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Home run by Bill Sample.

9

10

Bottom 8th

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Single by Oscar Gamble; Nelson Norman scored.

9

11

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Pat Putnam; Bump Wills scored.

9

12

Top 9th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Single by Derek Bryant; Mike Edwards scored.

10

12

Athletics

Single by Dave Chalk; Derek Bryant scored.

11

12

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Rob Picciolo scored.

12

12

Top 15th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Single by Mike Heath; Dave Chalk scored.

13

12

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 8 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
Dave Chalk 3B 6 3 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 5
Jim Essian DH 8 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Jeff Newman 1B 7 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Mitchell Page PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milt Ramirez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Murray RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross PH,LF,1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Heath C 9 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Mike Edwards 2B 7 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Derek Bryant LF,RF 6 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Rob Picciolo SS,LF 8 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
Totals 68 13 29 13 1 7 6 1 1 36

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve McCatty 5.2 10 9 6 1 2 2
Craig Minetto 1.1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Dave Heaverlo 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0
Rick Langford (W) 5.0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Todd (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 15.0 21 12 9 4 5 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Buddy Bell 3B,SS 8 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
Oscar Gamble RF 4 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 6
La Rue Washington PR,CF,3B,SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Eric Soderholm PH,3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Putnam 1B 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Ellis DH 8 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Bill Sample LF 8 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Johnny Grubb CF,RF 7 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Dave Roberts PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Richie Zisk PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larvell Blanks SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nelson Norman PR,SS 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen PH,CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 64 12 21 12 3 4 5 1 0 31

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jon Matlack 5.1 12 4 4 0 1 1
Doyle Alexander 1.1 3 4 4 1 1 0
Sparky Lyle 0.0 2 1 1 2 0 0
Doc Medich (L) 8.1 12 4 4 4 4 0
Totals 15.0 29 13 13 7 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

11th

R

122

10th

SO

228

8th

ERA

4.05

19th

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
9 16 .360 4.0
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
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
5-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Thu
4/25
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM