The New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers, 6 to 5, on August 14, 1979.

Final

Rangers

60-59

5

Yankees

63-53

6

TEX

NYY

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

1

6

0

7

2

1

8

2

3

9

0

R

5

6

H

8

13

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

TEX

NYY

Pat Putnam grounded out; Al Oliver scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

TEX

NYY

Single by Reggie Jackson; Bobby Murcer scored.

1

Bottom 5th

TEX

NYY

Wild pitchSome( by Doc Medich); Oscar Gamble scored.

1

2

Top 7th

TEX

NYY

Single by Jim Sundberg; Richie Zisk and Pat Putnam scored.

3

2

Bottom 7th

TEX

NYY

Home run by Bobby Murcer.

3

Top 8th

TEX

NYY

Home run by Buddy Bell; Mickey Rivers scored.

5

3

Bottom 8th

TEX

NYY

Single by Roy White; Lou Piniella scored.

5

4

Home run by Bobby Murcer; Roy White scored.

5

6

Rangers

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Bump Wills 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Mickey Rivers CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Buddy Bell 3B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Al Oliver LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Richie Zisk RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Montanez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Pat Putnam 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Nelson Norman SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	32	5	8	4	1	2	5	2	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Doc Medich	6.1	9	3	3	2	2	1
Sparky Lyle	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0
Jim Kern (L)	0.1	2	1	1	2	1	1
Dave Rajsich	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	13	6	6	5	4	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bobby Murcer CF,LF	5	3	3	3	2	0	1	9
Willie Randolph 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Oscar Gamble LF	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	3
Fred Stanley SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson RF	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	3
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Spencer DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lou Piniella PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Brad Gulden C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy White PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jerry Narron C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Dent SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Brown PH,CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	36	6	13	5	2	5	4	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Luis Tiant (W)	8.0	8	5	5	2	4	1
Rich Gossage (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	2	5	1

Explore

More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Soto

RBI

23

Soto

AVG

.324

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Schmidt

K

35

Gil

ERA

2.70

Rodón

Team Rankings

HR

30

6th

R

118

13th

SO

230

13th

ERA

3.01

2nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	16	9	.640
Yankees	17	10	.630
Red Sox	14	13	.519	3.0
Blue Jays	13	14	.481	4.0
Rays	13	14	.481	4.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	NYY	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 4/28	NYY	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 4/29	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Tue 4/30	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Wed 5/1	NYY	@	BAL	6:35 PM

Last Game

Brewers

17-8

7

Final

6

Yankees

17-10

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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