The New York Yankees managed to stay ahead of the Texas Rangers, 4 to 3, on August 15, 1979.

Final

Rangers

60-60

3

Yankees

64-53

4

TEX

NYY

1

0

2

1

3

0

4

0

1

5

0

6

0

7

0

8

0

9

1

R

3

4

H

10

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

TEX

NYY

Double by Lou Piniella; Bobby Murcer scored.

0

1

Double by Reggie Jackson; Lou Piniella scored.

0

2

Top 2nd

TEX

NYY

Single by Jim Sundberg; Al Oliver and Eric Soderholm scored.

2

Bottom 2nd

TEX

NYY

Single by Bobby Murcer; Bucky Dent scored.

2

3

Bottom 4th

TEX

NYY

Sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent; Roy White scored.

2

4

Top 9th

TEX

NYY

Bump Wills grounded out; Bill Sample scored.

3

4

Rangers

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Bump Wills 2B	5	0	0	1	0	2	0
Mickey Rivers CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	1
Buddy Bell SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Oliver LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Richie Zisk RF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
John Ellis 1B	3	0	2	0	1	1	2
Mike Jorgensen PR,1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Bill Sample DH	3	1	2	0	1	0	3
Jim Sundberg C	3	0	3	2	1	0	3
Totals	36	3	10	3	3	5	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jerry Don Gleaton (L)	4.0	8	4	4	1	0
John Henry Johnson	4.0	2	0	0	0	1
Totals	8.0	10	4	4	1	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	CS	TB
Willie Randolph 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Murcer CF	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	3
Lou Piniella LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Reggie Jackson RF	4	0	4	1	0	0	1	5
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Graig Nettles 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy White DH	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Brad Gulden C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Dent SS	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	30	4	10	4	1	1	1	14

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Tommy John (W)	8.0	10	3	3	3	5
Rich Gossage (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	3	5

Explore

More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Stanton

RBI

17

Soto

AVG

.352

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Weaver

K

20

Gil

ERA

2.31

Hamilton

Team Rankings

HR

21

9th

R

90

13th

SO

150

23rd

ERA

3.11

3rd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	13	6	.684
Orioles	12	6	.667	0.5
Rays	11	9	.550	2.5
Blue Jays	10	9	.526	3.0
Red Sox	10	10	.500	3.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/19	TBR	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Sat 4/20	TBR	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Sun 4/21	TBR	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Mon 4/22	OAK	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Tue 4/23	OAK	@	NYY	7:05 PM

Last Game

Blue Jays

10-9

4

Final

6

Yankees

13-6

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

8

Trout

8

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

23

Ozuna

21

Ward

20

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.388

Altuve

.377

Arcia

.369

Betts

Hit Leaders

31

Ohtani

31

Betts

31

Altuve

Run Leaders

22

Betts

20

Marte

18

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.485

Winker

.478

Soto

.470

Betts

SLG Leaders

.732

Ozuna

.675

Altuve

.667

Busch

SB Leaders

9

Turang

8

Carroll

8

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Miller

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

32

Jones

31

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.50

López

0.86

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Blanco

0.77

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.25

Peralta

13.06

Greene

12.52

Jones

K/BB Leaders

16.00

Jones

14.00

Houck

13.00

Peralta

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Kirby

2

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

367.4

Betts

296.1

Ozuna

293

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

277

Betts

230

Ohtani

221

Trout

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