The Texas Rangers lost to the New York Yankees, 7 to 4, on August 27, 1979.

1979 Texas Rangers

Final

NYY

Yankees

70-57

7

TEX

Rangers

62-69

4

1

0

1

2

1

0

3

1

3

4

4

0

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

7

4

H

12

9

E

1

1

Bottom 1st

NYY

TEX

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Bill Sample scored.

0

1

Top 2nd

NYY

TEX

Yankees

Brad Gulden ground ball; Error by Pat Putnam; Jim Spencer scored.

1

1

Top 3rd

NYY

TEX

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles; Willie Randolph scored.

2

1

Bottom 3rd

NYY

TEX

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Pat Putnam and Bump Wills scored.

2

3

Rangers

Single by John Ellis; Al Oliver scored.

2

4

Top 4th

NYY

TEX

Yankees

Home run by Oscar Gamble; Brad Gulden, Bucky Dent, and Willie Randolph scored.

6

4

Top 5th

NYY

TEX

Yankees

Balk Some( by Danny Darwin); Graig Nettles scored.

7

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bobby Murcer CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Willie Randolph 2B 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Oscar Gamble LF 5 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 0 5
Reggie Jackson RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Spencer 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Brad Gulden C 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Bucky Dent SS 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fred Stanley SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 12 5 1 2 9 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tommy John (W) 7.0 9 4 3 1 1 0
Ron Davis (S) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 3 2 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Sample CF 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Al Oliver LF 5 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Buddy Bell SS,3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Ellis DH 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mickey Rivers PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Eric Soderholm 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Montanez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Norman SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Putnam 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Totals 35 4 9 4 0 2 3 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins (L) 4.0 10 7 6 1 3 1
Danny Darwin 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Sparky Lyle 4.0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 9.0 12 7 6 2 9 1

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Athletics Athletics
0 0
Angels Angels
0 1 .000 0.5
Rangers Rangers
0 0
Astros Astros
0 0
Mariners Mariners
0 0

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Sat
3/30
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:05 PM
Sun
3/31
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Mon
4/1
TEX TEX
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Tue
4/2
TEX TEX
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM

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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

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
15-11
Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
WSH WSH
@
CIN CIN
4:10 PM