The Detroit Tigers lost to the Texas Rangers, 16 to 9, on August 8, 1979.

Final

Rangers

59-53

16

Tigers

57-54

9

TEX

DET

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

TEX

DET

Double by Buddy Bell; Mickey Rivers scored.

Single by Richie Zisk; Buddy Bell scored.

Sacrifice fly by John Ellis; Al Oliver scored.

Home run by Eric Soderholm.

Bottom 2nd

TEX

DET

Double by Lance Parrish; Champ Summers scored.

Sacrifice fly by Aurelio Rodriguez; Jerry Morales scored.

Top 3rd

TEX

DET

Passed ball; Al Oliver scored.

Sacrifice fly by Eric Soderholm; Richie Zisk scored.

Top 5th

TEX

DET

Home run by Eric Soderholm; Richie Zisk and Mike Jorgensen scored.

Top 6th

TEX

DET

Home run by Al Oliver.

Wild pitchSome( by John Hiller); Richie Zisk scored.

Double by Jim Sundberg; Mike Jorgensen and Eric Soderholm scored.

Single by Larvell Blanks; Jim Sundberg scored.

Bottom 6th

TEX

DET

Home run by Champ Summers; Steve Kemp and Jason Thompson scored.

Top 7th

TEX

DET

Single by Eric Soderholm; Al Oliver scored.

Top 8th

TEX

DET

Home run by Mickey Rivers.

Bottom 8th

TEX

DET

Home run by Steve Kemp.

Bottom 9th

TEX

DET

Lynn Jones ground ball; Error by Buddy Bell; Al Greene scored.

Double by Champ Summers; Lou Whitaker and Mark Wagner scored.

Rangers

Tigers

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
Mickey Rivers CF M. Rivers	6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0
Fergie Jenkins P F. Jenkins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kern P J. Kern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Bell SS B. Bell	6	1	2	1	0	1	0	0
Al Oliver LF A. Oliver	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	0
Richie Zisk RF R. Zisk	2	3	2	0	0	1	4	0
John Ellis 1B J. Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mike Jorgensen PR,1B M. Jorgensen	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm 3B E. Soderholm	4	3	3	0	2	6	1	0
Jim Sundberg C J. Sundberg	5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
Bill Sample DH,CF B. Sample	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Larvell Blanks 2B L. Blanks	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Totals	41	16	17	4	4	14	8	1

Pitchers

Player	GS	W	SO	CG	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	GSc
Fergie Jenkins (W) F. Jenkins	1	1	4	0	8.0	10	6	6	2	3	39
Jim Kern J. Kern	0	0	3	0	1.0	1	0	3	0	3
Totals		1	7		9.0	11	6	9	2	6

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Whitaker 2B L. Whitaker	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
Alan Trammell SS A. Trammell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Wagner SS M. Wagner	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Steve Kemp LF S. Kemp	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	2
Jason Thompson 1B J. Thompson	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn Jones CF L. Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Champ Summers RF,1B C. Summers	3	2	2	1	1	5	2	0
Jerry Morales CF,RF J. Morales	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Lance Parrish C L. Parrish	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Ed Putman C E. Putman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Greene DH A. Greene	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B A. Rodriguez	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	34	9	11	2	2	8	6	7