The Oakland Athletics were defeated by the Texas Rangers, 6 to 3, on September 17, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

75-76

6

1

2

1

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

1

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

1

R

6

3

H

11

7

E

0

1

Top 1st

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Buddy Bell; Mickey Rivers and Bump Wills scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Rickey Henderson.

2

1

Top 2nd

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Home run by Pat Putnam.

3

1

Top 5th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Double by Al Oliver; Bump Wills scored.

4

1

Rangers

Single by Pat Putnam; Al Oliver scored.

5

1

Top 6th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Bump Wills; Nelson Norman scored.

6

1

Bottom 6th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Double by Dave Revering; Rickey Henderson scored.

6

2

Bottom 9th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Single by Dave Chalk; Jim Essian scored.

6

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bump Wills 2B 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Al Oliver LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Buddy Bell 3B 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
Willie Montanez 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pat Putnam DH 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 5
Jim Sundberg C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Nelson Norman SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 6 11 6 1 5 4 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Comer (W) 6.0 4 2 2 3 2 1
Jim Kern (S) 3.0 3 1 1 2 3 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 5 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 6
Dwayne Murphy CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Dave Revering DH 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
Jeff Newman 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Gross 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Heath RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Rob Picciolo SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3 1 5 5 0 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Morgan (L) 1.2 5 3 3 2 0 1
Craig Minetto 3.0 3 2 0 2 1 0
Mike Norris 4.1 3 1 1 1 3 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 4 5 4 1

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More Athletics Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

5

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

11

Langeliers

Shea Langeliers

AVG

.288

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Kelly

Michael Kelly

K

24

Boyle

Joe Boyle

ERA

2.03

Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

Team Rankings

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HR

26

11th

R

71

29th

SO

194

25th

ERA

4.15

22nd

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)
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

17-8

7

Final

3

Wed 24 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
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
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

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM