The Oakland Athletics couldn't keep up with the Texas Rangers, 9 to 5, on September 18, 1979.

1979 Oakland Athletics

Final

TEX

Rangers

76-76

9

OAK

Athletics

52-100

5

TEX

OAK

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

3

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

3

3

R

9

5

H

13

10

E

0

2

Bottom 1st

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Home run by Dave Revering; Rickey Henderson scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Triple by Jim Sundberg; Pat Putnam scored.

1

2

Rangers

Double by Al Oliver; Jim Sundberg and Mickey Rivers scored.

3

2

Top 5th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Al Oliver; Mickey Rivers scored.

4

2

Rangers

Single by Willie Montanez; Al Oliver scored.

5

2

Top 6th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Double by Mickey Rivers; Nelson Norman scored.

6

2

Top 9th

TEX

OAK

Rangers

Single by Buddy Bell; Error by Larry Murray; Bump Wills scored.

7

2

Rangers

Willie Montanez hit into fielder's choice; Al Oliver scored.

8

2

Rangers

Pat Putnam hit by pitch; Buddy Bell scored.

9

2

Bottom 9th

TEX

OAK

Athletics

Single by Rob Picciolo; Wayne Gross scored.

9

3

Athletics

Triple by Rickey Henderson; Mitchell Page and Rob Picciolo scored.

9

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
Bump Wills 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Al Oliver LF 5 2 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 5
Buddy Bell 3B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Montanez 1B 5 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Pat Putnam DH 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Jim Sundberg C 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
Nelson Norman SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 40 9 13 9 0 4 7 1 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fergie Jenkins (W) 8.2 10 5 5 2 5 1
Sparky Lyle 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 5 2 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson LF 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dwayne Murphy CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dave Revering 1B 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Jeff Newman C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Gross 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Dave Chalk 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitchell Page DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mike Heath RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Murray RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Essian PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rob Picciolo SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Totals 36 5 10 5 1 2 5 0 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve McCatty (L) 8.0 12 8 8 3 6 0
Dave Heaverlo 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 13 9 9 4 7 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Rooker

Brent Rooker

RBI

15

Rooker

Brent Rooker

AVG

.313

Nevin

Tyler Nevin

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Spence

Mitch Spence

K

30

Sears

JP Sears

ERA

2.29

Muller

Kyle Muller

Team Rankings

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HR

38

5th

R

101

29th

SO

267

20th

ERA

3.75

13th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
17 15 .531
Rangers Rangers
17 16 .515 0.5
Athletics Athletics
16 17 .485 1.5
Angels Angels
12 20 .375 5.0
Astros Astros
12 20 .375 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/4
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Mon
5/6
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
5/7
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Wed
5/8
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM

Last Game

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OAK Athletics

16-17

3

Final

1

MIA Marlins

9-25

Fri 3 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI Leaders

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32

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

31

Bohm

Alec Bohm

30

Perez

Salvador Perez

Batting Average Leaders

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.363

Betts

Mookie Betts

.358

Bohm

Alec Bohm

.356

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Hit Leaders

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49

Betts

Mookie Betts

47

Kwan

Steven Kwan

47

Turner

Trea Turner

Run Leaders

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30

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

29

Contreras

William Contreras

29

Betts

Mookie Betts

OBP Leaders

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.466

Betts

Mookie Betts

.429

Soto

Juan Soto

.426

Bohm

Alec Bohm

SLG Leaders

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.612

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.605

Perez

Salvador Perez

.602

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

SB Leaders

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19

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

14

Turang

Brice Turang

13

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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5

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

5

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

5

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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53

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

52

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

ERA Leaders

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0.78

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.32

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

1.44

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.63

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.75

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

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12.50

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

12.20

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.03

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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10.25

Kirby

George Kirby

10.00

Flaherty

Jack Flaherty

9.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

Walk Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Eflin

Zach Eflin

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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549.3

Betts

Mookie Betts

518.9

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

492.2

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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419

Betts

Mookie Betts

396

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

378

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Thu
5/2
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
1-3
Thu
5/2
SDP SDP
@
ARI ARI
7-1
Thu
5/2
CWS CWS
@
STL STL
0-3
Thu
5/2
ATL ATL
@
LAD LAD
3-4
Thu
5/2
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/4
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Sat
5/4
BOS BOS
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sat
5/4
CWS CWS
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Sat
5/4
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Sat
5/4
COL COL
@
PIT PIT
4:05 PM