The Rangers remained undefeated after five games, pulling out a 5-4 victory over the Tigers. With the score tied, Nelson Norman walked in the seventh and stopped at second on a single by Bump Wills. Pat Putnam bunted and reached first base safely on a fielder's choice to load the bases. Norman then scored what proved to be the winning run while the Tigers were executing a double play on a grounder by Al Oliver. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Friday, April     13, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   4  9  0
Rangers      1  1  0    0  2  0    1  0  x  -   5  8  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore dh            5   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .333
Whitaker 2b           4   2   3   1     0   0   .250      Sample lf             2   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Morales rf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .200        Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Kemp lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .375      Oliver cf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .368
Thompson 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .167      Bell 3b               3   0   1   2     1   0   .176
Mankowski 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Gamble dh             3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .000        J. Ellis ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Jones cf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .667      Grubb rf,lf           3   0   0   0     1   2   .125
Trammell ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Sundberg c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .167
  Parrish ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Jorgensen 1b,rf       4   0   0   0     0   2   .182
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             2   2   1   0     1   0   .364
  Burnside p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   2     2   2             Totals               30   5   8   4     4   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 23,095
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Rangers 6
DP: Tigers 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Norman
Doubles: Morales (3), Kemp (1), Sample (1), Gamble (1)
Stolen Bases: Jones (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Putnam (1)
GIDP: LeFlore (2), May (1), Bell (1), Oliver (1)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema                  4.2   7   4   4   2   1   0  22   5.40
Burnside L(0-1)         2     1   1   1   2   1   0   9  10.80
Taylor                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  45.00
Hiller                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.93
Totals                  8     8   5   5   4   4   0  35

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis                5     7   2   2   2   2   0  23   3.60
Kern W(2-0)             3.1   2   2   1   0   0   0  12   1.17
Lyle SV(2)              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     9   4   3   2   2   0  37

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Jeff Brown, 2B - Johnny James, 3B - Mike Thompson


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Whitaker
singled to right; Morales doubled to left [Whitaker scored];
Kemp grounded out (second to first) [Morales to third]; Thompson
walked; Mankowski popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied to left; Sample doubled to center;
Oliver singled to center [Sample scored]; Bell grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Oliver out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Jones walked;
Debut game for Lynn Jones; Jones stole second; Trammell was
called out on strikes; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Gamble doubled to right; Grubb grounded out (first
unassisted) [Gamble to third]; Sundberg singled to right [Gamble
scored]; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; Norman forced
Sundberg (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1,
Rangers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); Morales
flied to center; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sample
grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson popped to shortstop; PUTNAM REPLACED SAMPLE
(PLAYING 1B); JORGENSEN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); GRUBB
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Mankowski grounded out (first
unassisted); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Gamble flied to
center; Grubb walked; Sundberg forced Grubb (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Jones singled to left; Trammell singled to center
[Jones to second]; LeFlore grounded into a double play (third to
third to second) [LeFlore to first, Jones out at third, Trammell
out at second]; Whitaker singled to center [LeFlore to third];
Morales grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Norman
singled to shortstop; On a bunt Wills singled to third [Norman
to second]; Putnam flied to center; Oliver walked [Norman to
third, Wills to second]; Bell singled to center [Norman scored,
Wills scored, Oliver to second]; BURNSIDE REPLACED ROZEMA
(PITCHING); Gamble popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Rangers 4.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp doubled to left; Thompson singled to second
[Kemp to third]; KERN REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Mankowski
flied to left; May grounded into a double play (first to first
to shortstop) [Kemp scored, Thompson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Grubb struck out; Sundberg flied to center;
Jorgensen lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Rangers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Jones singled to shortstop; Trammell grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Jones to second]; LeFlore grounded out
(second to first) [Jones to third]; Whitaker singled to left
[Jones scored]; Morales reached on an error by Norman [Whitaker
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Kemp grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Norman walked; Wills singled to left [Norman to
second]; Putnam reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Norman to third, Wills to second]; Oliver grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Norman scored (no
RBI), Wills to third, Putnam out at second]; Bell was walked
intentionally; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR GAMBLE; TAYLOR REPLACED
BURNSIDE (PITCHING); J. Ellis forced Bell (third to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Mankowski popped to shortstop;
May grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: HILLER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Grubb was called
out on strikes; Sundberg popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Jones grounded out (pitcher to third to first); LYLE
REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); PARRISH BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; Parrish
popped to shortstop; LeFlore flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 4, Rangers 5.