| Paced by Graig Nettles, who went 4-for-4 with three RBIs, the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers behind the six-hit pitching of Ron Guidry. The Yanks took the lead in the second inning on a two-run single by Bucky Dent after singles by Nettles and Jim Spencer and a walk to Juan Beniquez loaded the bases. Nettles cracked a two-run homer in the third and added an RBI single in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
New York Yankees 5, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Sunday, April 22, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Yankees 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 x - 5 12 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wills 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Sample lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 White lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .273 Oliver cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .413 Munson c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268 Bell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .227 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Zisk rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Nettles 3b 4 2 4 3 0 0 .321 J. Ellis 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Spencer dh 1 1 1 0 0 0 .318 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Piniella ph,dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .174 Gray dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Norman ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 .231 Dent ss 4 0 1 2 0 1 .227 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 6 1 1 4 Totals 34 5 12 5 2 2 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 35,250 Left on Base: Rangers 4, Yankees 7 DP: Rangers 2, Yankees 2 Errors: Randolph Doubles: Oliver (4), Bell (4), Randolph (2), Munson (2) Home Runs: Nettles (4) Stolen Bases: Sample (2) Caught Stealing: Wills (2) GIDP: Wills (3), Sundberg (2), Jackson (3) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis L(0-1) 2.2 7 4 4 1 0 1 15 7.04 Rajsich 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.00 Farmer 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 2.70 Lyle 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.22 Totals 8 12 5 5 2 2 1 36 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(2-1) 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 32 2.64 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 32 Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Nelson, 1B - Harold Siroka, 2B - Phil Lospitalier, 3B - Merrill Hadry RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sample grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Oliver doubled to left; Bell doubled to left [Oliver scored]; Zisk flied to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (second to first); White popped to shortstop; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 0. RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); Sundberg flied to center; Gray grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Nettles singled to right; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [Nettles to second]; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer singled to right [Nettles to third]; Beniquez walked [Spencer to second]; Dent singled to center [Nettles scored, Spencer scored, Beniquez to third, Dent to second (on throw)]; Randolph flied to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 2. RANGERS 3RD: Norman singled to center; Wills grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Norman out at second]; Sample singled to left; Sample stole second; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 2. YANKEES 3RD: White singled to right; Munson singled to center [White to second]; Jackson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White to third, Munson out at second]; Nettles homered [White scored]; Chambliss singled to center; RAJSICH REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR SPENCER; Piniella forced Chambliss (third to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. RANGERS 4TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk singled to left; J. Ellis reached on an error by Randolph (assist by Dent) [Zisk to second]; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [J. Ellis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph doubled to right; White walked; Munson forced White (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. RANGERS 5TH: Gray popped to first in foul territory; Norman walked; Wills flied to center; Sample flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Jackson flied to left; Nettles singled to center; Chambliss flied to left; FARMER REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Piniella singled to second [Nettles to second]; the ball hit 2B umpire Phil Lospitalier; Beniquez flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver flied to left; Bell flied to right; Zisk popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 6TH: Dent was called out on strikes; Randolph grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg flied to right; Gray struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Munson doubled to left; LYLE REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Jackson was called out on strikes; Nettles singled to center [Munson scored]; Chambliss hit into a double play (first to first to shortstop) [Nettles out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 8TH: Norman was called out on strikes; Wills singled to center; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Sample flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: Piniella flied to left; Beniquez lined to third; Dent flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5. RANGERS 9TH: Oliver struck out; Bell flied to right; Zisk flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Yankees 5.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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