Although Pat Putnam hit two homers, driving in three runs. that was not enough for the Rangers, who lost to the Orioles, 4-3. The Orioles bunched singles by Eddie Murray, Ken Singleton, Gary Roenicke and Lee May for two runs in the fourth inning and clinched their fourth straight victory with two more tallies in the sixth on a double by Murray, intentional pass to Singleton and singles by May and Doug DeCinces. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      9, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2  -   3  9  0
Orioles      0  0  0    2  0  2    0  0  x  -   4  9  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .321      Bumbry cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Bell 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .271      Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .305        Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .135
J. Ellis dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Murray 1b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .277
  Sample pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .266      Singleton rf          3   1   3   0     1   0   .327
Putnam 1b             4   2   3   3     0   0   .280        Lowenstein pr,rf    0   0   0   0     0   0   .305
Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .224      Roenicke lf           4   1   1   1     0   1   .298
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .217      May dh                4   0   2   2     0   0   .302
Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .198      DeCinces 3b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .193
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .327      Garcia ss,2b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Blanks ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Dempsey c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .246
  Holle ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .241        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     2   1             Totals               31   4   9   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 30,806
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Orioles 6
DP: Rangers 1, Orioles 1
Errors: DeCinces
Doubles: Putnam (9), Bell (16), Holle (1), Murray (11)
Home Runs: Putnam 2 (6)
Caught Stealing: Sundberg (1), Dempsey (1)
GIDP: Oliver (7)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis L(1-5)         5.2   8   4   4   2   3   0  25   5.98
Lyle                    2.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   4.19
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   4   0  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(4-5)            8     7   1   1   2   1   1  30   3.86
Stanhouse SV(6)         1     2   2   1   0   0   1   6   2.93
Totals                  9     9   3   2   2   1   2  36

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Al Clark


RANGERS 1ST: Grubb walked; Bell flied out to center; Oliver
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Dauer
grounded out (second to first); Murray grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis flied out to right; Putnam grounded out
(second to first); Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton singled to center; Roenicke grounded out
(third to first) [Singleton to second]; May grounded out
(pitcher to first); DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg made an out to first; Norman grounded out
(third to first); Wills singled to right; Grubb was credited
with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball to second
[Wills out at second (second unassisted)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia flied out to center; Dempsey walked; Bumbry
struck out while Dempsey was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to center; Oliver made an out to
shortstop; J. Ellis made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer struck out; Murray singled to right;
Singleton singled to center [Murray to third]; Roenicke singled
to left [Murray scored, Singleton out at third (left to third),
Roenicke to second]; May singled to third [Roenicke scored, May
to second (on throw to home)]; DeCinces struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Putnam homered; Zisk struck out; Sundberg singled
to left; Sundberg was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Norman grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Dempsey made
an out to second; Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb popped
to catcher in foul territory; Bell singled to left; Oliver
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dauer flied out to right; Murray doubled to right;
Singleton was walked intentionally; Roenicke popped to first in
foul territory; May singled to center [Murray scored, Singleton
to third]; DeCinces singled to right [Singleton scored, May to
second]; LYLE REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Garcia flied out to
center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 4.

RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis popped to catcher in foul territory;
Putnam doubled; Zisk grounded out (first to pitcher) [Putnam to
third]; Sundberg walked; GAMBLE BATTED FOR NORMAN; Gamble flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 7TH: BLANKS REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING SS); Dempsey flied
out to right; Bumbry grounded out (third to first); Dauer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Orioles 4.

RANGERS 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED DAUER (PLAYING SS); GARCIA
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Wills grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grubb flied out to center; Bell doubled to left; Oliver
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles
4.

ORIOLES 8TH: Murray walked; Singleton singled to left [Murray to
second]; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR SINGLETON; Roenicke struck out; May
made an out to second; DeCinces forced Lowenstein (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Orioles 4.

RANGERS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STANHOUSE
REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); J. Ellis reached on an error by
DeCinces; SAMPLE RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Putnam homered [Sample scored
(unearned)]; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Sundberg made
an out to shortstop; HOLLE BATTED FOR BLANKS; Holle doubled;
Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Orioles 4.