Texas Rangers 7, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, June      24, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  3  -   7 10  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   1   0   0     1   0   .248      Henderson lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Sample lf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .278      Bryant rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .169
  Gamble ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .419      Gross 1b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .247
  Sundberg pr,c       0   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .228
Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .275      Page dh               4   0   1   0     0   0   .248
J. Ellis 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .269      Armas cf              3   0   2   0     1   1   .241
  Grubb pr,rf,lf      1   1   0   0     0   0   .263      Heath 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Zisk rf               3   0   0   1     0   0   .217      Edwards 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .232
  Putnam ph,1b        1   1   1   3     0   0   .293      Picciolo ss           3   1   2   0     0   0   .207
Soderholm dh          4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Hamilton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Roberts c,rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .208        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Washington cf         4   1   2   0     0   0   .333        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             4   1   2   1     0   0   .199
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   7  10   7     4   0             Totals               34   2   9   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  4,752
Left on Base: Rangers 6, A's 6
DP: Rangers 1, A's 0
Errors: Norman
Home Runs: Putnam (9)
Stolen Bases: Washington (1)
Caught Stealing: Norman (1), Page (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (5)
GIDP: Heath (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich W(1-2)           7     6   2   2   1   3   0  27   6.83
Lyle                    0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.59
Kern SV(11)             1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.53
Totals                  9     9   2   2   1   4   0  35

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamilton L(2-3)         7.2   6   3   3   3   0   0  31   3.72
Heaverlo                0.2   4   4   4   1   0   1   7   3.59
Todd                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   7.44
Totals                  9    10   7   7   4   0   1  40

Umpires: HP - John Shulock, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Mike Reilly


RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Sample singled to left;
Bell singled to third [Sample to second]; J. Ellis singled to
right [Sample to third, Bell to second]; Zisk grounded out
(second to first) [Sample scored, Bell to third, J. Ellis to
second]; Soderholm flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bryant flied out to right; Gross grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Roberts singled to left; Washington flied out to
center; Norman flied out to right; Wills flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman singled to center; Page flied out to left;
Armas singled to right [Newman out at third (right to third),
Armas to second (on throw to 3b)]; Heath grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sample flied out to center; Bell flied out to
center; J. Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards grounded out (third to first); Picciolo
singled to right; Henderson reached on a fielder's choice
[Picciolo to second (error by Norman; assist by Wills)]; Bryant
forced Henderson (shortstop to second) [Picciolo to third];
Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm
flied out to right; Roberts flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman struck out; Page flied out to left; Armas
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Washington grounded out (third to first); Norman
singled to left; Norman was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Wills flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Heath grounded out (second to first); Edwards
grounded out (third to first); Picciolo grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 6TH: On a bunt Sample grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bell grounded out (third to first); J. Ellis flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Henderson flied out to center; Bryant lined to
second; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Soderholm
grounded out (third to first); Roberts walked; Washington
singled to left [Roberts to second]; Norman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Page
singled to first; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Armas walked; Heath was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Athletics 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Wills flied out to center; Sample walked; Bell
grounded out (third to first) [Sample to second]; J. Ellis
walked; HEAVERLO REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); GRUBB RAN FOR J.
ELLIS; PUTNAM BATTED FOR ZISK; Putnam homered [Sample scored,
Grubb scored]; Soderholm grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PUTNAM STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Edwards singled to center; Picciolo
singled to right [Edwards to third]; LYLE REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); Henderson flied out to left; Bryant singled to left
[Edwards scored, Picciolo to second]; Gross singled to right
[Picciolo scored, Bryant to second]; KERN REPLACED LYLE
(PITCHING); Newman was called out on strikes; Page flied out to
center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Athletics 2.

RANGERS 9TH: Roberts flied out to center; Washington singled to
left; Washington stole second; Norman singled to right
[Washington scored, Norman to second (on throw to home)]; Wills
was walked intentionally; GAMBLE BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Gamble
singled to right [Norman scored, Wills to third]; SUNDBERG RAN
FOR GAMBLE; TODD REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Bell hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Wills scored, Sundberg to second];
Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 7, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: SUNDBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GRUBB
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ROBERTS CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Armas singled to center; Heath grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Armas out at
second]; Edwards lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
7, Athletics 2.