The Royals ended their seven-game losing streak by edging the Rangers, 4-3. The Royals got two runs in the fifth inning when John Wathan and Willie Wilson stroked two-out singles and Ranger left fielder Billy Sample misjudged a line drive by Todd Cruz and the ball sailed over his head for a double.

The Royals added another pair in the sixth on a pass to Amos Otis, double by George Scott and singles by Al Cowens and Darrell Porter. All three of the Rangers' runs came on homers by Bump Wills, Buddy Bell and Jim Sundberg. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      15, 1979 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      0  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  5  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  2    0  0  x  -   4  7  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .278      White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Bell 3b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .288      Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .319
Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Otis cf               3   1   0   0     1   1   .299
J. Ellis dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Scott 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .249
  Roberts pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .310
Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Porter dh             3   0   1   1     0   0   .307
Sample lf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Wathan c              3   1   1   0     0   1   .246
Soderholm 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Wilson lf             3   1   2   0     0   0   .314
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Cruz ss               3   0   1   2     0   0   .205
Sundberg c            3   1   1   1     0   1   .241      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .185
  Blanks ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Darwin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   5   3     0   3             Totals               31   4   7   4     1   5

Time of Game: 1:47   Attendance: 28,904
Left on Base: Rangers 2, Royals 4
DP: Rangers 0, Royals 0
Doubles: Cruz (5), Scott (15)
Home Runs: Wills (3), Bell (7), Sundberg (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(4-10)         5.1   7   4   4   1   2   0  24   4.05
Darwin                  2.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   8   4.05
Totals                  8     7   4   4   1   5   0  32

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(10-8)      9     5   3   3   0   3   3  32   3.97
Totals                  9     5   3   3   0   3   3  32

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to left; Bell popped to second;
Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White struck out; Brett flied out to left; Otis
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis struck out; Zisk grounded out (third to
first); Sample singled to shortstop; Soderholm forced Sample
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 2ND: Scott flied out to center; Cowens flied out to left;
Porter popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Royals 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first); Norman
popped to second; Wills hit an inside the park homer to center;
Bell homered; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wathan grounded out (pitcher to first); Wilson
singled to right; Cruz popped to third; White flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 0.

RANGERS 4TH: J. Ellis popped to second; Zisk flied out to
center; Sample struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett flied out to left; Otis flied out to left;
Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Royals 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Sundberg was called
out on strikes; Norman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens struck out; Porter flied out to left; On a
bunt Wathan singled to first; Wilson singled to center [Wathan
to third]; Cruz doubled to left [Wathan scored, Wilson scored];
White grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 2, Royals 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills flied out to right; Bell flied out to right;
Oliver flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett flied out to right; Otis walked; Scott doubled
to center [Otis scored]; Cowens singled to left [Scott to
third]; Porter singled to left [Scott scored, Cowens to second];
DARWIN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Wathan struck out; Wilson
lined to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 4.

RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sample popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Cruz popped to first in foul territory; White popped
to second; Brett popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Royals 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Soderholm flied out to center; Sundberg homered;
BLANKS BATTED FOR NORMAN; Blanks grounded out (second to first);
Wills flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); JORGENSEN
REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 1B); Otis struck out; Scott struck
out; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 3, Royals 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Bell singled to left; Oliver flied out to center;
J. Ellis forced Bell (shortstop to second); ROBERTS RAN FOR J.
ELLIS; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
3, Royals 4.