Jim Kern earned his 17th save and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with none out in the seventh inning, to enable the Rangers to defeat the Royals, 4-1. Kern, after replacing Doc Medich, struck out Amos Otis and got out of the inning when Pete LaCock lined into a double play. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Saturday, July      21, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Rangers      0  0  1    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   4 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .308      Wills 2b              4   0   2   1     1   0   .283
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .317      Sample cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .269
Cowens rf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .317        Grubb ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Porter c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .306      Bell 3b               4   1   3   1     1   1   .291
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .298      J. Ellis dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
LaCock dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Zisk lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .232
Scott 1b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Gamble rf             2   1   0   0     1   0   .366
White 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Sundberg c            3   1   1   0     1   0   .250
  Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Putnam 1b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .292
  Washington 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .252        Soderholm ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Cruz ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .198        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Norman ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .185
  Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Busby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   4   1     0   6             Totals               33   4  11   4     5   3

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 36,258
Left on Base: Royals 2, Rangers 11
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 2
Errors: Norman
Doubles: Sundberg (18), Sample (11)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (38), Bell (3)
Caught Stealing: LaCock (1)
Hit by Pitch: Gamble (1,by Splittorff)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(10-9)      6.1   9   4   4   3   2   0  31   4.05
Busby                   0.1   1   0   0   2   0   0   3   3.44
Mingori                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.97
Rodriguez               0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.95
Totals                  8    11   4   4   5   3   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich W(4-3)           6     4   1   1   0   3   0  22   4.37
Kern SV(17)             3     0   0   0   0   3   0   8   1.42
Totals                  9     4   1   1   0   6   0  30

Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (3)
Wild Pitches: Medich (2)
Balks: Mingori (1)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Dallas Parks


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second;
Medich threw a wild pitch [Wilson to third]; Brett was called
out on strikes; Cowens grounded out (second to first) [Wilson
scored]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to center; Sample flied out to
right; Bell singled to left [Bell out at second (left to
second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; LaCock singled to left; Scott was
called out on strikes while LaCock was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis flied out to center; Zisk grounded out
(third to first); Gamble lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White lined to left; Cruz popped to catcher in foul
territory; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg doubled to left; Putnam walked; On a bunt
Norman struck out; Wills singled to left [Sundberg scored,
Putnam to second]; Sample forced Wills (shortstop to second)
[Putnam to third]; Bell walked [Sample to second]; J. Ellis
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
popped to second; Porter lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk singled to center; Gamble forced Zisk (first
to shortstop); Sundberg flied out to center; Putnam singled to
right [Gamble to third]; Norman singled to shortstop [Gamble
scored, Putnam to second]; Wills walked [Putnam to third, Norman
to second]; Sample flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock flied
out to center; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell singled to center; J. Ellis struck out; Bell
stole second; Zisk grounded out (third to first); Gamble was hit
by a pitch; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 6TH: White popped to second in foul territory; Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Putnam flied out to right; Norman popped to first
in foul territory; Wills lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett singled to left; Cowens reached on an error by
Norman [Brett to second]; Porter singled to right [Brett to
third, Cowens to second]; KERN REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Otis
struck out; LaCock lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Sample doubled to left; Bell singled to left
[Sample scored, Bell to second (on throw to home)]; J. Ellis
popped to second; BUSBY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Zisk
singled to left [Bell scored, Zisk to second (on throw to
home)]; Gamble was walked intentionally; Zisk was picked off
second (pitcher to second); Sundberg walked [Gamble to second];
MINGORI REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); SODERHOLM BATTED FOR PUTNAM;
Soderholm forced Gamble (third unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 8TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 1B); Scott
flied out to center; BRAUN BATTED FOR WHITE; Braun struck out;
QUIRK BATTED FOR CRUZ; Quirk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 2B); PATEK
REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING SS); Norman grounded out (first to
pitcher); Wills singled to right; GRUBB BATTED FOR SAMPLE;
Mingori balked [Wills to second]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MINGORI
(PITCHING); Grubb grounded out (second to first) [Wills to
third]; Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 9TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Wilson grounded
out (second to first); Brett grounded out (second to first);
Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 4.