Wednesday August 1, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
With Jim Kern picking up his 18th save, the Rangers held off the Tigers, 4-3. The Rangers took a 1-0 lead in the third on a double by Dave Roberts and single by Mickey Rivers.

After the Tigers tied the game in the top of the fifth, Buddy Bell gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the bottom half with a run-scoring single. The final two tallies were registered in the sixth frame when Richie Zisk singled, Johnny Grubb reached first on an error by Tiger second baseman Lou Whitaker and Jim Sundberg followed with a triple. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, August 1, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 6 1 Rangers 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 x - 4 6 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .299 Rivers cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Bell 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .295 Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .332 Oliver lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .257 Zisk rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256 Summers rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .281 Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .290 Jones rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Grubb dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .284 Parrish c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Sundberg c 3 0 1 2 0 0 .256 Greene dh 3 2 1 0 1 0 .190 Roberts 2b 2 2 1 0 1 0 .258 Brookens 3b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .274 Norman ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .198 Trammell ss 3 0 2 2 0 0 .277 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 6 3 4 8 Totals 29 4 6 4 2 4 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 13,803 Left on Base: Tigers 5, Rangers 5 DP: Tigers 0, Rangers 3 Errors: Whitaker, Norman Doubles: Bell (25), Roberts (2) Triples: Sundberg (3) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (53) Sacrifice Hits: Norman 2 (13) GIDP: Summers (3), LeFlore (10) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox L(8-5) 8 6 4 3 2 4 0 33 4.86 Totals 8 6 4 3 2 4 0 33 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Comer W(12-6) 6.2 6 3 3 3 3 0 28 3.44 Kern SV(18) 2.1 0 0 0 1 5 0 7 1.34 Totals 9 6 3 3 4 8 0 35 Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Greg Kosc TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); Kemp reached on an error by Norman; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Bell doubled to center; Oliver was called out on strikes; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Summers lined to shortstop; Parrish flied out to left; Greene flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Putnam lined to shortstop; Grubb grounded out (second to first); Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Brookens struck out; Trammell grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore singled to third; LeFlore stole second; Whitaker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Roberts doubled to left; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Roberts to third]; Rivers singled to center [Roberts scored]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rivers to second]; Oliver flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson singled to right; Summers grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied out to right; Putnam struck out; Grubb walked; Sundberg forced Grubb (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Greene walked; Brookens walked [Greene to second]; Trammell singled to center [Greene scored, Brookens to second]; LeFlore grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Trammell out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Roberts walked; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Roberts to second]; Rivers flied out to center; Bell singled to center [Roberts scored]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 2. TIGERS 6TH: Whitaker flied out to center; Kemp flied out to left; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 2. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk singled to center; Putnam made an out to third; Grubb reached on an error by Whitaker [Zisk to third]; Sundberg tripled to left [Zisk scored, Grubb scored (unearned)]; Roberts made an out to second; Norman struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 4. TIGERS 7TH: Summers walked; Parrish flied out to right; Greene singled to center [Summers to second]; Brookens forced Summers (third unassisted) [Greene to second]; Trammell singled to center [Greene scored, Brookens to second]; LeFlore singled to center [Brookens scored, Trammell to second]; KERN REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Whitaker was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 7TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4. TIGERS 8TH: Kemp struck out; Thompson struck out; Summers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 8TH: JONES REPLACED SUMMERS (PLAYING RF); Zisk flied to right in foul territory; Putnam struck out; Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4. TIGERS 9TH: Parrish walked; Greene hit into a double play to catcher [Parrish out at second (catcher to second)]; Brookens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4.

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