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Texas Rangers @ New York Yankees

1979-08-14 · Night game · Yankee Stadium I · Att: 24125 · night · 2:43

New York Yankees defeated Texas Rangers 6–5. New York Yankees put up 3 in the 8th. Luis Tiant earned the win and Rich Gossage picked up the save. Bobby Murcer went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	8
NYA	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3		6	13

W: Luis Tiant L: Jim Kern SV: Rich Gossage

Umpires — HP: Fred Spenn · 1B: Jim Evans · 2B: Ted Hendry · 3B: Larry Barnett · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bump Wills	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mickey Rivers	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	4	1	1	2	0	0
Al Oliver	3	1	1	0	1	0
Richie Zisk	3	1	0	0	1	1
Willie Montanez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Pat Putnam	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Sundberg	3	0	2	2	0	0
Nelson Norman	3	0	1	0	0	1

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Murcer	5	3	3	3	0	1
Willie Randolph	3	0	0	0	2	0
Oscar Gamble	4	1	3	0	1	0
Reggie Jackson	4	0	3	1	1	0
Chris Chambliss	4	0	1	0	1	1
Graig Nettles	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Spencer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Brad Gulden	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	3	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	1	1	1	0	0	0
Roy White	1	1	1	1	0	0
Bobby Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Doc Medich	6.1	9	2	2
Sparky Lyle	1.0	2	1	1
Jim Kern	0.1	2	2	1
Dave Rajsich	0.1	0	0	0

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Tiant	8.0	8	2	4
Rich Gossage	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bump Wills: K
Mickey Rivers: 3/FL
Buddy Bell: 9

Bot 1

Bobby Murcer: K
Willie Randolph: 9/L
Oscar Gamble: S7
Reggie Jackson: S8.1-3
Chris Chambliss: 53

Top 2

Al Oliver: W
Richie Zisk: 8
Willie Montanez: S7.1-3
Pat Putnam: 3(B)63(1)/GDP.3-H

Bot 2

Graig Nettles: 8/L
Jim Spencer: 5
Brad Gulden: 8/8D

Top 3

Jim Sundberg: S8
Nelson Norman: 3/BP
Bump Wills: K
Mickey Rivers: 8

Bot 3

Bucky Dent: 9
Bobby Murcer: S5/BG
Willie Randolph: W.1-2
Oscar Gamble: 2
Reggie Jackson: S8.2-H;1X3(85)

Top 4

Buddy Bell: 43
Al Oliver: S9
Richie Zisk: K+CS2(24)/DP/C

Bot 4

Chris Chambliss: S7
Graig Nettles: 9/L
Jim Spencer: K
Brad Gulden: S9.1-2
Bucky Dent: 13

Top 5

Willie Montanez: 43
Pat Putnam: 4
Jim Sundberg: 8

Bot 5

Bobby Murcer: 43
Willie Randolph: 9/9D
Oscar Gamble: S8
Reggie Jackson: S9.1-3
Chris Chambliss: WP.3-H;1-2
Chris Chambliss: W
Graig Nettles: 43

Top 6

Nelson Norman: S9
Bump Wills: 16(1)/BG/FO
Mickey Rivers: CS2(2E6)
Mickey Rivers: 9/9D.2-3
Buddy Bell: 6/L

Bot 6

Jim Spencer: 3/G
Brad Gulden: 43
Bucky Dent: 13

Top 7

Al Oliver: 8
Richie Zisk: W
Willie Montanez: 6
Pat Putnam: D7.1-3
Jim Sundberg: S5.3-H;2-H;BX2(56)

Bot 7

Bobby Murcer: HR/9
Willie Randolph: 13
Oscar Gamble: W
Reggie Jackson: 7
Chris Chambliss: K

Top 8

Nelson Norman: K
Bump Wills: 13/BINT
Mickey Rivers: D9
Buddy Bell: HR/7.2-H
Al Oliver: 7

Bot 8

Graig Nettles: 4
Lou Piniella: D9.B-3(E9)
Roy White: S9.3-H
Bobby Brown: K
Bobby Murcer: HR/9.1-H
Willie Randolph: W
Oscar Gamble: S8.1-2
Reggie Jackson: W.2-3;1-2
Chris Chambliss: 4/L

Top 9

Richie Zisk: 9
Willie Montanez: K
Pat Putnam: 8

Notes & reviews

Rangers manager Corrales ejected by HP umpire Spenn when the umpire tried to break up a meeting on the mound
Bump Wills called for interference for running out of the baseline

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