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Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics

1979-06-23 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 10 innings · Att: 2512 · 3:00

Texas Rangers defeated Oakland Athletics 8–5. Texas Rangers put up 3 in the 7th. Jim Kern earned the win. Oscar Gamble went 4-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
TEX	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	12
OAK	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	6

W: Jim Kern L: Bob Lacey SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kunkel · 1B: Mike Reilly · 2B: John Shulock · 3B: Terry Cooney · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bump Wills	5	1	2	2	0	0
Buddy Bell	4	0	1	0	1	0
Pat Putnam	4	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Soderholm	4	2	1	0	1	0
Oscar Gamble	5	1	4	3	0	0
Billy Sample	4	1	1	0	1	0
Johnny Grubb	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Sundberg	5	0	1	0	0	0
Nelson Norman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Richie Zisk	0	0	0	0	1	0
John Ellis	1	0	1	1	0	0
LaRue Washington	2	1	0	0	0	0
Larvell Blanks	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Roberts	1	1	1	2	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Edwards	5	1	1	1	0	0
Dave Chalk	5	1	1	0	0	1
Wayne Gross	4	1	0	0	1	1
Jeff Newman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mitchell Page	4	1	1	2	1	0
Mike Heath	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tony Armas	3	0	2	2	0	0
Larry Murray	3	0	0	0	1	1
Derek Bryant	4	0	0	0	0	0
Milt Ramirez	1	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fergie Jenkins	6.2	5	2	2
Sparky Lyle	1.0	1	2	0
Jim Kern	2.1	0	0	4

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Norris	1.0	1	1	0
Craig Minetto	5.2	6	1	1
Bob Lacey	2.2	5	1	0
Jim Todd	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bump Wills: 8
Buddy Bell: 8
Pat Putnam: 43

Bot 1

Mike Edwards: HR/7
Dave Chalk: E4/P.B-2
Wayne Gross: 4.2-3
Jeff Newman: 53
Mitchell Page: HR/8.3-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Mike Heath: 31

Top 2

Eric Soderholm: W
Oscar Gamble: HR/9.1-H
Billy Sample: 8
Johnny Grubb: K
Jim Sundberg: S9
Nelson Norman: 4(1)/G/FO

Bot 2

Tony Armas: 8
Larry Murray: K/C
Derek Bryant: 53

Top 3

Bump Wills: 9/FL
Buddy Bell: S7
Pat Putnam: 6
Eric Soderholm: 4

Bot 3

Mike Edwards: 13
Dave Chalk: 7
Wayne Gross: 3/G

Top 4

Oscar Gamble: S3
Billy Sample: S3/BG.1-2
Johnny Grubb: 5/BP/TP.2X2(586);1X1(68)

Bot 4

Jeff Newman: K
Mitchell Page: E1/G
Mike Heath: 9
Tony Armas: S7.1-2
Larry Murray: 3

Top 5

Jim Sundberg: 8
Nelson Norman: 2/FL
Bump Wills: 7

Bot 5

Derek Bryant: 9
Mike Edwards: 6/L
Dave Chalk: 9

Top 6

Buddy Bell: 6/L
Pat Putnam: 43
Eric Soderholm: 9

Bot 6

Wayne Gross: W
Jeff Newman: 34/SH.1-2
Mitchell Page: IW
Mike Heath: S6.2-3;1-2
Tony Armas: 9/SF.3-H
Larry Murray: 43

Top 7

Oscar Gamble: S3
Billy Sample: 16(1)/FO
Richie Zisk: W.1-2
Jim Sundberg: 8.2-3
John Ellis: S9.3-H;1-3
Bump Wills: D8.3-H;1-H
Buddy Bell: IW
Pat Putnam: 43

Bot 7

Derek Bryant: 8
Mike Edwards: 7
Dave Chalk: S7
Wayne Gross: 43

Top 8

Eric Soderholm: 63
Oscar Gamble: 8
Billy Sample: 53

Bot 8

Jeff Newman: 53
Mitchell Page: 63
Mike Heath: W
Tony Armas: PO1(E1).1-3
Tony Armas: D7.3-H(UR)
Larry Murray: IW
Derek Bryant: 43

Top 9

LaRue Washington: 63
Jim Sundberg: 63
Larvell Blanks: 63

Bot 9

Mike Edwards: 4
Dave Chalk: K
Wayne Gross: K/C

Top 10

Bump Wills: S7
Buddy Bell: 8
Dave Roberts: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Dave Roberts: HR/7.3-H
Eric Soderholm: S6
Oscar Gamble: WP.1-2
Oscar Gamble: S8.2-H
Billy Sample: W.1-2
LaRue Washington: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Jim Sundberg: 43

Bot 10

Jeff Newman: K
Mitchell Page: 7
Milt Ramirez: K/C

Notes & reviews

Gross caught bunt popup, threw wildly past 2nd where Armas backed up play and threw to second to retire Gamble, then Chalk threw to Armas who chased Sample to 1st for last out
John Grubb ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel during at bat

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