The Texas Rangers couldn't pull it off against the Oakland Athletics, 13 to 12, on July 1, 1979.

1979 Texas Rangers

Final

OAK

13

TEX

Rangers

44-34

12

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

3

4

4

0

0

5

1

0

6

0

3

7

5

1

8

0

2

9

3

0

10

0

0

11

0

0

12

0

0

13

0

0

14

0

0

15

1

0

R

13

12

H

29

21

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Single by Buddy Bell; Bump Wills scored.

0

1

Rangers

Single by John Ellis; Error by Mike Heath; Buddy Bell scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Home run by Dave Chalk; Rob Picciolo and Rickey Henderson scored.

3

2

Bottom 3rd

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Home run by Buddy Bell.

3

3

Rangers

Single by John Ellis; Oscar Gamble scored.

3

4

Rangers

Single by Johnny Grubb; John Ellis scored.

3

5

Rangers

Jim Sundberg grounded out; Bill Sample scored.

3

6

Top 5th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Single by Jeff Newman; Jim Essian scored.

4

6

Bottom 6th

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Home run by Oscar Gamble; Jim Sundberg and Nelson Norman scored.

4

9

Top 7th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Sacrifice fly by Wayne Gross; Dave Chalk scored.

5

9

Athletics

Mike Heath grounded out; Jim Essian scored.

6

9

Athletics

Single by Rob Picciolo; Jeff Newman and Mike Edwards scored.

8

9

Athletics

Single by Rickey Henderson; Derek Bryant scored.

9

9

Bottom 7th

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Home run by Bill Sample.

9

10

Bottom 8th

OAK

TEX

Rangers

Single by Oscar Gamble; Nelson Norman scored.

9

11

Rangers

Sacrifice fly by Pat Putnam; Bump Wills scored.

9

12

Top 9th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Single by Derek Bryant; Mike Edwards scored.

10

12

Athletics

Single by Dave Chalk; Derek Bryant scored.

11

12

Athletics

Single by Jim Essian; Rob Picciolo scored.

12

12

Top 15th

OAK

TEX

Athletics

Single by Mike Heath; Dave Chalk scored.

13

12

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rickey Henderson CF 8 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 4
Dave Chalk 3B 6 3 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 5
Jim Essian DH 8 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
Jeff Newman 1B 7 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Mitchell Page PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milt Ramirez SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Armas RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Murray RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wayne Gross PH,LF,1B 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Heath C 9 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Mike Edwards 2B 7 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Derek Bryant LF,RF 6 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Rob Picciolo SS,LF 8 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
Totals 68 13 29 13 1 7 6 1 1 36

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve McCatty 5.2 10 9 6 1 2 2
Craig Minetto 1.1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Dave Heaverlo 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0
Rick Langford (W) 5.0 7 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Todd (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 15.0 21 12 9 4 5 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bump Wills 2B 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Buddy Bell 3B,SS 8 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
Oscar Gamble RF 4 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 6
La Rue Washington PR,CF,3B,SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Eric Soderholm PH,3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Putnam 1B 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
John Ellis DH 8 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Bill Sample LF 8 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Johnny Grubb CF,RF 7 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 2
Dave Roberts PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 6 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Richie Zisk PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larvell Blanks SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nelson Norman PR,SS 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen PH,CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 64 12 21 12 3 4 5 1 0 31

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jon Matlack 5.1 12 4 4 0 1 1
Doyle Alexander 1.1 3 4 4 1 1 0
Sparky Lyle 0.0 2 1 1 2 0 0
Doc Medich (L) 8.1 12 4 4 4 4 0
Totals 15.0 29 13 13 7 6 1

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More Rangers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

García

Adolis García

RBI

27

García

Adolis García

AVG

.327

Lowe

Nathaniel Lowe

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

K

44

Eovaldi

Nathan Eovaldi

ERA

1.02

Robertson

David Robertson

Team Rankings

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HR

35

13th

R

164

9th

SO

301

11th

ERA

3.69

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
19 15 .559
Rangers Rangers
19 16 .543 0.5
Athletics Athletics
17 17 .500 2.0
Angels Angels
12 22 .353 7.0
Astros Astros
12 22 .353 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
5/6
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
5/7
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Wed
5/8
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Wed
5/8
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
7:07 PM
Fri
5/10
TEX TEX
@
COL COL
8:40 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

20-15

2

Final

3

TEX Rangers

19-16

Sun 5 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
5/4
LAA LAA
@
CLE CLE
1-4
Sat
5/4
DET DET
@
NYY NYY
2-5
Sat
5/4
SEA SEA
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Sat
5/4
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
0-5
Sat
5/4
TEX TEX
@
KCR KCR
3-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
5/5
MIA MIA
@
OAK OAK
4:07 PM
Sun
5/5
SDP SDP
@
ARI ARI
4:10 PM
Sun
5/5
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
4:10 PM
Sun
5/5
SFG SFG
@
PHI PHI
7:10 PM
Mon
5/6
SFG SFG
@
PHI PHI
4:05 PM