The New York Yankees squeaked out a win over the Texas Rangers, 6 to 5, on August 14, 1979.

Final

Rangers

60-59

5

Yankees

63-53

6

TEX

NYY

1

0

2

1

0

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

1

6

0

7

2

1

8

2

3

9

0

R

5

6

H

8

13

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

TEX

NYY

Pat Putnam grounded out; Al Oliver scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

TEX

NYY

Single by Reggie Jackson; Bobby Murcer scored.

1

Bottom 5th

TEX

NYY

Wild pitchSome( by Doc Medich); Oscar Gamble scored.

1

2

Top 7th

TEX

NYY

Single by Jim Sundberg; Richie Zisk and Pat Putnam scored.

3

2

Bottom 7th

TEX

NYY

Home run by Bobby Murcer.

3

Top 8th

TEX

NYY

Home run by Buddy Bell; Mickey Rivers scored.

5

3

Bottom 8th

TEX

NYY

Single by Roy White; Lou Piniella scored.

5

4

Home run by Bobby Murcer; Roy White scored.

5

6

Rangers

Yankees

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Bump Wills 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Mickey Rivers CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Buddy Bell 3B	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
Al Oliver LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
Richie Zisk RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Montanez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Pat Putnam 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Sundberg C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Nelson Norman SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	32	5	8	4	1	2	5	2	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Doc Medich	6.1	9	3	3	2	2	1
Sparky Lyle	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	0
Jim Kern (L)	0.1	2	1	1	2	1	1
Dave Rajsich	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	13	6	6	5	4	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Bobby Murcer CF,LF	5	3	3	3	2	0	1	9
Willie Randolph 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Oscar Gamble LF	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	3
Fred Stanley SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Jackson RF	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	3
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Spencer DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lou Piniella PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Brad Gulden C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy White PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Jerry Narron C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bucky Dent SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Brown PH,CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	36	6	13	5	2	5	4	20

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Luis Tiant (W)	8.0	8	5	5	2	4	1
Rich Gossage (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	8	5	5	2	5	1

Explore

More Yankees Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

19

Judge

RBI

46

Soto

AVG

.311

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

W

6

Rodón

K

79

Gil

ERA

1.99

Gil

Team Rankings

HR

86

1st

R

285

6th

SO

504

6th

ERA

2.75

1st

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	40	19	.678
Orioles	36	19	.655	2.0
Red Sox	29	29	.500	10.5
Rays	28	30	.483	11.5
Blue Jays	27	30	.474	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/1	NYY	@	SFG	10:05 PM
Sun 6/2	NYY	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Tue 6/4	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 6/5	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Thu 6/6	MIN	@	NYY	7:05 PM

Last Game

Giants

29-29

2

Final

6

Yankees

40-19

Fri 31 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

19

Judge

18

Henderson

18

Tucker

RBI Leaders

57

Ramírez

49

Ozuna

47

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.342

Arraez

.330

Profar

.326

Betts

Hit Leaders

82

Arraez

75

Betts

74

Contreras

Run Leaders

51

Jr.

46

Contreras

43

Schwarber

OBP Leaders

.424

Profar

.419

Betts

.409

Soto

SLG Leaders

.639

Judge

.607

Ohtani

.601

Ozuna

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

20

Caballero

19

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

95

Glasnow

90

Flaherty

87

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.72

Lugo

1.73

López

1.75

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Suárez

0.82

Skubal

0.85

Sale

K/9 Leaders

12.02

Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

11.84

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

6

Kirby

9

Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

859.2

Jr.

828.2

Ohtani

827.3

Judge

DraftKings Points Leaders

657

Jr.

636

Ohtani

611

Soto

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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