1979 ALCS, Game 1: Queens Kings At Texas Rangers 10/19/1979
Kings AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG D.Lopes 2B 5 1 1 0 .250 T.Harrah 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 C.Reynolds SS 3 2 1 0 .250 K.Landreaux RF 3 0 0 0 .000 S.Garvey 1B 4 0 1 1 .308 D-D.Baylor PH,LF 2 1 1 0 .500 L.Parrish 3B 4 0 1 1 .333 G.Matthews LF,RF 5 1 2 0 .400 L.Lacy LF 2 1 1 1 .500 F.Lynn CF 5 0 1 1 .200 A-J.Cruz PH,LF 3 2 0 0 .300 M.Hargrove 1B 3 1 1 0 .333 B.Oglivie RF 3 3 2 1 .364 B.Bochte DH 5 0 2 1 .400 C.Fisk DH 2 0 1 0 .500 T.Simmons C 3 1 1 0 .333 B-T.Crowley PH,DH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Kuiper 2B 2 0 2 11.000 E-J.Gantner PH,DH 0 0 0 0 ---- C-S.Dillard PH,2B 3 0 1 0 .333 A.Oliver CF 4 0 1 2 .348 T.Foli SS 4 0 2 1 .500 S.Yeager C 3 1 2 2 .400 H-T.Munson PH 1 0 0 0 .000 F-G.Richards PH 1 0 0 0 .214 G-B.Fahey C 0 0 0 0 .222 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 10 11 8 Totals 38 4 13 4
A-Pinch Hit For Lacy In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Fisk In 5th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Kuiper In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Landreaux In 6th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Crowley In 7th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Yeager In 9th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Richards In 9th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Foli In 9th Inning
Kings........... 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 - 10 11 1 Rangers......... 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 13 2
Kings (5-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA N.Ryan WIN(1-1) 5 5 1 1 4 5 0 98 6.91 G.Zahn 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 37 0.00 L.Christenso 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 21 6.00 S.Stone 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 30 4.50 Totals 9 13 4 3 5 5 0
Rangers (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Lee LOSS(0-1) 3 1/3 6 4 4 0 1 2 56 10.80 B.Kison 1 1/3 0 2 0 3 0 0 30 0.00 B.Knepper 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 R.Langford 4 5 4 4 2 0 1 69 9.00 Totals 9 11 10 8 5 1 3
ATTENDANCE- 31,358 DATE- Friday, October 19th 1979 TIME- Day T- 3:09 LEFT ON BASE- Kings: 8 Rangers:14 DOUBLE PLAYS- Kings: 1 Rangers: 1 ERRORS- C.Reynolds, T.Harrah, D.Kuiper DOUBLES- D.Lopes(1st), S.Garvey(2nd), D.Baylor(1st) HOME RUNS- L.Lacy(2nd), B.Oglivie(3rd), S.Yeager(1st) RBIs- S.Garvey(6th), L.Parrish(2nd), L.Lacy(4th), B.Oglivie(11th), A.Oliver-2(5th), S.Yeager-2(2nd), F.Lynn(1st), B.Bochte(1st), D.Kuiper(1st), T.Foli(1st) CAUGHT STEALING- D.Kuiper SACRIFICE HITS- C.Reynolds, A.Oliver SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Garvey, S.Yeager WALKS- C.Reynolds, L.Parrish, B.Oglivie-2, J.Gantner, T.Harrah, M.Hargrove-2, T.Simmons-2 HIT BY PITCH- J.Gantner, T.Harrah-2 STRIKE OUTS- C.Fisk, K.Landreaux, G.Matthews, F.Lynn, B.Bochte, T.Foli GIDP- M.Hargrove WILD PITCHES- B.Kison 2-out RBI- D.Kuiper, B.Bochte RLISP 2-out- G.Matthews-2, D.Lopes, T.Foli, A.Oliver-2, B.Bochte-2, J.Cruz, T.Munson-2 TEAM RISP- Kings: 1 for 8 Rangers: 5 for 16
Right fielder Ben Oglivie homered and scored 3 times as the Queens Kings defeated the Texas Rangers 10 to 4 at Arlington Stadium.
Queens set the tone of the game in the first inning plating one baserunner. Queens simply wore out the Texas pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.
The win went to Nolan Ryan(1-1) who allowed 1 run in 5 innings. Bill Lee(0-1) was charged with the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 4 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings.