1979 ALCS, Game 3: Texas Rangers At Queens Kings 10/22/1979
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Kings AB R H RBI AVG T.Harrah 3B 6 3 3 3 .300 G.Richards DH 5 1 2 2 .227 G.Matthews RF 6 1 3 4 .438 D.Lopes 2B 3 1 1 1 .267 D.Baylor DH 3 0 0 0 .125 A.Oliver CF 5 1 2 0 .344 B-M.Hargrove PH,DH 1 0 0 0 .250 S.Garvey 1B 4 0 1 1 .265 B.Bochte 1B 5 0 1 0 .357 J.Cruz LF 2 0 0 0 .250 T.Munson C 4 0 1 0 .333 C-B.Rivera PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .500 F.Lynn CF 4 1 2 0 .308 E-J.Gantner PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Norman LF 3 1 1 0 .333 F-S.Yeager C 0 0 0 0 .400 A-K.Landreaux LF 1 1 0 0 .000 L.Parrish 3B 2 1 0 0 .276 T.Foli SS 4 1 2 1 .417 B.Oglivie RF 4 1 2 1 .345 D.Kuiper 2B 4 2 2 2 .500 B.Fahey C 2 0 0 0 .154 D-C.Fisk PH 1 1 1 0 .500 G-M.Rettenmund LF 1 0 0 0 .000 C.Reynolds SS 4 0 1 0 .296 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 41 10 15 10 Totals 35 6 10 5
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Norman In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Baylor In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Cruz In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Fahey In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 7th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Gantner In 8th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fisk In 8th Inning
Rangers......... 1 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 - 10 15 0 Kings........... 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 - 6 10 1
Rangers (2-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Solomon WIN(1-0) 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 80 5.40 S.Monge HOLD(1st) 1 2/3 1 1 1 2 1 0 34 3.38 R.Langford 1 2/3 5 2 2 0 0 0 39 8.10 B.Knepper HOLD(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 E.Farmer SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 10 6 6 5 5 1
Kings (5-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Candelaria LOSS(1-1) 5 2/3 9 6 5 2 4 2 101 7.30 L.Christenso 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6.00 S.McGregor 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 24 4.70 G.Zahn 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 P.Underwood 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 2.08 S.Stone 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.15 Totals 9 15 10 9 4 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 42,422 DATE- Monday, October 22nd 1979 TIME- Day T- 3:11 LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:10 Kings: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0 Kings: 0 ERRORS- C.Reynolds DOUBLES- T.Harrah(1st), G.Matthews-2(3rd), D.Kuiper(1st), D.Lopes(2nd), B.Oglivie-2(4th), C.Fisk(1st) HOME RUNS- T.Harrah(1st), G.Matthews(1st), G.Richards(1st) RBIs- T.Harrah-3(3rd), G.Matthews-4(4th), T.Foli(2nd), D.Kuiper-2(3rd), G.Richards-2(5th), D.Lopes(2nd), S.Garvey(7th), B.Oglivie(12th) STOLEN BASES- D.Lopes-2(4th), A.Oliver(1st), L.Parrish(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- D.Lopes-2 SACRIFICE HITS- D.Kuiper SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Foli WALKS- M.Hargrove, T.Munson, F.Lynn, K.Landreaux, D.Lopes-2, S.Garvey, L.Parrish-2 STRIKE OUTS- D.Baylor, M.Hargrove, T.Munson, D.Norman, T.Foli, A.Oliver, S.Garvey, J.Cruz, L.Parrish, C.Reynolds WILD PITCHES- S.Monge, R.Langford 2-out RBI- D.Kuiper-2, T.Harrah-3, G.Richards-2, G.Matthews-3, D.Lopes, S.Garvey RLISP 2-out- S.Garvey-3, G.Matthews-2, B.Fahey, D.Norman-2, A.Oliver, B.Bochte, B.Oglivie, M.Hargrove, J.Gantner TEAM RISP- Rangers: 4 for 11 Kings: 5 for 16
The Texas Rangers put 4 runs on the scoreboard in the 7th inning and defeated the Queens Kings by a score of 10 to 6 at The King's Palace.
Gary Matthews provided the offensive punch. He clubbed a solo home run in the 1st inning, doubled which plated a run in the 6th inning and doubled bringing in two baserunners in the 7th inning. Overall Texas out-hit Queens 15 to 10.
Eddie Solomon(1-0) picked up the victory, allowing 3 runs in 5 innings. Ed Farmer got the save, his 1st. John Candelaria(1-1) suffered the loss. He was knocked around by Texas, allowing 9 hits and 2 walks in 5 and 2/3 innings.