1979 ALCS, Game 4: Texas Rangers At Queens Kings 10/23/1979
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Kings AB R H RBI AVG T.Harrah 3B 4 3 2 0 .357 D.Lopes 2B 4 3 2 0 .294 K.Landreaux RF 4 4 2 0 .167 C.Reynolds SS 4 1 2 1 .323 G.Matthews LF 6 2 2 4 .409 S.Garvey 1B 4 0 0 1 .237 F.Lynn CF 3 3 0 0 .250 L.Parrish 3B 5 1 3 2 .324 M.Hargrove 1B 4 0 2 3 .375 L.Lacy LF 2 0 1 0 .500 B.Bochte DH 6 1 5 6 .500 A-J.Cruz PH,LF 3 1 2 1 .296 T.Simmons C 5 0 0 0 .125 B.Oglivie RF 5 0 1 0 .324 D.Kuiper 2B 5 0 1 0 .400 C.Fisk DH 4 1 1 2 .429 T.Foli SS 5 0 2 0 .412 D-J.Gantner PH 1 0 0 0 .000 A.Oliver CF 4 1 3 0 .389 S.Yeager C 2 0 0 0 .333 B-G.Richards PH 1 0 0 0 .217 C-B.Fahey C 1 0 0 0 .143 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 42 13 16 13 Totals 40 8 15 7
A-Pinch Hit For Lacy In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Yeager In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Richards In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Fisk In 9th Inning
Rangers......... 2 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 - 13 16 1 Kings........... 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 - 8 15 1
Rangers (3-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Lee 3 2/3 6 3 3 0 0 1 60 9.00 R.Langford 5 9 5 5 0 4 0 102 8.49 B.Kison WIN(1-0) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 15 8 8 0 4 1
Kings (5-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA N.Ryan LOSS(1-2) 2 6 5 5 4 1 1 55 8.82 S.McGregor 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 68 3.38 P.Underwood 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 16 5.06 L.Christenso 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 12.00 S.Stone 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 55 4.63 Totals 9 16 13 11 8 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 43,782 DATE- Tuesday, October 23rd 1979 TIME- Night T- 2:40 LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:11 Kings: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0 Kings: 0 ERRORS- G.Matthews, S.Yeager DOUBLES- T.Harrah-2(3rd), G.Matthews(4th), M.Hargrove(1st), B.Bochte-2(2nd), L.Parrish-2(2nd), J.Cruz(4th) TRIPLES- B.Oglivie(1st) HOME RUNS- G.Matthews(2nd), B.Bochte(2nd), C.Fisk(1st) RBIs- G.Matthews-4(8th), M.Hargrove-3(3rd), B.Bochte-6(9th), C.Reynolds(3rd), S.Garvey(8th), L.Parrish-2(4th), J.Cruz(4th), C.Fisk-2(4th) CAUGHT STEALING- D.Kuiper SACRIFICE HITS- K.Landreaux, C.Reynolds SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Garvey WALKS- T.Harrah-2, K.Landreaux, F.Lynn-3, M.Hargrove-2 HIT BY PITCH- D.Lopes STRIKE OUTS- F.Lynn, M.Hargrove-2, S.Garvey, L.Parrish, B.Oglivie, G.Richards 2-out RBI- M.Hargrove-3, B.Bochte-3, L.Parrish-2, J.Cruz RLISP 2-out- T.Simmons-2, L.Lacy, T.Foli-3, S.Yeager, G.Matthews-2, M.Hargrove, J.Cruz-2, B.Bochte, J.Gantner TEAM RISP- Rangers: 6 for 24 Kings: 4 for 12
Designated hitter Bruce Bochte had 5 hits and 6 RBI as the Texas Rangers defeated the Queens Kings by a score of 13 to 8 at The King's Palace.
Bochte provided much of the offense. He stroked a one-base hit which scored a run in the 1st inning, doubled bringing in a run in the 3rd inning, stroked a single which was good for two runs in the 4th inning, lifted one out of the park for a two run home run in the 6th inning and doubled in the 8th inning. Even though they scored in 5 different innings, Queens was not able to pull off the win.
Bruce Kison(1-0) allowed no runs in 1/3 of an inning, and picked up the victory. The losing pitcher was Nolan Ryan(1-2). He was hit hard and gave up 6 hits and 4 walks in 2 innings.
Bochte was jubilant after the game 'Let me see a box-score' he joked, 'I want to see how that game looks on paper.'