1979 CRL Championship, Game 3: Chicago Fire At Texas Rangers 11/2/1979
Fire AB R H RBI AVG Rangers AB R H RBI AVG
P.Rose 3B,1B 4 1 4 0 .303 T.Harrah 3B 4 0 0 0 .314
O.Velez LF 3 0 0 0 .300 G.Matthews RF 4 0 0 0 .267
E-J.Morrison PH,3B 1 1 1 2 .200 D.Baylor LF 3 2 1 1 .357
D.Winfield CF 4 0 1 0 .250 T.Munson C 4 1 2 2 .217
R.Jackson RF 2 0 0 0 .208 F.Lynn CF 4 1 1 0 .324
A-E.Valentine PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .067 D.Norman DH 3 1 1 1 .200
C.Chambliss 1B 2 0 0 0 .250 F-M.Hargrove PH,DH 0 1 0 0 .357
C-B.Ayala PH 1 0 0 0 .000 S.Dillard 2B 3 1 1 0 .417
D-B.Stein 3B,SS 1 0 0 0 .375 B-D.Kuiper 2B 1 0 1 2 .375
J.Milner DH 4 0 0 0 .250 B.Bochte 1B 4 1 2 2 .333
G.Carter C 3 0 0 0 .258 T.Foli SS 4 1 1 1 .412
G.Pryor 2B 3 0 0 0 .200
K.Garcia SS,LF 3 0 0 0 .222
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Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 34 9 10 9
A-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Dillard In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Chambliss In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Ayala In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Velez In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Norman In 8th Inning
Fire............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 0
Rangers......... 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 - 9 10 0
Fire (6-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Schatzeder LOSS(1-1) 7 7 6 6 2 5 3 104 5.84
T.Buskey 1 3 3 3 1 0 0 27 8.10
Totals 8 10 9 9 3 5 3
Rangers (5-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Solomon WIN(2-0) 5 2/3 4 0 0 0 2 0 79 2.53
B.Lee 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 33 7.84
B.Welch 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.00
Totals 9 6 2 2 0 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 32,855 DATE- Friday, November 2nd 1979 TIME- Night
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Fire: 4 Rangers: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Fire: 0 Rangers: 0
DOUBLES- T.Munson(2nd), B.Bochte(3rd), T.Foli(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Morrison(1st), D.Baylor(2nd), D.Norman(1st), B.Bochte(3rd)
RBIs- J.Morrison-2(2nd), D.Baylor(4th), T.Munson-2(5th), D.Norman(1st),
D.Kuiper-2(5th), B.Bochte-2(11th), T.Foli(4th)
WALKS- T.Harrah, D.Baylor, M.Hargrove
STRIKE OUTS- D.Winfield, K.Garcia, T.Harrah, G.Matthews, T.Munson, F.Lynn,
D.Norman
WILD PITCHES- D.Schatzeder
2-out RBI- D.Baylor, T.Munson-2, J.Morrison-2
RLISP 2-out- F.Lynn, E.Valentine, T.Foli
TEAM RISP- Fire: 0 for 1 Rangers: 2 for 8
Bruce Bochte touched them all and had 2 RBI at Arlington Stadium where the
Texas Rangers beat the Chicago Fire by the score of 9 to 2.
Texas started with a bang, jumping out to an early lead in their half of the
first plating one baserunner. Texas finished with 10 hits while Chicago
ended up with 6.
The winning pitcher was Eddie Solomon(2-0) who allowed no runs in 5 and 2/3
innings. Dan Schatzeder(1-1) was given the loss. He served up 3 homeruns in
his 7 innings.