1979 CRL Championship, Game 6: Texas Rangers At Chicago Fire 11/6/1979
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Fire AB R H RBI AVG
T.Harrah 3B 4 1 1 2 .298 P.Rose 3B 3 1 0 0 .267
G.Matthews RF 4 0 1 0 .250 G-J.Milner LF 0 0 0 0 .304
D.Baylor LF 4 0 0 0 .314 O.Velez LF 3 1 2 2 .310
E.Farmer P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-J.Morrison PH 1 0 1 0 .250
T.Simmons C 4 0 0 0 .125 T.Stoddard P 0 0 0 0 ----
F.Lynn CF 4 1 1 1 .326 D.Winfield CF 4 1 1 0 .227
S.Dillard 2B 2 0 0 0 .313 R.Jackson RF 2 0 0 0 .182
C-T.Solaita PH 1 1 1 0 .667 B-E.Valentine PH,RF 2 1 1 1 .167
D-D.Kuiper 2B 1 0 0 0 .355 C.Chambliss 1B 3 1 0 0 .240
B.Bochte 1B 4 0 1 1 .318 G.Carter C 4 1 3 1 .293
T.Foli SS 4 0 0 0 .386 G.Pryor 2B 3 0 1 0 .241
K.Forsch P 1 0 0 0 .250 K.Garcia SS 4 0 0 0 .158
A-T.Munson PH 1 1 0 0 .231 M.Caldwell P 2 0 0 0 .167
B.Lee P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Lockwood P 0 0 0 0 .000
B.Welch P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Martinez P 0 0 0 0 ----
H-M.Hargrove PH 1 0 1 0 .318 E-B.Stein PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .300
I-K.Landreaux LF 0 0 0 0 .125
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Totals 35 4 6 4 Totals 33 6 9 4
A-Pinch Hit For Forsch In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Dillard In 7th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Solaita In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Martinez In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Velez In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Rose In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Welch In 8th Inning
I-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Hargrove In 8th Inning
Rangers......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 4 6 2
Fire............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 6 9 2
Rangers (6-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Forsch LOSS(1-1) 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 74 4.07
B.Lee 1 2/3 2 1 0 0 0 0 25 6.14
B.Welch 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
E.Farmer 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 23 3.86
Totals 8 9 6 3 2 3 2
Fire (8-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Caldwell WIN(3-0) 6 2/3 2 2 1 0 4 1 86 2.96
S.Lockwood 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 7.36
T.Martinez HOLD(5th) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00
T.Stoddard SAVE(5th) 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 35 1.08
Totals 9 6 4 3 0 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 34,364 DATE- Tuesday, November 6th 1979 TIME- Night
T- 2:15
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 4 Fire: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0 Fire: 0
ERRORS- F.Lynn, T.Foli, P.Rose, B.Stein
DOUBLES- B.Bochte(5th), G.Carter(2nd)
HOME RUNS- T.Harrah(2nd), F.Lynn(4th), O.Velez(3rd), E.Valentine(1st)
RBIs- T.Harrah-2(8th), F.Lynn(7th), B.Bochte(12th), O.Velez-2(7th),
E.Valentine(1st), G.Carter(4th)
WALKS- P.Rose, G.Pryor
HIT BY PITCH- C.Chambliss
STRIKE OUTS- T.Harrah, F.Lynn-3, C.Chambliss, K.Garcia, M.Caldwell
WILD PITCHES- T.Stoddard, T.Martinez
2-out RBI- G.Carter, B.Bochte
RLISP 2-out- T.Simmons, K.Garcia, T.Foli, D.Baylor, B.Stein
TEAM RISP- Rangers: 1 for 6 Fire: 0 for 3
Mike Caldwell had an impressive outing at Comiskey Park as the Chicago Fire
beat the Texas Rangers by the count of 6 to 4.
Chicago set the tone of the game in the first inning when they tallied 4 runs
on 3 hits. The highlight belonged to Otto Velez who made the crowd happy
when he cleared the fences for a two-run home run. For the game Chicago
out-hit Texas 9 to 6.
The winning pitcher was Caldwell(3-0) who allowed 2 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
Caldwell got relief help from Tim Stoddard who gained credit for his 5th
save. Ken Forsch(1-1) took the loss. He allowed 4 runs and 5 hits in 5 innings.