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@CAL		7
6
NYY
@CHW		9
1
BOS
@CLE		7
4
TOR
@KCR		3
4
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@MIL		5
2
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@OAK		1
7
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@TEX		3
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5
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@CIN		5
10
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5
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@MON		5
7		 
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PHI
@NYM		9
6
STL
@PIT		3
4
Wednesday, August 1, 1979,
, Arlington Stadium
Attendance: 13,803, Time of Game: 2:16
Tigers
3
53-51
⇐ Lost 2 ⇒
 at Rangers
4
56-49
⇐ Won 2 ⇒
W: Steve Comer (12-6)
L: Milt Wilcox (8-5)
S: Jim Kern (18)
 
                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Tigers          0  0  0   0  1  0   2  0  0    3  6  1
Rangers         0  0  1   0  1  2   0  0  X    4  6  1

Detroit Tigers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Ron LeFlore CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .299 .726 0.004 1.46 0.143 -0.139 0.1 2 0 SB,GDP
Lou Whitaker 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 .750 -0.173 1.65 0.000 -0.173 -1.2 3 3
Steve Kemp LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .332 .940 -0.099 1.19 0.012 -0.111 -0.5 2 0
Jason Thompson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .257 .741 -0.047 0.96 0.032 -0.080 -0.2 8 1
Champ Summers RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .281 .908 -0.074 1.10 0.042 -0.117 -0.5 2 0 GDP
   Lynn Jones RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 .720 0.000 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.0 1 0
Lance Parrish C 3 0 0 0 1 0 .276 .826 0.027 1.63 0.115 -0.088 -0.4 4 0
Al Greene DH 3 2 1 0 1 0 .190 .551 -0.174 1.79 0.081 -0.254 -0.2
Tom Brookens 3B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .274 .771 -0.064 1.60 0.052 -0.116 -0.4 1 0
Alan Trammell SS 3 0 2 2 0 0 .277 .660 0.190 1.73 0.208 -0.018 1.8 1 4
Milt Wilcox P 0 1
Team Totals 31 3 6 3 4 8 .194 .479 -0.410 1.45 0.685 -1.096 -1.6 24 9
TB: R LeFlore 2; A Trammell 2; J Thompson; A Greene.
GIDP: R LeFlore (10); C Summers (4).
RBI: A Trammell 2 (31); R LeFlore (31).
2-out RBI: R LeFlore; A Trammell.
Team LOB: 5.
With RISP: 3 for 7.
Fielding
E: L Whitaker (5).
Baserunning
SB: R LeFlore (53, 2nd base off S Comer/J Sundberg).

Texas Rangers

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS WPA aLI WPA+ WPA- RE24 PO A
Mickey Rivers CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .290 .731 -0.025 1.20 0.063 -0.088 -0.3 1 0
Buddy Bell 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .295 .759 0.146 0.97 0.176 -0.031 1.0 1 1 2B
Al Oliver LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 .809 -0.099 0.88 0.000 -0.099 -1.0 3 0
Richie Zisk RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .256 .717 -0.036 0.84 0.032 -0.068 -0.4 1 0
Pat Putnam 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .290 .812 -0.080 0.81 0.000 -0.080 -0.9 7 1
Johnny Grubb DH 3 1 0 0 1 0 .284 .778 0.049 0.62 0.074 -0.024 0.5
Jim Sundberg C 3 0 1 2 0 0 .256 .690 0.093 1.00 0.127 -0.034 1.4 9 1 3B
Dave Roberts 2B 2 2 1 0 1 0 .258 .720 0.090 0.90 0.113 -0.023 0.4 3 2 2B
Nelson Norman SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 .198 .502 -0.050 1.24 0.000 -0.050 -0.8 1 4 2·SH
Steve Comer P 1 1
   Jim Kern P 0 0
Team Totals 29 4 6 4 2 4 .207 .603 0.088 0.93 0.585 -0.497 -0.1 27 10
2B: D Roberts (2, off M Wilcox); B Bell (25, off M Wilcox).
3B: J Sundberg (3, off M Wilcox).
SH: N Norman 2 (13, 2 off M Wilcox).
TB: J Sundberg 3; B Bell 3; D Roberts 2; R Zisk; M Rivers.
RBI: J Sundberg 2 (41); B Bell (62); M Rivers (26).
2-out RBI: B Bell.
Team LOB: 5.
With RISP: 3 for 9.
Fielding
DP: 3. N Norman-D Roberts-P Putnam 2; J Sundberg-D Roberts.
E: N Norman (18).

Detroit Tigers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Milt Wilcox, L (8-5) 8 6 4 3 2 4 0 4.86 33 58 -0.089 0.93 0.1
Team Totals 8 6 4 3 2 4 0 3.38 33 58 -0.089 1.45 0.1

Texas Rangers

Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF GSc IR IS WPA aLI RE24
Steve Comer, W (12-6) 6.2 6 3 3 3 3 0 3.44 28 50 0.039 1.22 0.2
Jim Kern, S (18) 2.1 0 0 0 1 5 0 1.34 7 2 0 0.372 2.42 1.5
Team Totals 9 6 3 3 4 8 0 3.00 35 50 2 0 0.411 0.93 1.6
Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Other Info

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Greg Kosc.
Time of Game: 2:16.
Attendance: 13,803.
Field Condition: Unknown.
Start Time Weather: Night.

Starting Lineups

Detroit Tigers         Texas Rangers
1 Ron LeFlore CF 1 Mickey Rivers CF
2 Lou Whitaker 2B 2 Buddy Bell 3B
3 Steve Kemp LF 3 Al Oliver LF
4 Jason Thompson 1B 4 Richie Zisk RF
5 Champ Summers RF 5 Pat Putnam 1B
6 Lance Parrish C 6 Johnny Grubb DH
7 Al Greene DH 7 Jim Sundberg C
8 Tom Brookens 3B 8 Dave Roberts 2B
9 Alan Trammell SS 9 Nelson Norman SS
Milt Wilcox P Steve Comer P

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
t9 3-4 0 1-- OO DET A. Greene J. Kern 24% 96% Double Play: Foul Flyball: C; Parrish out at 2B/C-2B
b5 1-1 2 -2- R TEX B. Bell M. Wilcox 14% 68% Single to CF; Roberts Scores
t5 0-1 1 12- R DET A. Trammell S. Comer -13% 45% Single to CF; Greene Scores; Brookens to 2B
b6 2-1 1 1-3 RR TEX J. Sundberg M. Wilcox 13% 93% Triple to LF; Zisk Scores; Grubb Scores/unER
t7 2-4 2 12- R DET R. LeFlore S. Comer -12% 70% Single to CF; Brookens Scores; Trammell to 2B

Play By Play

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Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description
Top of the 1st, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 --- O DET R. LeFlore S. Comer 2% 52% Groundout: SS-1B
t1 0-0 1 --- O DET L. Whitaker S. Comer 2% 54% Groundout: 1B unassisted
t1 0-0 2 --- DET S. Kemp S. Comer -1% 53% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
t1 0-0 2 1-- O DET J. Thompson S. Comer 2% 55% Groundout: P-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 --- O TEX M. Rivers M. Wilcox -2% 53% Flyball: CF
b1 0-0 1 --- TEX B. Bell M. Wilcox 4% 57% Double to CF
b1 0-0 1 -2- O TEX A. Oliver M. Wilcox -3% 53% Strikeout Looking
b1 0-0 2 -2- O TEX R. Zisk M. Wilcox -3% 50% Groundout: SS-1B
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0.
Top of the 2nd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 5-6-7
t2 0-0 0 --- O DET C. Summers S. Comer 2% 52% Lineout: SS
t2 0-0 1 --- O DET L. Parrish S. Comer 2% 54% Flyball: LF
t2 0-0 2 --- O DET A. Greene S. Comer 1% 55% Flyball: LF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 5-6-7
b2 0-0 0 --- O TEX P. Putnam M. Wilcox -2% 53% Lineout: SS
b2 0-0 1 --- O TEX J. Grubb M. Wilcox -2% 51% Groundout: 2B-1B
b2 0-0 2 --- O TEX J. Sundberg M. Wilcox -1% 50% Flyball: RF
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0.
Top of the 3rd, Tigers Batting, Tied 0-0, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 --- O DET T. Brookens S. Comer 3% 53% Strikeout
t3 0-0 1 --- O DET A. Trammell S. Comer 2% 54% Groundout: SS-1B
t3 0-0 2 --- DET R. LeFlore S. Comer -1% 53% Single to 3B
t3 0-0 2 1-- DET L. Whitaker S. Comer -1% 52% LeFlore Steals 2B
t3 0-0 2 -2- O DET L. Whitaker S. Comer 4% 56% Strikeout
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Rangers Batting, Tied 0-0, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 --- TEX D. Roberts M. Wilcox 7% 62% Double to LF
b3 0-0 0 -2- O TEX N. Norman M. Wilcox -1% 61% Bunt Groundout: 1B unassisted/Sacrifice; Roberts to 3B
b3 0-0 1 --3 R TEX M. Rivers M. Wilcox 6% 67% Single to CF; Roberts Scores
b3 1-0 1 1-- O TEX B. Bell M. Wilcox -2% 65% Groundout: SS-1B; Rivers to 2B
b3 1-0 2 -2- O TEX A. Oliver M. Wilcox -3% 62% Flyball: LF
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1.
Top of the 4th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 3-4-5
t4 0-1 0 --- O DET S. Kemp S. Comer 3% 65% Groundout: 1B-P
t4 0-1 1 --- DET J. Thompson S. Comer -3% 62% Single to RF
t4 0-1 1 1-- OO DET C. Summers S. Comer 7% 69% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1.
Bottom of the 4th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 4-5-6
b4 1-0 0 --- O TEX R. Zisk M. Wilcox -2% 66% Flyball: RF
b4 1-0 1 --- O TEX P. Putnam M. Wilcox -2% 65% Strikeout
b4 1-0 2 --- TEX J. Grubb M. Wilcox 1% 66% Walk
b4 1-0 2 1-- O TEX J. Sundberg M. Wilcox -2% 64% Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Rangers 1.
Top of the 5th, Tigers Batting, Behind 0-1, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 6-7-8
t5 0-1 0 --- O DET L. Parrish S. Comer 3% 67% Groundout: 3B-1B
t5 0-1 1 --- DET A. Greene S. Comer -4% 63% Walk
t5 0-1 1 1-- DET T. Brookens S. Comer -5% 58% Walk; Greene to 2B
t5 0-1 1 12- R DET A. Trammell S. Comer -13% 45% Single to CF; Greene Scores; Brookens to 2B
t5 1-1 1 12- OO DET R. LeFlore S. Comer 12% 57% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 1.
Bottom of the 5th, Rangers Batting, Tied 1-1, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 8-9-1
b5 1-1 0 --- TEX D. Roberts M. Wilcox 5% 61% Walk
b5 1-1 0 1-- O TEX N. Norman M. Wilcox -2% 59% Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice; Roberts to 2B
b5 1-1 1 -2- O TEX M. Rivers M. Wilcox -5% 55% Flyball: CF
b5 1-1 2 -2- R TEX B. Bell M. Wilcox 14% 68% Single to CF; Roberts Scores
b5 2-1 2 1-- O TEX A. Oliver M. Wilcox -2% 66% Groundout: 2B-1B
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 2.
Top of the 6th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-2, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 2-3-4
t6 1-2 0 --- O DET L. Whitaker S. Comer 4% 70% Flyball: CF
t6 1-2 1 --- O DET S. Kemp S. Comer 3% 72% Flyball: LF
t6 1-2 2 --- O DET J. Thompson S. Comer 2% 74% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 2-1, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 4-5-6
b6 2-1 0 --- TEX R. Zisk M. Wilcox 3% 77% Single to CF
b6 2-1 0 1-- O TEX P. Putnam M. Wilcox -3% 74% Flyball: 3B
b6 2-1 1 1-- TEX J. Grubb M. Wilcox 6% 80% Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Zisk to 3B
b6 2-1 1 1-3 RR TEX J. Sundberg M. Wilcox 13% 93% Triple to LF; Zisk Scores; Grubb Scores/unER
b6 4-1 1 --3 O TEX D. Roberts M. Wilcox -2% 91% Flyball: 2B
b6 4-1 2 --3 O TEX N. Norman M. Wilcox -1% 89% Strikeout
2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Rangers 4.
Top of the 7th, Tigers Batting, Behind 1-4, Rangers' Steve Comer facing 5-6-7
t7 1-4 0 --- DET C. Summers S. Comer -4% 85% Walk
t7 1-4 0 1-- O DET L. Parrish S. Comer 4% 89% Flyball: RF
t7 1-4 1 1-- DET A. Greene S. Comer -5% 85% Single to CF; Summers to 2B
t7 1-4 1 12- O DET T. Brookens S. Comer 5% 90% Groundout: 3B unassisted/Forceout at 3B; Greene to 2B
t7 1-4 2 12- R DET A. Trammell S. Comer -8% 82% Single to CF; Greene Scores; Brookens to 2B
t7 2-4 2 12- R DET R. LeFlore S. Comer -12% 70% Single to CF; Brookens Scores; Trammell to 2B
Jim Kern replaces Steve Comer pitching
t7 3-4 2 12- O DET L. Whitaker J. Kern 8% 79% Strikeout Looking
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4.
Bottom of the 7th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 4-3, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 1-2-3
b7 4-3 0 --- O TEX M. Rivers M. Wilcox -2% 77% Groundout: 2B-1B
b7 4-3 1 --- O TEX B. Bell M. Wilcox -1% 75% Groundout: P-1B
b7 4-3 2 --- O TEX A. Oliver M. Wilcox -1% 74% Groundout: SS-1B
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4.
Top of the 8th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-4, Rangers' Jim Kern facing 3-4-5
t8 3-4 0 --- O DET S. Kemp J. Kern 6% 80% Strikeout
t8 3-4 1 --- O DET J. Thompson J. Kern 4% 84% Strikeout
t8 3-4 2 --- O DET C. Summers J. Kern 3% 87% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4.
Bottom of the 8th, Rangers Batting, Ahead 4-3, Tigers' Milt Wilcox facing 4-5-6
Lynn Jones replaces Champ Summers playing RF batting 5th
b8 4-3 0 --- O TEX R. Zisk M. Wilcox -1% 85% Foul Flyball: RF
b8 4-3 1 --- O TEX P. Putnam M. Wilcox -1% 84% Strikeout
b8 4-3 2 --- O TEX J. Grubb M. Wilcox -1% 83% Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4.
Top of the 9th, Tigers Batting, Behind 3-4, Rangers' Jim Kern facing 6-7-8
t9 3-4 0 --- DET L. Parrish J. Kern -12% 72% Walk
t9 3-4 0 1-- OO DET A. Greene J. Kern 24% 96% Double Play: Foul Flyball: C; Parrish out at 2B/C-2B
t9 3-4 2 --- O DET T. Brookens J. Kern 4% 100% Strikeout
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Rangers 4.

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