Saturday, May 27, 2023

Rollie Fingers

April 13, 1985 Arlington, Tx - Arlington Stadium
Milwaukee Brewers  6 - 5  Texas Rangers

Rollie Fingers replaces Bob Gibson, who picked up the win, for the 9th-inning facing 4 batters, giving up a walk, bunt ground out, flyable out and a foul pop-out to earn his 217th save. On September 4, 1985, Fingers broke Sparky Lyle's American League record of 232 career saves

Game stats: 
MIL RBI: Ed Romero 2; Cecil Cooper 2; Rick Manning; Jim Gantner
TEX RBI: Cliff Johnson 3 (HR)

MIL pitching: Pete Vuckovih (Start 5-innings) Bob Gibson (W 1-inning) Rollie Fingers (Sv 1-inning)
TEX pitching: Charlie Hough (Start 4.1-innings) Dickie Noles (L 4.2-innings)

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