Bob Bailor and Otto Velez drove in two runs apiece with singles in the eighth inning to enable the Blue Jays to down the Rangers, 10-7. The Jays took a 6-3 lead in the fifth when Doug Rader homered with two men on base, but the Rangers came back with two runs in the eighth on a circuit clout by Bump Wills before the Blue Jays had their four-run inning. Pete Vuckovich gave up the Ranger pair in the ninth but stuck it out to complete his route-going performance. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 10, Texas Rangers 7
Game Played on Saturday, July      2, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  2  0    0  2  2  -   7 12  1
Blue Jays    0  0  3    0  3  0    0  4  x  -  10 12  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         4   1   2   0     1   1   .275      Bailor ss             5   2   2   2     0   0   .323
Washington lf         5   1   0   0     0   2   .303      Staggs 2b             5   1   1   0     0   1   .300
Hargrove 1b           4   2   2   2     1   0   .299      Fairly dh             3   2   1   1     2   0   .327
Horton dh             5   0   2   1     0   0   .290      Velez rf              2   0   1   2     3   0   .274
May rf                4   1   3   2     1   1   .262      Ewing lf              4   1   2   2     0   1   .309
Harrah 3b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .274        Bowling lf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .138
Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .267      Rader 3b              5   1   1   3     0   2   .256
Wills 2b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .283      Ault 1b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .258
Sundberg c            3   1   2   0     1   0   .225      Scott cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .238
Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ashby c               2   1   1   0     1   0   .197
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Vuckovich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  12   7     4   8             Totals               35  10  12  10     7   4

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 19,176
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Blue Jays 9
DP: Rangers 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Harrah, Vuckovich
Doubles: May (8), Hargrove (12), Fairly (13)
Home Runs: Wills (4), Rader (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (6)
GIDP: Horton (6), Bailor (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker L(0-1)           5     6   6   6   5   1   1  25  10.80
Lindblad                2     4   4   3   1   3   0  12   4.00
Devine                  1     2   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.56
Totals                  8    12  10   9   7   4   1  43

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich W(4-6)        9    12   7   7   4   8   1  42   3.23
Totals                  9    12   7   7   4   8   1  42

Wild Pitches: Barker (1), Vuckovich (6)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Ted Hendry


RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris walked; Campaneris was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Vuckovich [Campaneris to second];
Washington struck out; Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted)
[Campaneris to third]; Horton singled to pitcher [Campaneris
scored]; May walked [Horton to second]; Harrah forced Horton
(shortstop to third); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Staggs
grounded out (first to pitcher); Fairly walked; Velez walked
[Fairly to second]; Ewing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Beniquez struck out; Wills flied out to left;
Sundberg singled to right; Campaneris singled to center
[Sundberg to second]; Washington struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader struck out; Ault flied out to right; Scott
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Horton
flied out to center; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby walked; Bailor singled to right [Ashby to
second]; Staggs flied out to right; Fairly doubled to right
[Ashby scored, Bailor to third]; Velez walked; Ewing singled to
left [Bailor scored, Fairly scored, Velez to second]; Rader
flied out to center; Ault flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); Wills was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Scott flied out to left; Ashby singled to right;
Bailor grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Ashby out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue
Jays 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg singled to center; Campaneris flied out to
right; Washington grounded out (third to first) [Sundberg to
second]; Vuckovich threw a wild pitch [Sundberg to third];
Hargrove singled to center [Sundberg scored]; Horton singled to
left [Hargrove to second]; May singled to center [Hargrove
scored, Horton to second]; Harrah forced Horton (third
unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Staggs flied out to left; Fairly walked; Velez
flied out to center; Ewing singled to center [Fairly to second];
Barker threw a wild pitch [Fairly to third, Ewing to second];
Rader homered [Fairly scored, Ewing scored]; Ault grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue
Jays 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez flied out to left; Wills grounded out
(first unassisted); Sundberg walked; Campaneris struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); On a bunt
Scott singled to first; Ashby out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Scott to second]; Bailor flied out to left; Staggs
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Washington grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
walked; Horton grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
3, Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Velez
walked; Ewing struck out; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 6.

RANGERS 8TH: BOWLING REPLACED EWING (PLAYING LF); May doubled to
left; Harrah struck out; Beniquez was called out on strikes;
Wills homered [May scored]; Sundberg grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ault singled to third; Scott singled to left
[Ault to second]; Ashby reached on a fielder's choice [Ault to
third (error by Harrah), Scott to second]; Bailor singled to
center [Ault scored (unearned), Scott scored, Ashby to second];
DEVINE REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); On a bunt Staggs singled to
third [Ashby to third, Bailor to second]; Fairly forced Ashby
(shortstop to catcher) [Bailor to third, Staggs to second];
Velez singled to center [Bailor scored, Staggs scored, Fairly to
third, Velez to second (on throw)]; Bowling was walked
intentionally; Rader made an out to second; Ault made an out to
shortstop; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Blue Jays 10.

RANGERS 9TH: On a bunt Campaneris singled to pitcher; Washington
forced Campaneris (second to shortstop); Hargrove doubled to
right [Washington scored]; Horton flied out to right; May
singled to left [Hargrove scored]; Harrah lined to pitcher; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Blue Jays 10.