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A two-run homer by Bump Wills in the 10th inning clinched a 6-3 victory for the Rangers in the first game of a doubleheader, but the Blue Jays came back to win the second game, 5-3, on the strength of a two-run single by Steve Staggs in the eighth inning. In the opener, Otto Velez homered for the Blue Jays in the sixth and Willie Horton for the Rangers in the seventh. The Rangers tied the score at 3-3 in the ninth with a run on singles by Juan Beniquez and Wills and a double by John Ellis. In the 10th, Toby Harrah showed his speed by scoring the tie-breaking run from first base on a single by Beniquez. Wills then came up and rapped his round-tripper to ice the decision. Texas Rangers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, July 3, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition StadiumRangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 - 6 10 2 Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 1 3 .271 Bailor ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Washington lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Staggs 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .298 A. Woods lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .306 Horton dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Fairly 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .324 Alomar pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Ewing dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .307 May rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .260 Ault ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Harrah 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .274 Velez rf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .277 Beniquez cf 3 2 2 1 2 0 .271 Rader 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .260 Wills 2b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .286 Scott cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .238 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Whitt c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .211 Kirkpatrick ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .146 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fahey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Ellis ph,c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .221 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 39 6 10 5 6 5 Totals 40 3 10 2 1 6 Time of Game: 2:53 Left on Base: Rangers 9, Blue Jays 9 DP: Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Campaneris, Harrah Doubles: J. Ellis (2), Rader (4), Fairly (14) Triples: Hargrove (2) Home Runs: Horton (10), Wills (5), Velez (11) Sacrifice Hits: Staggs (1) GIDP: Horton (7) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis W(4-7) 9 9 3 3 1 5 1 38 4.44 Knowles SV(3) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.45 Totals 10 10 3 3 1 6 1 42 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk 8.1 6 3 3 5 5 1 35 3.96 Willis L(2-3) 1.2 4 3 3 1 0 1 10 2.87 Totals 10 10 6 6 6 5 2 45 Wild Pitches: D. Ellis (4), Lemanczyk (4) Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jerry Neudecker RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris was called out on strikes; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove tripled to center; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor flied out to left; Staggs struck out (catcher to first); A. Woods singled to third; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. RANGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ewing flied out to center; Velez singled to left; Rader struck out; Scott reached on an error by Harrah [Velez to third (error by Campaneris), Scott to second]; Whitt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor flied out to center; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. RANGERS 4TH: Washington grounded out (second to first); Hargrove walked; Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Fairly grounded out (second to first); Ewing singled to right; Velez made an out to shortstop; Rader singled to left [Ewing to second]; Scott singled to center [Ewing scored, Rader to second]; Whitt grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 5TH: May struck out; Harrah walked; Beniquez walked [Harrah to second]; Wills struck out; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor flied out to center; Staggs flied out to left; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Fairly popped to catcher in foul territory; Ewing grounded out (first to pitcher); Velez homered; Rader doubled; Scott grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 2. RANGERS 7TH: Horton homered; May singled to center; Harrah singled to left [May to second]; Beniquez singled to right [May to third, Harrah to second]; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [May scored, Harrah to third, Beniquez to second]; Wills grounded out (second to first); KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Kirkpatrick was walked intentionally; Campaneris struck out; Washington forced Kirkpatrick (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 2, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: FAHEY REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING C ); Whitt singled to center; Bailor singled to third [Whitt to second]; Staggs out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Whitt to third, Bailor to second]; A. Woods was walked intentionally; D. Ellis threw a wild pitch [Whitt scored, Bailor to third, A. Woods to second]; Fairly made an out to shortstop; Ewing struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Blue Jays 3. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove flied out to right; Horton grounded out (second to first); May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez was called out on strikes; Rader grounded out (third to first); Scott made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Blue Jays 3. RANGERS 9TH: Harrah made an out to third; Beniquez walked; Wills singled to center [Beniquez to third]; WILLIS REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); J. ELLIS BATTED FOR FAHEY; J. Ellis doubled [Beniquez scored, Wills to third]; Campaneris was walked intentionally; Washington popped to third in foul territory; Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 3, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Whitt grounded out (first unassisted); Bailor flied out to left; Staggs flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Blue Jays 3. RANGERS 10TH: Horton singled to left; ALOMAR RAN FOR HORTON; May made an out to third; Harrah forced Alomar (second unassisted); Beniquez singled to center [Harrah scored]; Wills homered [Beniquez scored]; J. Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 10TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); KNOWLES REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Fairly doubled to left; AULT BATTED FOR EWING; Ault grounded out (second to first) [Fairly to third]; Velez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Blue Jays 3. |
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