The Rangers set a club record with nine extra-base hits as they mashed the Blue Jays, 14-0, behind the four-hit pitching of Bert Blyleven. Texas jumped on Jim Clancy, making his major league debut, for five runs in the first two innings. Willie Horton drove in one run in the opening frame with the first of his three doubles.

Toby Harrah, Bump Wills and Horton each had run-scoring doubles in the fourth as the Rangers padded the lead to 9-0. Kurt Bevacqua smacked a two-run homer in the sixth, his first hit since being recalled from the minors. The Rangers used singles by Claudell Washington, Horton, Bevacqua and an error to score their final three runs in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 14, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Tuesday, July      26, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      2  3  1    3  0  2    0  3  0  -  14 17  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           4   2   0   0     2   1   .305      Staggs 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Campaneris ss         2   2   1   2     1   1   .255      Bailor cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .322
  Mason ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .259
Washington cf         5   3   3   2     0   0   .298      Fairly dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .295
Horton dh             5   2   4   2     0   1   .293      Rader 1b              1   0   0   0     2   0   .251
Harrah 3b             3   0   1   1     0   1   .277      A. Woods lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .277
  Bevacqua pr,3b      2   2   2   3     0   0   .667      Ewing rf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .289
Wills 2b              4   2   2   1     1   1   .293      Torres ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .249
May rf                5   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .199
Kirkpatrick lf        5   0   1   1     0   1   .145      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            3   1   2   1     0   1   .257        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  J. Ellis ph,c       2   0   0   0     0   1   .239        DeBarr p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hartenstein p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  14  17  13     4   9             Totals               30   0   4   0     5   6

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 22,357
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Blue Jays 9
DP: Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Washington, Staggs 2
Doubles: Horton 3 (14), Sundberg (10), Harrah (19), Wills (16), Mason (4), Howell (8)
Triples: Campaneris (5)
Home Runs: Bevacqua (1)
Stolen Bases: Wills (16), Washington (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Washington (2)
GIDP: Ashby (8)
Hit by Pitch: Rader (2,by Blyleven)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(10-9)        9     4   0   0   5   6   0  36   2.39
Totals                  9     4   0   0   5   6   0  36

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(0-1)           2     5   5   5   3   1   0  13  22.50
Johnson                 0.2   2   1   0   0   2   0   5   4.61
DeBarr                  0.2   2   3   3   1   0   0   5   5.91
Vuckovich               3.2   3   2   2   0   6   1  14   3.49
Hartenstein             2     5   3   1   0   0   0  11   6.59
Totals                  9    17  14  11   4   9   1  48

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (5)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Nick Bremigan


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Debut game for Jim Clancy;
Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Hargrove
to second]; Washington singled to center [Hargrove scored,
Washington to second (on throw to home)]; Horton doubled to
right [Washington scored]; Harrah flied out to left; Wills
walked; May grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs made an out to first; Bailor grounded out
(third to first); Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 2, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Kirkpatrick struck out; Sundberg doubled to right;
Hargrove walked; Campaneris tripled to right [Sundberg scored,
Hargrove scored]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Campaneris scored]; Horton doubled to center [Horton out at
third (center to third)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly was called out on strikes; Rader was hit
by a pitch; A. Woods singled to second [Rader to second]; Ewing
struck out; Torres grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 5, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 3RD: JOHNSON REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Harrah was
called out on strikes; Wills singled to right; May struck out;
Wills stole second; Kirkpatrick reached on an error by Staggs
[Wills to third]; Sundberg singled to left [Wills scored
(unearned), Kirkpatrick to second]; DEBARR REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Hargrove lined to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby made an out to second; Staggs walked;
Bailor forced Staggs (shortstop to second); Howell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue
Jays 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Campaneris walked; Washington grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Campaneris to second]; Horton doubled to center
[Campaneris scored]; Harrah doubled to center [Horton scored];
BEVACQUA RAN FOR HARRAH; VUCKOVICH REPLACED DEBARR (PITCHING);
Wills doubled to left [Bevacqua scored]; May grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Wills stayed at second]; Kirkpatrick
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
9, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Fairly
grounded out (catcher to first); Rader flied out to right; A.
Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 9, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg was called out on strikes; Hargrove flied
out to center; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 9, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ewing was called out on strikes; Torres singled
to right; Ashby flied out to right; Staggs grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 9, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Washington singled to first; Horton struck out;
Washington stole second; Bevacqua homered [Washington scored];
Wills struck out; May grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 11, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: MASON REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING SS); Bailor
lined to first; Howell doubled to left; Fairly flied out to
left; Rader walked; A. Woods flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 11, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Kirkpatrick flied out to left; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR
SUNDBERG; J. Ellis struck out; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 11, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Ewing
walked; Torres forced Ewing (shortstop to second); Ashby
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Torres out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 11, Blue
Jays 0.

RANGERS 8TH: HARTENSTEIN REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Mason
grounded out (first unassisted); Washington singled to center;
Horton singled to right [Washington to third]; Bevacqua singled
to center [Washington scored, Horton to second]; Wills forced
Bevacqua (shortstop to second) [Horton to third]; May reached on
an error by Staggs [Horton scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wills to
third, May to second]; Kirkpatrick singled to third [Wills
scored (unearned), May out at home (first to catcher)]; 3 R (1
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 14, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled to center [Bailor to second (error by Washington)];
Howell struck out; Fairly walked; Rader walked [Bailor to third,
Fairly to second]; A. Woods flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 14, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 9TH: J. Ellis flied out to right; Hargrove grounded out
(first unassisted); Mason doubled to left; Washington grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 14, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ewing grounded out (second to first); Torres
struck out; Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 14, Blue Jays 0.