The Rangers rolled to their sixth straight triumph, Gaylord Perry shutting out the Blue Jays despite allowing 11 hits, 3-0. Texas had only four safeties off loser Jerry Garvin, scoring the only run Perry needed in the first when Toby Harrah's sacrifice fly plated Bert Campaneris. The Rangers added two in the ninth on Harrah's single, a triple by Kurt Bevacqua and squeeze bunt by Jim Sundberg. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      28, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  4  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0 11  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .303      Staggs 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .296
Campaneris ss         4   1   0   0     0   1   .252      Bailor cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .318
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Howell 3b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .270
Horton dh             2   0   0   0     2   1   .291      Fairly rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .295
Harrah 3b             2   1   1   1     1   0   .278      Rader 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .251
Bevacqua lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .429      A. Woods lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .277
  Kirkpatrick lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .145      Ewing dh              4   0   2   0     0   1   .294
Washington cf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Torres ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .246
Sundberg c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .258        Whitt ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
May rf                3   0   0   0     1   0   .230      Ashby c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .201
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   3   4   3     6   3             Totals               33   0  11   0     2   8

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 17,512
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Blue Jays 8
DP: Rangers 2, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Rader, Torres
Triples: Bevacqua (1)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (14), Wills (17)
Caught Stealing: Hargrove (2), Harrah (4), Staggs (6), Fairly (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (13)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (2)
GIDP: Campaneris (5), Fairly (8), Whitt (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(9-8)            9    11   0   0   2   8   0  35   3.05
Totals                  9    11   0   0   2   8   0  35

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(7-11)          9     4   3   2   6   3   0  36   3.89
Totals                  9     4   3   2   6   3   0  36

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


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove reached on an error by Torres; Campaneris
forced Hargrove (third to second); Wills singled to left
[Campaneris to second]; Campaneris stole third and Wills stole
second; Horton was walked intentionally; Harrah hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Campaneris scored (unearned), Wills to third];
Bevacqua flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs singled to right; Staggs was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bailor flied out to
center; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Washington flied out to right; Sundberg made an out
to second; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly singled to second; Rader struck out;
Fairly was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); A.
Woods walked; Ewing singled to right [A. Woods to third]; Torres
walked [Ewing to second]; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove walked; Campaneris grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Hargrove out at second];
Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Staggs singled to center; Bailor forced Staggs
(third to second); Howell singled to first [Bailor to second];
Fairly grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
pitcher) [Howell out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Horton walked; Harrah made an out to shortstop;
Bevacqua flied out to center; Washington reached on an error by
Rader [Horton to second]; Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Rader made an out to first; A. Woods flied out to
right; Ewing grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 5TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Hargrove
walked; Hargrove was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop to first); On a bunt Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

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

RANGERS 6TH: Wills flied out to center; Horton struck out;
Harrah walked; Harrah was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor flied out to center; Howell singled to
center; Fairly was called out on strikes; Rader struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Bevacqua flied out to right; Washington flied out
to left; Sundberg singled to left; May walked [Sundberg to
second]; Hargrove lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: A. Woods singled to shortstop; Ewing struck out;
Torres struck out; Ashby singled to center [A. Woods out at
third (center to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue
Jays 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Wills
grounded out (third to first); Horton flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Staggs made an out to shortstop; Bailor flied out
to center; Howell singled to left; Fairly was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah singled to left; Bevacqua tripled [Harrah
scored]; Washington struck out; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Bevacqua scored]; May flied out to right;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: KIRKPATRICK REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING LF); Rader
singled to center; A. Woods forced Rader (first to shortstop);
Ewing singled to center [A. Woods to second]; WHITT BATTED FOR
TORRES; Whitt grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Ewing out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
3, Blue Jays 0.