The Rangers moved into first place in the West Division, one-half game ahead of the White Sox and Twins, when Jim Sundberg delivered a two-strike, two-out single in the 10th inning to beat the Blue Jays, 6-5. Rick Cerone hit his first major league homer for the Blue Jays, who held a 5-2 lead before the Rangers rallied to tie the score in the eighth on a single by Willie Horton, two walks, a single by Bump Wills and sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez. In the 10th, Tom Grieve singled and was forced by Toby Harrah. After Wills was retired, Beniquez walked and Sundberg followed with his game-winning hit. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Wednesday, August    17, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Blue Jays    2  1  0    0  1  0    0  1  0    0  -   5 12  0
Rangers      0  1  1    0  0  0    0  3  0    1  -   6 11  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             4   0   1   1     0   2   .264      Hargrove 1b           5   1   2   0     0   1   .309
Bailor cf             5   1   2   0     0   2   .316      Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Howell 3b             4   1   1   1     1   2   .287      Washington lf         4   0   1   1     0   2   .296
Fairly 1b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .286        Bevacqua ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .345
  Scott pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Horton dh             4   1   3   0     0   0   .302
  Ault 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Alomar pr,dh        1   1   0   0     0   0   .263
Ewing rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .284      May rf                2   1   0   0     2   0   .245
  Bowling ph,rf       2   0   2   1     0   0   .145        Grieve ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .219
A. Woods lf           5   0   2   0     0   1   .270      Harrah 3b             3   2   1   0     2   0   .271
Rader dh              4   1   1   0     0   1   .249      Wills 2b              5   0   2   3     0   0   .280
McKay ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .184      Beniquez cf           3   0   0   1     1   0   .283
Cerone c              3   1   1   1     0   1   .300      Sundberg c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .296
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles 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
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   4     2  10             Totals               38   6  11   6     5   3

Time of Game: 3:07   Attendance: 12,913
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Rangers 10
DP: Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2
Errors: Hargrove, Campaneris
Doubles: Bowling (2), Horton (18), Wills (20)
Home Runs: Cerone (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Staggs (2), Cerone (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Beniquez (2)
GIDP: Ewing (8), Rader (9), Campaneris (6)
Hit by Pitch: Sundberg (2,by Vuckovich)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk               5     5   2   2   1   1   0  20   4.37
Johnson                 2.1   3   2   2   2   2   0  12   4.48
Vuckovich               0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   4   3.56
Willis L(2-5)           2     2   1   1   1   0   0   9   4.46
Totals                  9.2  11   6   6   5   3   0  45

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  7.1  10   5   3   1   8   1  32   4.11
Knowles                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.16
Devine W(9-6)           2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   3.16
Totals                 10    12   5   3   2  10   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich (2)
Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (12), Briles (3)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Al Clark


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs singled to shortstop; Bailor singled to
left [Staggs out at third (left to third), Bailor to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Howell singled to center [Bailor scored]; Fairly
reached on a fielder's choice [Howell to third (error by
Hargrove)]; Briles threw a wild pitch [Howell scored (unearned),
Fairly to second]; Ewing grounded out (second to first) [Fairly
to third]; A. Woods made an out to second; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove struck out; Campaneris flied out to
center; Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader singled to left; McKay struck out; Cerone
reached on a fielder's choice [Rader to third (error by
Campaneris)]; Staggs out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Rader scored (unearned), Cerone to second]; Bailor struck out;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton doubled to right; May grounded out (second
to first) [Horton to third]; Harrah grounded out (first
unassisted); Wills doubled to right [Horton scored]; Beniquez
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers
1.

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

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
singled to right; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Hargrove to
second]; Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted) [Hargrove to
third]; Washington singled to center [Hargrove scored]; Horton
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
3, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods struck out; Rader struck out; McKay
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers
2.

RANGERS 4TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah walked;
Wills flied out to center; Beniquez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone homered; Staggs grounded out (third to
first); Bailor was called out on strikes; Howell made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg lined to shortstop; Hargrove singled to
right; Campaneris grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Blue Jays 4, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Fairly made an out to first; Ewing flied out to
left; A. Woods singled to shortstop; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: JOHNSON REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Washington
struck out; Horton singled to left; May walked [Horton to
second]; Harrah singled to third [Horton to third, May to
second]; Wills flied out to left; Beniquez flied out to center;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: McKay singled to center; Cerone out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [McKay to second]; Staggs
was called out on strikes; Bailor singled to left [McKay out at
home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hargrove flied out to center; Campaneris flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell struck out; Fairly walked; BOWLING BATTED
FOR EWING; Bowling doubled to center [Fairly scored]; KNOWLES
REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); A. Woods singled to left [Bowling
stayed at second]; Rader grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [A. Woods out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: BOWLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Washington was
called out on strikes; Horton singled to center; ALOMAR RAN FOR
HORTON; May walked [Alomar to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); Harrah walked [Alomar to third, May to
second]; Wills singled to right [Alomar scored, May scored,
Harrah to third]; Beniquez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harrah
scored]; Sundberg was hit by a pitch [Wills to second]; WILLIS
REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Hargrove flied out to center; 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); DEVINE
REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING); McKay grounded out (third to
first); Cerone struck out; Staggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Campaneris made an out to first; BEVACQUA BATTED
FOR WASHINGTON; Bevacqua grounded out (pitcher to first); Alomar
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Rangers 5.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bailor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell walked; Fairly forced
Howell (first to shortstop); SCOTT RAN FOR FAIRLY; Bowling
singled to shortstop [Scott to second]; A. Woods grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers
5.

RANGERS 10TH: AULT REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING 1B); GRIEVE BATTED
FOR MAY; Grieve singled to center; Harrah forced Grieve (first
to shortstop); Wills made an out to second; Beniquez walked
[Harrah to second]; Sundberg singled to left [Harrah scored,
Beniquez to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers
6.