A double by Rico Carty, who drove in two runs in the first inning, started the Blue Jays off to a 4-3 victory over the Rangers. The Blue Jays added a tainted tally on a double by Bob Bailor and wild throw by Toby Harrah in the third before scoring what proved to be their winning run in the eighth when Otto Velez walked and crossed the plate with two out on a single by Rick Cerone. Al Oliver batted in two of the Rangers' runs with a triple and homer. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 4, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      3, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  1  -   3  9  2
Blue Jays    2  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   4  6  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrah 3b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .204      Bosetti cf            2   0   1   0     2   0   .291
Oliver lf             5   1   2   2     0   0   .277      Bailor rf             4   2   1   0     0   0   .250
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .245      Howell 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .260
Zisk dh               4   0   1   0     0   2   .292      Carty dh              4   0   1   2     0   1   .313
Sundberg c            3   1   2   0     1   1   .344      Velez lf              2   1   0   0     2   0   .250
Beniquez cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Ault 1b               1   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   1     1   1   .257        Hutton ph,1b        1   0   1   0     0   0   .232
  Thompson pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Cerone c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .241
Bevacqua 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .167      Gomez ss              0   0   0   0     2   0   .238
Norman ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .133        Mayberry ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .292        Johnson ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Umbarger p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Medich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     4   6             Totals               28   4   6   3     7   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 32,021
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Blue Jays 8
DP: Rangers 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Harrah, Hargrove
Doubles: Zisk (9), Carty (5), Bailor (8)
Triples: Oliver (1)
Home Runs: Oliver (6)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (10), Bailor (2)
Caught Stealing: Gomez (4), Bosetti (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (3), Hutton (2)
GIDP: Norman (1), Ault (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Umbarger L(2-5)         2.1   4   3   2   4   0   0  14   5.23
Medich                  4.2   1   1   1   3   2   0  18   4.66
Moret                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.57
Cleveland               0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.37
Totals                  8     6   4   3   7   3   0  36

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(2-6)        6.2   6   1   1   4   5   0  29   3.88
Murphy SV(4)            2.1   3   2   2   0   1   1  10   2.81
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   6   1  39

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Al Clark


RANGERS 1ST: Harrah was called out on strikes; Oliver grounded
out (first unassisted); Bonds walked; Zisk doubled to left
[Bonds to third]; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti walked; Bailor forced Bosetti (shortstop
to second); Bailor stole second; Howell singled to shortstop
[Bailor to third]; Carty doubled [Bailor scored, Howell scored];
Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault walked; McKay
forced Ault (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Blue Jays 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
was called out on strikes; Bevacqua singled to center; Norman
forced Bevacqua (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Cerone flied out to right; Gomez walked; Gomez
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bosetti singled
to catcher; Bosetti was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Blue Jays 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah singled to left; Oliver flied out to center;
Bonds flied out to left; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor doubled to left; Howell flied out to left;
Carty reached on an error by Harrah [Bailor scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Velez walked [Carty to second]; MEDICH REPLACED
UMBARGER (PITCHING); Ault grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Velez out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to left; Beniquez grounded out
(pitcher to third to first) [Sundberg to second]; Hargrove
walked; Bevacqua singled to third [Sundberg to third, Hargrove
to second]; Norman grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Bevacqua out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay grounded out (second to first); Cerone
flied out to center; Gomez walked; Bosetti walked [Gomez to
second]; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah popped to third in foul territory; Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Bonds popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell grounded out (third to first); Carty was
called out on strikes; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory; Sundberg
walked; Beniquez struck out; Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: HUTTON BATTED FOR AULT; Hutton singled to
shortstop; McKay reached on a fielder's choice [Hutton to second
(error by Hargrove)]; Cerone struck out; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR
GOMEZ; Mayberry flied out to center; Bosetti flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 7TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); JOHNSON
REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING SS); Bevacqua popped to first in foul
territory; Norman flied out to center; Harrah walked; Harrah
stole second; Oliver tripled to center [Harrah scored]; MURPHY
REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty lined to second;
Rangers Manager Billy Hunter ejected by 1B umpire Ted Hendry
sometime in eighth inning; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Zisk was called out on strikes; Sundberg singled to
left; Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Sundberg to second]; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg
scored]; THOMPSON RAN FOR HARGROVE; Bevacqua grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue
Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED THOMPSON (PLAYING 1B); Velez
walked; MORET REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Hutton out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Velez to second]; CLEVELAND
REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); McKay struck out; Cerone singled to
first [Velez scored]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR NORMAN; Lowenstein flied out
to left; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Oliver homered;
Bonds flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Blue Jays 4.