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Friday June 16, 1978
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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Texas Rangers 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, June 16, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Blue Jays    2  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  1
Rangers      0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Upshaw lf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .292      Hargrove dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Bailor cf             4   1   3   2     0   0   .254      Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .215
Howell 3b             2   0   1   1     1   0   .284      Lowenstein 3b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .266
Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   2   .276      Zisk lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Velez rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Bonds rf              4   2   2   1     0   0   .242
Ault 1b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .231      Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .299
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Jorgensen 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .214
McKay 2b              4   1   1   0     0   3   .240      Thompson cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .220
Cerone c              3   1   1   0     0   0   .235      Mason ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Gomez ss              3   1   1   1     0   0   .229      Moret p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   9   5     1   7             Totals               33   2   6   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 20,660
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Rangers 5
DP: Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Jefferson, Lowenstein 2
Doubles: Bailor 2 (11), Howell (11)
Home Runs: Bonds (8)
Stolen Bases: Wills (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Cerone (1), Gomez (8)
Hit by Pitch: Howell (1,by Moret)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson W(5-6)        8     6   2   2   1   4   1  31   3.83
Murphy SV(5)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.86
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   4   1  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moret L(0-1)            1.2   6   4   4   0   1   0  12   4.91
Comer                   6.1   3   1   1   1   5   0  21   1.23
Umbarger                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.89
Totals                  9     9   5   5   1   7   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Moret (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Steve Palermo


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Upshaw singled to right; Bailor doubled to left
[Upshaw scored, Bailor to third (error by Lowenstein)]; Howell
doubled to center [Bailor scored]; Carty reached on a fielder's
choice [Howell out at third (shortstop to third)]; Velez forced
Carty (third to second); Ault struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Wills was
called out on strikes; Lowenstein singled to center; Zisk flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: McKay singled to left; Cerone out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [McKay to second]; Gomez singled to left
[McKay scored, Gomez to second (on throw to home)]; Upshaw
singled to center [Gomez scored]; Upshaw was out trying to
advance to second (catcher to shortstop); Bailor reached on an
error by Lowenstein; Howell was hit by a pitch [Bailor to
second]; COMER REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); Carty made an out to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bonds singled to right; Bonds was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Jefferson [Bonds to second];
Sundberg struck out; Jorgensen singled to right [Bonds scored];
Thompson walked [Jorgensen to second]; Mason flied out to left;
Hargrove flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault
struck out; McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills struck out; Lowenstein flied out to right;
Zisk singled to center; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone popped to first in foul territory; Gomez
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Upshaw grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg popped to second in foul territory;
Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor doubled to left; Howell walked; Carty
struck out [Bailor out at third (catcher to third), Howell to
second]; Howell was picked off second (pitcher to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Mason grounded out (second to pitcher); Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault
flied out to right; McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 4, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Lowenstein grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds homered; Sundberg
popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone singled to third; Gomez out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Cerone to second]; Upshaw grounded out
(first unassisted) [Cerone to third]; Bailor singled to
shortstop [Cerone scored]; Howell popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Jorgensen popped to catcher in foul territory;
Thompson flied out to center; Mason flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Carty was called out on strikes; Velez flied out
to right; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: HUTTON REPLACED AULT (PLAYING 1B); Hargrove made an
out to shortstop; On a bunt Wills singled to catcher; Wills
stole second; Lowenstein struck out; Zisk grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: UMBARGER REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); McKay struck
out; Cerone flied out to left; Gomez flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Bonds flied
out to right; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Jorgensen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
5, Rangers 2.



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