With Al Oliver and Bump Wills leading a 13-hit assault, the Rangers routed the Blue Jays, 11-3. Oliver singled home two runs during a three-run first inning and drilled a two-run homer in the seventh. Wills singled home a run in the seventh and belted a two-run homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 11, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Monday, August    28, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Blue Jays    1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3 10  1
Rangers      3  1  0    0  0  1    3  3  x  -  11 13  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .261      Harrah ss             3   2   1   1     1   0   .223
Bailor 3b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .267      Wills 2b              5   3   4   3     0   0   .232
A. Woods lf           4   0   1   1     1   1   .268      Bevacqua 3b           3   1   0   1     0   1   .238
Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Oliver lf             5   1   3   4     0   1   .318
Mayberry 1b           2   1   1   1     2   1   .262      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .279
Velez rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .279      Zisk dh               3   1   1   1     1   2   .254
Ashby c               4   1   2   1     0   1   .281      Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .291
McKay 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Beniquez cf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .250
Gomez ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Hargrove 1b           2   0   1   0     1   0   .252
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jorgensen pr,1b     1   2   1   1     0   0   .156
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  10   3     4   5             Totals               34  11  13  11     4   8

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance:  7,400
Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Rangers 6
DP: Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2
Errors: A. Woods, Beniquez
Doubles: A. Woods (10), Jorgensen (1)
Home Runs: Ashby (9), Mayberry (20), Harrah (6), Zisk (16), Oliver (13), Wills (7)
Stolen Bases: Wills (42), Bevacqua (1), Bonds (34)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (6), Bevacqua (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bevacqua (3)
GIDP: McKay (14), Velez (6)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(6-11)       6     6   6   4   3   7   2  27   4.19
Murphy                  0.2   1   1   1   0   0   0   3   4.11
Coleman                 1.1   6   4   4   1   1   2  11   3.73
Totals                  8    13  11   9   4   8   4  41

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer W(7-3)            6     7   3   3   1   2   2  25   1.91
Barker SV(4)            3     3   0   0   3   3   0  14   3.59
Totals                  9    10   3   3   4   5   2  39

Wild Pitches: Coleman (6)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled to left; A. Woods doubled to center [Bailor scored, A.
Woods to third (error by Beniquez)]; Horton grounded out
(pitcher to first); Mayberry walked; Velez forced Mayberry
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harrah walked; Wills singled to right [Harrah to
third]; Bevacqua reached on an error by A. Woods on a sacrifice
fly [Harrah scored, Wills to second]; Wills stole third and
Bevacqua stole second; Oliver singled [Wills scored (unearned),
Bevacqua scored (unearned)]; Bonds flied out to center; Zisk
struck out; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 3 R (1 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Rangers 3.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ashby singled to third; McKay grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ashby out at
second]; Gomez made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Beniquez struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second
to first); Harrah homered; Wills singled to center; Bevacqua
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Rangers
4.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor
grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 3RD: Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonds
walked; Zisk struck out while Bonds was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Rangers
4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Horton grounded out (third to first); Mayberry
struck out; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
1, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
struck out; Hargrove singled to left; Harrah forced Hargrove
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Rangers 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby homered; McKay singled to left; Gomez
grounded out (first unassisted) [McKay to second]; Bosetti
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua made
an out to second; Oliver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Rangers 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: A. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first);
Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry homered;
Velez singled to center; Ashby flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Bonds struck out; Zisk homered; Sundberg struck
out; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: BARKER REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); McKay grounded
out (first unassisted); Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers
5.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove walked; JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; MURPHY
REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Harrah out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Jorgensen to second]; Wills singled
[Jorgensen scored]; Bevacqua out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Wills to second]; COLEMAN REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING);
Oliver homered [Wills scored]; Bonds singled to left; Bonds
stole second; Zisk walked; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Bonds to
third, Zisk to second]; Sundberg popped to first in foul
territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 8.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bailor
grounded out (second to first); A. Woods walked; Horton singled
to right [A. Woods to third]; Mayberry walked [Horton to
second]; Velez grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 3, Rangers 8.

RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez singled to center; Jorgensen doubled to
center [Beniquez scored]; Harrah flied out to center [Jorgensen
to third]; Wills homered [Jorgensen scored]; Bevacqua struck
out; Oliver singled to right; Bonds forced Oliver (shortstop to
second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 11.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ashby struck out; McKay grounded out (first to
pitcher); Gomez singled to shortstop; Bosetti singled to center
[Gomez to second]; Bailor walked [Gomez to third, Bosetti to
second]; A. Woods struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays
3, Rangers 11.