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Tuesday April 24, 1979
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Allowing just one hit, Dave Lemanczyk hurled the Blue Jays to a 2-0 triumph over the Rangers. Lemanczyk's no-hit hid was spoiled early when Pat Putnam singled in the third inning. [The Sporting News]


Toronto Blue Jays 2, Texas Rangers 0

Game Played on Tuesday, April 24, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

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


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .127      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Bailor rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Sample lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Bosetti cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .238      Oliver cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .389
Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Zisk rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Woods lf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .326      Gamble dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .345
Howell 3b             2   1   1   1     1   0   .176      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .188
McKay 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .236      Putnam 1b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .316
Cerone c              1   0   0   1     1   0   .245      Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .121
                                                            Campaneris ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                          Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               25   2   5   2     5   2             Totals               30   0   1   0     1   4

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 14,411
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Rangers 4
DP: Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Griffin, McKay
Doubles: McKay (3), Howell (2)
Stolen Bases: Woods (1)
Caught Stealing: Griffin (2)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay (2), Cerone (1), Woods (2)
GIDP: Bosetti (3)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk W(1-0)        9     1   0   0   1   4   0  31   1.86
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1   4   0  31

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer L(1-2)            7.1   5   2   2   5   2   0  29   3.55
Lyle                    1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.65
Totals                  9     5   2   2   5   2   0  33

Wild Pitches: Comer (1)

Umpires: HP - Mike Thompson, 1B - Jeff Brown, 2B - Johnny James, 3B - Ted Hendry


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to left; Comer threw a wild pitch
[Griffin out at third (catcher to third)]; Bailor grounded out
(third to first); Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Sample
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver lined to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty popped to second; Mayberry popped to first
in foul territory; Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell grounded out (third to first); Zisk reached on
an error by Griffin; Gamble forced Zisk (second to shortstop);
Sundberg forced Gamble (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Howell flied to left; McKay doubled to center;
Cerone walked; Griffin grounded out (first to second to pitcher)
[McKay to third, Cerone to second]; Bailor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Putnam singled to left; Norman was called out on
strikes; Wills reached on an error by McKay [Putnam to third];
Sample popped to second; Oliver forced Wills (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Carty
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell struck out; Zisk grounded out (shortstop to
first); Gamble flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods walked; Woods stole second; Howell doubled
to right [Woods scored]; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Howell to third]; Cerone out on a sacrifice bunt
(shortstop to first) [Howell scored]; Griffin grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Putnam
walked; Norman lined to left; Wills flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor popped to shortstop; Bosetti walked;
Bosetti was picked off first (pitcher to first); Carty grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Sample flied to center; Oliver struck out; Bell
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry singled to right; Woods out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Mayberry to second]; Howell was
walked intentionally; McKay struck out; Cerone flied to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk flied to left; Gamble popped to first;
Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin singled to right; Griffin was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bailor walked; LYLE
REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Bosetti grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Putnam grounded out (second to first); GRUBB BATTED
FOR NORMAN; Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Wills
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: CAMPANERIS REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS); Carty
flied to center; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Woods
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Sample struck out; Oliver grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bell flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Rangers 0.



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