Snapping their six-game losing streak, the Blue Jays beat the Rangers, 3-1, in the opener of a doubleheader, but the Rangers came back to win the nightcap, 7-5. In the opener, the score was 1-1 in the sixth when Alfredo Griffin doubled, moved to third on a grounder by Roy Howell and scored on a double by John Mayberry. Griffin led off the eighth with a triple and scored on a grounder by Howell.

A seven-run explosion in the eighth inning of the nightcap lifted the Rangers to victory. A double by Buddy Bell produced the first two runs of the inning. Following a walk to Richie Zisk, Bell scored on a single by John Ellis. A single by pat Putnam drove home Zisk. Mike Jorgensen then capped the scoring with a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 3, Texas Rangers 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, May       13, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   3  6  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sample lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .258      Griffin ss            4   2   2   0     0   0   .213
  Blanks ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bailor rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .264
  Gray ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Howell 3b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .252
  Chalk ss            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Johnson 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Bell 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .227      Carty dh              3   0   1   0     1   0   .288
Oliver cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .333      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .318
Zisk rf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .211      Bosetti cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Putnam dh             4   1   1   0     0   0   .283      Woods lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Jorgensen 1b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .283      McKay 2b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .206
Sundberg c            3   0   0   1     0   2   .202      Davis c               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Velez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Norman ss             2   0   1   0     0   0   .219        Cerone c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
  Grubb ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .193      Lemongello p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   8   1     1   5             Totals               28   3   6   3     2   2

Time of Game: 1:59
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Blue Jays 4
DP: Rangers 0, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Howell
Doubles: Jorgensen (5), Carty (4), Griffin (3), Mayberry (9)
Triples: Griffin (3)
Caught Stealing: Jorgensen (1), Howell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Davis (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Sundberg (4)
GIDP: Putnam 2 (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(1-2)        7.1   6   3   3   2   2   0  29   3.66
Lyle                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.91
Totals                  8     6   3   3   2   2   0  31

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemongello W(1-4)       9     8   1   1   1   5   0  34   5.54
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   5   0  34

Umpires: HP - Rich Panas, 1B - Joe Sawchuk, 2B - Alan Contant, 3B - Derryl Cousins


RANGERS 1ST: Sample struck out; Bell singled to center; Oliver
singled to center [Bell to second]; Zisk reached on an error by
Howell [Bell to third, Oliver to second]; Putnam grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second];
0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Bailor struck out;
Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Jorgensen doubled to right; Sundberg struck out;
Wills grounded out (first unassisted) [Jorgensen to third];
Norman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty doubled to right; Mayberry popped to third
in foul territory; Bosetti popped to catcher in foul territory;
Woods flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
singled to left; Oliver flied out to left; Zisk lined to third;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay walked; Davis out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [McKay to second]; Griffin grounded out
(second to first) [McKay to third]; Bailor singled to left
[McKay scored]; Howell popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Putnam singled to left; Jorgensen singled to right
[Putnam to third]; Sundberg hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Putnam scored]; Jorgensen was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Wills flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty flied out to center; Mayberry made an out
to third; Bosetti flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Norman singled to center; Sample popped to first in
foul territory; Bell popped to catcher in foul territory; Oliver
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays
1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods grounded out (first unassisted); McKay made
an out to second; Davis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk walked; Putnam grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; Jorgensen
flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin doubled to right; Bailor lined to first;
Howell grounded out (first to pitcher) [Griffin to third]; Carty
walked; Mayberry doubled to left [Griffin scored, Carty out at
home (left to third to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
1, Blue Jays 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg struck out; Wills grounded out (second to
first); GRUBB BATTED FOR NORMAN; Grubb grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BLANKS
REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING SS); Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to
first); Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay singled
to shortstop; VELEZ BATTED FOR DAVIS; Velez flied to left in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 2.

RANGERS 8TH: CERONE REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING C ); GRAY BATTED FOR
BLANKS; Gray struck out; Bell grounded out (second to first);
Oliver singled to right; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: CHALK REPLACED GRAY (PLAYING SS); Griffin tripled
to right; Bailor popped to first in foul territory; LYLE
REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Howell reached on a fielder's
choice [Griffin scored]; Howell was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Carty lined to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HOWELL (PLAYING 3B); Putnam
grounded out (pitcher to first); Jorgensen grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.