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Sunday May 13, 1979
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Texas Rangers 7, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 13, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  7  0  -   7  8  0
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   5  7  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .200      Griffin ss            2   1   1   0     1   1   .218
  Sample ph,lf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .258        Robertson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .071
Bell 3b               4   1   1   2     1   0   .228        Gomez pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Oliver dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .323      Bailor 3b             4   1   1   1     1   0   .264
Zisk rf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .204      Velez rf              3   1   1   3     1   1   .259
J. Ellis c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .295      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
  Sundberg pr,c       0   1   0   0     0   0   .202      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .309
Putnam 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .281      Bosetti cf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .270
Jorgensen cf          4   1   1   3     0   0   .281      Woods lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Blanks 2b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .400      McKay 2b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .209
  Wills pr,2b         1   1   0   0     0   0   .205      Cerone c              2   0   0   1     2   0   .223
Norman ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .224      Huffman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Farmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   8   7     4   1             Totals               29   5   7   5     7   6

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 16,531
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Blue Jays 6
DP: Rangers 2, Blue Jays 1
Doubles: Norman (2), Bell (10)
Home Runs: Jorgensen (3), Velez (4)
Stolen Bases: Wills (9), Griffin (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (8), Griffin (6), McKay (5)
GIDP: Bell (4), Carty (5)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Farmer W(2-0)           7.1   5   4   4   6   4   1  30   4.50
Kern                    1.1   2   1   1   1   2   0   7   1.76
Lyle SV(6)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86
Totals                  9     7   5   5   7   6   1  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Huffman L(2-4)          7.1   5   3   3   2   1   0  29   6.97
Willis                  0.1   0   1   1   1   0   0   2   7.47
Buskey                  0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   0.00
Moore                   1.1   1   1   1   1   0   1   5   8.40
Totals                  9     8   7   7   4   1   1  38

Wild Pitches: Farmer (3)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin walked; Griffin stole second; Bailor
grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to third]; Velez hit
into a double play to right [Griffin out at home (right to
catcher)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to center; J. Ellis struck out;
Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Mayberry
walked; Bosetti flied out to center; Woods flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Jorgensen popped to first in foul territory; Blanks
singled to left; Norman lined to third; Grubb singled to left
[Blanks to second]; Bell walked [Blanks to third, Grubb to
second]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay singled to center; Farmer threw a wild
pitch [McKay to second]; Cerone walked; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [McKay to third, Cerone to
second]; Bailor singled to center [McKay scored, Cerone to
third, Bailor out at second (center to first to shortstop)];
Velez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied out to right; J. Ellis flied out to
left; Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1.

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

RANGERS 5TH: Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); Blanks
grounded out (third to first); Norman doubled to center; Grubb
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Blue Jays 1.

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

RANGERS 6TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver made
an out to second; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez walked; Carty grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Velez out at second]; Mayberry grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays
1.

RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis flied out to center; Putnam grounded out
(pitcher to first); Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti struck out; Woods flied out to right;
McKay made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Blue Jays 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Blanks singled to center; WILLS RAN FOR BLANKS;
Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to
second]; Wills stole third; Grubb walked; Bell doubled to center
[Wills scored, Grubb scored]; WILLIS REPLACED HUFFMAN
(PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk
walked; BUSKEY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); J. Ellis singled to
center [Bell scored, Zisk to third]; SUNDBERG RAN FOR J. ELLIS;
Putnam singled to center [Zisk scored, Sundberg to third]; MOORE
REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Jorgensen homered [Sundberg scored,
Putnam scored]; Wills flied out to center; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: SUNDBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WILLS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cerone flied out to left; Griffin
singled to left; Bailor walked [Griffin to second]; Velez
homered [Griffin scored, Bailor scored]; KERN REPLACED FARMER
(PITCHING); Carty struck out; Mayberry flied out to center; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 9TH: Norman grounded out (third to first); SAMPLE BATTED
FOR GRUBB; Sample walked; Bell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Sample out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bosetti
singled to center; Woods singled to center [Bosetti to third];
McKay was called out on strikes; Cerone forced Woods (third to
second) [Bosetti scored]; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR GRIFFIN;
Robertson walked [Cerone to second]; GOMEZ RAN FOR ROBERTSON;
LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Bailor flied out to center; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7, Blue Jays 5.



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