A homer by Rick Cerone with two men on base in the fourth inning started the Blue Jays off to a 5-1 victory over the Rangers. Roy Howell doubled and John Mayberry walked ahead of Cerone's clout off John Henry Johnson. The Blue Jays' two other runs were unearned.

Tom Underwood blanked the Rangers until the ninth when singles by Bump Wills, Billy Sample and Buddy Bell accounted for a run before Tom Buskey relieved and choked off the rally. [The Sporting News]
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Friday, July 6, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    3  1  0    0  1  0  -   5  6  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  8  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .278
Bosetti cf            2   1   1   1     1   1   .262      Sample lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Velez rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   1   .279
  Cannon pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .220      J. Ellis 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Carty dh              4   0   1   1     0   0   .267        Putnam ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .303
Howell 3b             4   1   1   0     0   2   .260      Soderholm dh          3   0   2   0     0   0   .246
Mayberry 1b           2   1   0   0     1   0   .269        Gamble ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .398
Cerone c              4   1   2   3     0   0   .206      Zisk rf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .216
Ainge 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Grubb ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Bailor lf             3   1   0   0     0   0   .225      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blanks ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .231
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norman ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .196
                                                          Roberts cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                          Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   6   5     2   5             Totals               33   1   8   1     0   6

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 19,539
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Rangers 5
DP: Blue Jays 3, Rangers 2
Errors: Griffin, Blanks 2
Doubles: Howell (12)
Home Runs: Cerone (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bosetti (4)
GIDP: Carty (15), Wills (7), Sundberg (9)
Hit by Pitch: Mayberry (3,by Johnson)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(3-11)       8     8   1   1   0   4   0  30   3.65
Buskey SV(2)            1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.97
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   6   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(4-9)          8     5   5   3   2   5   1  32   3.97
Lyle                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.55
Totals                  9     6   5   3   2   5   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Johnson (2)
Wild Pitches: Johnson (2)
Balks: Johnson (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rocky Roe


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin lined to right; Bosetti walked; Velez
flied out to right; Carty singled to left [Bosetti to third];
Howell forced Carty (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Sample
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Cerone
flied out to center; Ainge was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis made an out to second; Soderholm grounded
out (third to first); Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor flied out to right; Griffin was called out
on strikes; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Blanks singled to third;
Roberts singled to left [Blanks to second]; Wills grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Roberts out at second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez singled to center; Carty grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Velez out at
second]; Howell doubled to center; Johnson threw a wild pitch
[Howell to third]; Mayberry walked; Cerone homered [Howell
scored, Mayberry scored]; Ainge grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Sample grounded out (first unassisted); Bell flied
out to right; J. Ellis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor reached on an error by Blanks [Bailor to
second]; Johnson balked [Bailor to third]; Griffin made an out
to first; Bosetti hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bailor scored
(unearned)]; Velez popped to third in foul territory; 1 R (0
ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Soderholm singled to left; Zisk was called out on
strikes; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Soderholm out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
struck out; Mayberry was hit by a pitch; Cerone grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Blanks grounded out (third to first); Roberts
reached on an error by Griffin; Wills singled to center [Roberts
to second]; Sample lined into a double play (center to second)
[Roberts out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ainge grounded out (third to first); Bailor flied
out to left; Griffin made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Bell grounded out (first unassisted); J. Ellis
flied out to center; Soderholm singled to center; Zisk flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bosetti singled to center; Velez reached on an
error by Blanks [Bosetti to second]; CANNON RAN FOR VELEZ;
Cannon was picked off first (catcher to first); Carty grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Bosetti scored (unearned)]; Howell was
called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sundberg
grounded out (third to first); Blanks grounded out (shortstop to
first); Roberts lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Rangers 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: NORMAN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); LYLE
REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Mayberry made an out to shortstop;
Cerone singled to left; Ainge lined into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Cerone out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills singled to left; Sample singled to left
[Wills to second]; Bell singled to center [Wills scored, Sample
to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); PUTNAM BATTED
FOR J. ELLIS; Putnam struck out; GAMBLE BATTED FOR SODERHOLM;
Gamble struck out; GRUBB BATTED FOR ZISK; Grubb grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Rangers 1.
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