Doc Medich, taking over for Jon Matlack, whose elbow tightened warming up, allowed only one hit in 6 2/3 innings and Jim Kern finished with hitless relief as the Rangers defeated the Blue Jays, 2-0. John Mayberry singled in the second inning for the Blue Jays' only safety. The one-hitter was the Rangers' second in five days. Fergie Jenkins also pitched a one-hitter in a 4-0 victory over the Orioles July 3. Texas Rangers 2, Toronto Blue Jays 0Game Played on Saturday, July 7, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumBlue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 2 7 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Wills 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Grubb cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272 Woods lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Gamble rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .397 Carty dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Putnam 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Bell 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .276 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Oliver dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Cerone c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Jorgensen lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .295 Ainge 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Cannon rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .208 Norman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 1 0 1 4 Totals 28 2 7 1 2 4 Time of Game: 1:54 Attendance: 23,935 Left on Base: Blue Jays 2, Rangers 6 DP: Blue Jays 1, Rangers 0 Stolen Bases: Wills 2 (24) Sacrifice Hits: Putnam (2) GIDP: Gamble (4) Hit by Pitch: Wills (3,by Lemanczyk) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(7-6) 8 7 2 2 2 4 0 32 3.09 Totals 8 7 2 2 2 4 0 32 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich W(2-3) 6.2 1 0 0 1 3 0 22 5.27 Kern SV(15) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.34 Totals 9 1 0 0 1 4 0 29 Hit by Pitch: Lemanczyk (6) Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (10) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Russ Goetz BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bosetti was called out on strikes; Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills singled to center; Wills stole second; Grubb walked; Gamble grounded into a double play (second to first) [Wills to third, Grubb out at second]; Putnam grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty made an out to second; Howell grounded out (third to first); Mayberry singled to left; Cerone forced Mayberry (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bell struck out; Oliver grounded out (third to first); Jorgensen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge made an out to second; Cannon struck out; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Norman grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Wills was hit by a pitch; Wills stole second; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti flied out to right; Woods flied out to left; Carty grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Gamble walked; Putnam flied out to left; Bell forced Gamble (third to second); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell flied out to right; Mayberry made an out to shortstop; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Jorgensen singled to right; Sundberg made an out to shortstop; Norman grounded out (third to first) [Jorgensen to second]; Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ainge was called out on strikes; Cannon lined to second; Griffin lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Grubb singled to center; Gamble singled to second [Grubb to second]; Putnam out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Grubb to third, Gamble to second]; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Grubb scored, Gamble to third]; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Gamble scored]; Oliver singled to third; Jorgensen singled to left [Oliver to second]; Sundberg singled to right [Oliver out at home (right to catcher), Jorgensen to second]; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods flied out to center; Carty walked; KERN REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 7TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Wills grounded out (second to pitcher); Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Cerone flied out to left; Ainge grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Gamble grounded out (second to first); Putnam struck out; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cannon struck out; Griffin flied out to right; Bosetti made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 2. |
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