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A three-run homer by John Ellis in the sixth inning lifted the Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jays. The Rangers trailed, 3-1, going into the bottom of the sixth, when Bump Wills opened with a single. After two outs, Richie Zisk walked and Ellis followed with his eighth circuit clout of the season. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3Game Played on Sunday, July 8, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumBlue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
Rangers 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 x - 4 6 0
Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Wills 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 Sample lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .280
Howell 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .253 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276
Carty dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .265 Zisk rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .214
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 J. Ellis 1b 3 2 1 3 0 0 .260
Bailor pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
Woods lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Soderholm dh 3 0 2 1 0 1 .251
Velez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Sundberg c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Cerone c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .205 Roberts cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .238
Cannon rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Grubb cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Ainge 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Norman ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .189
Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 3 6 2 1 2 Totals 26 4 6 4 4 1
Time of Game: 1:51 Attendance: 17,489
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Rangers 3
DP: Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0
Errors: Griffin
Doubles: Woods (15), Carty (16)
Home Runs: J. Ellis (8)
Caught Stealing: Bosetti (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (9), Sundberg (2)
GIDP: Sundberg (10), Wills (8), Bell 2 (8)
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Moore L(2-1) 8 6 4 3 4 1 1 31 3.86
Totals 8 6 4 3 4 1 1 31
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Comer W(9-6) 8.2 6 3 3 1 2 0 32 3.32
Lyle SV(9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.53
Totals 9 6 3 3 1 2 0 33
Wild Pitches: Comer (4)
Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Bill Haller
BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Howell made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: On a bunt Wills grounded out (pitcher to first);
Sample grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty flied out to right; Mayberry struck out;
Woods doubled to left; Cerone singled to left [Woods scored];
Cannon flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to left; J. Ellis reached on an
error by Griffin [J. Ellis to second]; Soderholm singled to left
[J. Ellis scored (unearned)]; Sundberg grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Soderholm out at second]; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.
BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge flied out to left; Griffin grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bosetti singled to pitcher; Bosetti was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 3RD: Roberts walked; Norman forced Roberts (pitcher to
shortstop); Wills grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Norman out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue
Jays 1, Rangers 1.
BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Carty
flied out to left; Mayberry grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Sample walked; Bell grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Sample out at second]; Zisk walked;
J. Ellis forced Zisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.
BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Cerone
flied out to left; Cannon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 5TH: Soderholm singled to center; Sundberg out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Soderholm to second];
Roberts flied out to left; Norman grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1.
BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ainge singled to right; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Ainge to second]; Bosetti
flied out to right [Ainge to third]; Comer threw a wild pitch
[Ainge scored]; Howell walked; Carty doubled to left [Howell
scored]; Mayberry lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue
Jays 3, Rangers 1.
RANGERS 6TH: Wills singled to left; Sample singled to shortstop
[Wills to second]; Bell grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Wills to third, Sample out at second]; Zisk
walked; J. Ellis homered [Wills scored, Zisk scored]; Soderholm
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 4.
BLUE JAYS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Woods
grounded out (second to first); Cerone lined to third; Cannon
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue
Jays 3, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); Norman made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 4.
BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ainge grounded out (third to first); Griffin
flied out to center; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 3, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 8TH: Wills flied out to center; Sample made an out to
second; Bell singled to left; Zisk lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 4.
BLUE JAYS 9TH: GRUBB REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING CF); Howell
grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out (third to
first); Mayberry singled to left; LYLE REPLACED COMER
(PITCHING); BAILOR RAN FOR MAYBERRY; VELEZ BATTED FOR WOODS;
Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3,
Rangers 4.
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