Toronto Blue Jays 8, Texas Rangers 3

Game Played on Wednesday, July 25, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Rangers      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  9  0
Blue Jays    3  1  0    0  0  0    1  3  x  -   8  8  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              4   2   2   0     1   0   .281      Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Bell 3b,ss            5   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Ainge 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .260
Oliver cf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .301      Howell 3b             3   1   0   0     0   1   .259
Putnam 1b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .299      Carty dh              2   1   1   0     2   0   .257
Gamble dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .345        Bailor pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .226
Zisk lf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .240      Velez rf              3   1   2   3     1   1   .282
Grubb rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .267        Cannon pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .179
Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     1   1   .252      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .178      Bosetti cf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .258
  Jorgensen ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Cerone c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .219
  Soderholm 3b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Woods lf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .290
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stieb p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Darwin 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

Totals               35   3   9   3     4   3             Totals               31   8   8   7     3   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 24,705
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Blue Jays 3
DP: Rangers 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Mayberry
Doubles: Sundberg (19), Griffin (13), Cerone (14), Velez (14)
Triples: Zisk (1)
Home Runs: Putnam (13), Velez (10), Bosetti (6)
Stolen Bases: Wills (26), Grubb (2)
GIDP: Sundberg (11), Griffin (7)
Hit by Pitch: Howell (3,by Darwin)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(4-12)         6.1   6   5   5   2   3   2  27   4.05
Darwin                  1     1   3   3   1   1   0   5   5.18
Lyle                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.30
Totals                  8     8   8   8   3   4   2  35

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stieb W(3-1)            7.1   9   3   2   3   1   1  33   2.98
Buskey SV(3)            1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   2.90
Totals                  9     9   3   2   4   3   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Darwin (2)
Wild Pitches: Johnson 2 (4)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nick Bremigan


RANGERS 1ST: 54 minute rain delay before start of game;
Wills walked; Wills stole second; Bell struck out (catcher to
first); Oliver singled to left [Wills scored]; Putnam grounded
out (first unassisted) [Oliver to second]; Gamble grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin doubled to right; Ainge struck out;
Howell grounded out (first unassisted) [Griffin to third];
Johnson threw a wild pitch [Griffin scored]; Carty walked; Velez
homered [Carty scored]; Mayberry flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Grubb flied
out to left; Sundberg doubled to left; Norman flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bosetti homered; Cerone flied out to left; Woods
made an out to second; Griffin made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills flied out to center; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Oliver singled to center; Putnam flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge flied out to right; Howell struck out;
Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (second to pitcher); Zisk
walked; Grubb forced Zisk (second to shortstop); Grubb stole
second; Sundberg walked; Norman grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez struck out; Mayberry flied out to center;
Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to left; Wills was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Mayberry [Wills to second]; Bell
flied out to center; Oliver lined to shortstop; Putnam singled
to center [Wills scored (unearned)]; Gamble flied out to left; 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone popped to third in foul territory; Woods
flied out to left; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk flied out to right; Grubb singled to center;
Sundberg grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ainge grounded out (third to first); Howell flied
out to right; Carty singled; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Carty
to second]; Velez was walked intentionally; Mayberry made an out
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 7TH: JORGENSEN BATTED FOR NORMAN; Jorgensen grounded out
(second to first); Wills singled to left; Bell flied out to
right; Oliver forced Wills (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: SODERHOLM REPLACED JORGENSEN (PLAYING 3B); BELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cerone doubled to left; Woods singled to center [Cerone
scored]; DARWIN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Griffin grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Woods out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Blue Jays 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Putnam homered; Gamble popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Zisk tripled to center; BUSKEY REPLACED STIEB
(PITCHING); Grubb walked; Sundberg struck out; Soderholm struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ainge struck out; Howell was hit by a pitch;
Carty walked [Howell to second]; BAILOR RAN FOR CARTY; Velez
doubled to right [Howell scored, Bailor to third]; CANNON RAN
FOR VELEZ; LYLE REPLACED DARWIN (PITCHING); Mayberry made an out
to shortstop; Bosetti singled to left [Bailor scored, Cannon
scored, Bosetti to second (on throw to home)]; Cerone flied out
to left; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 8.

RANGERS 9TH: BAILOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CANNON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Wills grounded out (second to first); Bell
grounded out (third to first); Oliver made an out to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 8.