Al Oliver ripped a pair of doubles to knock in three runs and pace the Rangers to a 6-3 victory over the Blue Jays. Oliver staked Texas to a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when he doubled home one run and capped a five-run seventh with a two-run two-bagger. Other tallies in the big inning came on an RBI pinch-single by Johnny Grubb and run-scoring singles by Mickey Rivers and Bump Wills. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Friday, June      13, 1980 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  0    5  0  0  -   6  8  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  2  -   3  9  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .272      Griffin ss            5   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Wills 2b              4   2   2   1     0   0   .238      Woods lf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .298
Oliver lf             4   0   2   3     0   0   .306      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Staub dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .357      Velez dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Zisk rf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .246
  Norris pr,rf        1   1   0   0     0   0   .254      Moseby rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .255
Putnam 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Bonnell cf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .242
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Garcia 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .269
Ashford 3b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Davis c               3   1   2   0     1   0   .256
  Roberts ph,3b       1   1   0   0     0   0   .200        Iorg pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Harrelson ss          1   0   0   0     1   1   .158      Stieb p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grubb ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .235        Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .234        Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Medich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     2   5             Totals               34   3   9   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 20,034
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Blue Jays 7
DP: Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Medich, Griffin, Bonnell
Doubles: Rivers (12), Wills (10), Oliver 2 (17), Garcia (15), Woods (9), Moseby (4), Bonnell (11)
Caught Stealing: Harrelson (3), Bonnell (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Putnam (2)
GIDP: Moseby (2)
Hit by Pitch: Roberts (1,by Stieb)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Medich W(6-3)           8.2   9   3   2   3   3   0  36   4.23
Lyle SV(6)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.05
Totals                  9     9   3   2   3   3   0  37

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stieb L(5-4)            6.2   7   6   6   2   4   0  29   3.38
Garvin                  0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   1.71
Barlow                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.15
Totals                  9     8   6   6   2   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Stieb (2)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Joe Brinkman


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers doubled to center; Wills flied to left;
Oliver lined to shortstop; Staub grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied to right; Woods walked; Howell
flied to center; Velez grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Putnam struck out;
Sundberg flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Moseby grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second];
Bonnell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Ashford struck out; Harrelson struck out; Rivers
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Davis
singled to right; Griffin popped to second; Woods flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Wills doubled to right [Wills to third (error by
Griffin)]; Oliver doubled to right [Wills scored]; Staub walked;
Zisk popped to second; Putnam grounded out (first unassisted)
[Oliver to third, Staub to second]; Sundberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez
flied to left; Mayberry popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Ashford grounded out (second to first); Harrelson
walked; Harrelson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Rivers flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Moseby grounded out (second to first); Bonnell
singled to center; Bonnell was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Garcia doubled; Davis grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin flied to center; Woods grounded out
(catcher to first); Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk singled to center; NORRIS RAN FOR ZISK; Putnam
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Norris to second];
Sundberg flied to right; ROBERTS BATTED FOR ASHFORD; Roberts was
hit by a pitch; GRUBB BATTED FOR HARRELSON; Grubb singled to
center [Norris scored, Roberts to third (error by Bonnell)];
Rivers singled to second [Roberts scored, Grubb to second];
Wills singled to right [Grubb scored, Rivers to third]; GARVIN
REPLACED STIEB (PITCHING); Oliver doubled to left [Rivers
scored, Wills scored]; Staub struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); NORRIS
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FRIAS REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING SS);
Velez flied to center; Mayberry singled to right; Moseby
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Mayberry to second]; Bonnell
flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 8TH: BARLOW REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Norris popped to
shortstop; Putnam flied to center; Sundberg flied to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Garcia struck out; Davis walked; Griffin struck
out; Woods doubled to left [Davis scored]; Howell popped to
second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Roberts popped to third in foul territory; Frias
flied to center; Rivers flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez struck out; Mayberry grounded out (first to
pitcher); Moseby doubled to right; Bonnell doubled to left
[Moseby scored]; Garcia singled to pitcher [Bonnell scored
(error by Medich) (unearned), Garcia to second]; Davis singled
to left [Garcia to third]; IORG RAN FOR DAVIS; LYLE REPLACED
MEDICH (PITCHING); Griffin popped to second; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 3.