Pushing across two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Blue Jays scored a 7-6 triumph over the Rangers. With the Jays trailing, 6-5, Barry Bonnell began the Toronto ninth with a walk off Sparky Lyle, who was immediately replaced by Bob Babcock, who walked Garth Iorg.

A sacrifice by Bob Davis moved the runners to second and third. After Alfredo Griffin was intentionally walked, shortstop Bud Harrelson booted Damaso Garcia's grounder, allowing the tying run to score, and Roy Howell then hit a sacrifice fly to left to plate Iorg with the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 7, Texas Rangers 6
Game Played on Saturday, June      14, 1980 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Rangers      3  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   6 13  1
Blue Jays    0  1  2    0  0  1    0  1  2  -   7 11  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     2   1   .250
Wills 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .238      Garcia 2b             6   2   3   2     0   0   .276
Oliver lf             2   1   0   0     1   0   .303      Howell 3b             5   0   2   2     0   2   .255
  Zisk rf             2   0   0   0     0   2   .271      Mayberry 1b           5   0   2   1     0   1   .250
  Harrelson ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Velez dh              3   1   1   0     2   0   .288
Staub dh              5   2   2   3     0   0   .360      Woods lf,rf           2   0   0   0     3   1   .293
Putnam 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .252      Moseby rf             3   0   1   1     0   1   .259
Grubb rf,lf           5   0   3   0     0   1   .260        Bonnell ph,cf       0   1   0   0     2   0   .242
Sundberg c            5   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Bosetti cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Ashford 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .056        Cannon ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Frias ss              2   1   2   0     0   0   .253        Iorg ph,lf          0   1   0   0     2   0   .333
  Norris ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Whitt c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Allard p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Davis ph,c          2   1   1   1     0   0   .261
  Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leal p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  13   5     1   3             Totals               35   7  11   7    11   7

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 24,184
Left on Base: Rangers 10, Blue Jays 15
DP: Rangers 1, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Harrelson, Garcia
Doubles: Wills (11), Grubb (3), Staub (7), Putnam (6), Frias (4), Mayberry (8), Garcia (16), Howell (7)
Triples: Griffin (8)
Home Runs: Staub (3), Davis (3)
Stolen Bases: Wills 2 (18), Frias (2), Rivers (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Frias (5), Davis (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Wills (4), Howell (2)
GIDP: Whitt (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Allard                  2.1   5   3   3   3   2   0  14   4.05
Rajsich                 4     4   1   1   3   5   1  19   6.03
Kern                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   6.19
Lyle                    1.2   2   2   2   2   0   0   9   3.38
Babcock L(0-2)          0.2   0   1   0   2   0   0   5   5.79
Totals                  8.2  11   7   6  11   7   1  48

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leal                    3.2   7   4   3   1   0   1  20   6.38
Garvin                  1.2   3   2   2   0   0   0   9   2.25
Buskey W(3-1)           3.2   3   0   0   0   3   0  14   3.34
Totals                  9    13   6   5   1   3   1  43

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Derryl Cousins


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied to center; Wills doubled to right;
Wills stole third; Oliver walked; Staub homered [Wills scored,
Oliver scored]; Putnam lined to shortstop; Grubb doubled to
left; Sundberg flied to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin walked; Garcia popped to catcher in foul
territory; Howell flied to left; Mayberry was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); Frias
singled to right; Frias stole second; Rivers popped to third in
foul territory; Wills grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez singled to right; Woods walked [Velez to
second]; Moseby singled to center [Velez scored, Woods to
third]; Bosetti popped to catcher in foul territory; Whitt
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Moseby out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue
Jays 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Staub popped
to first in foul territory; Putnam singled to center; Grubb
singled to center [Putnam to second]; Sundberg flied to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Griffin tripled to right; Garcia singled to left
[Griffin scored]; Howell struck out; Mayberry doubled to right
[Garcia scored]; Velez was walked intentionally; RAJSICH
REPLACED ALLARD (PITCHING); Woods walked [Mayberry to third,
Velez to second]; Moseby struck out; Bosetti struck out; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 3, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Ashford singled to center; Frias out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Ashford to second]; Rivers reached on
an error by Garcia [Ashford to third]; Rivers stole second;
Wills hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ashford scored (unearned)];
GARVIN REPLACED LEAL (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (shortstop
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: ZISK REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING RF); GRUBB CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Whitt grounded out (second to first);
Griffin struck out; Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Staub doubled to right; Putnam doubled to right
[Staub scored]; Grubb grounded out (second to first) [Putnam to
third]; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashford
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell singled to center; Mayberry singled to
right [Howell to second]; Velez walked [Howell to third,
Mayberry to second]; Woods was called out on strikes; Moseby
popped to first in foul territory; Bosetti popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 5, Blue Jays 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Frias doubled to center; Rivers grounded out (first
unassisted) [Frias to third]; Wills reached on a fielder's
choice [Frias scored (no RBI), Wills to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED
GARVIN (PITCHING); Zisk was called out on strikes; Staub popped
to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: DAVIS BATTED FOR WHITT; Davis homered; Griffin
flied to center; Garcia singled to shortstop; Howell struck out;
Mayberry popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Putnam grounded
out (first to pitcher); Grubb struck out; Sundberg singled to
center; Ashford flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez grounded out (second to first); Woods
walked; BONNELL BATTED FOR MOSEBY; KERN REPLACED RAJSICH
(PITCHING); Bonnell walked [Woods to second]; CANNON BATTED FOR
BOSETTI; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); IORG BATTED FOR CANNON;
Iorg walked [Woods to third, Bonnell to second]; Davis popped to
second; Griffin popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers
6, Blue Jays 4.

RANGERS 8TH: IORG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BONNELL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); WOODS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); NORRIS
BATTED FOR FRIAS; Norris grounded out (second to first); Rivers
singled to center; Wills forced Rivers (second to shortstop);
Wills stole second; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 6, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HARRELSON
REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING SS); Garcia doubled to center; Howell
doubled to right [Garcia scored]; Mayberry flied to center;
Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 5.

RANGERS 9TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Putnam
grounded out (second to first); Grubb singled to right; Sundberg
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
6, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bonnell walked; BABCOCK REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING);
Iorg walked [Bonnell to second]; Davis out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Bonnell to third, Iorg to second]; Griffin
was walked intentionally; Garcia reached on an error by
Harrelson [Bonnell scored, Iorg to third, Griffin to second];
Howell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Iorg scored (unearned)]; 2 R
(1 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Blue Jays 7.