A bunt single by Bobby Thompson with two out in the ninth lifted the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays. With the score 2-2 and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Bobby Bonds smashed a two-base hit. Jim Sundberg was intentionally walked and both runners moved up as Toby Harrah grounded out.

Bump Wills received an intentional pass to load the bases and then Thompson pulled his surprise bunt down the first-base line. A home run by Rico Carty in the eighth enabled the Jays to tie the score after the Rangers had taken a 2-1 lead in the seventh on a two-out RBI single by Wills. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Sunday, June 18, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Blue Jays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 9 0 Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 10 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Upshaw lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Hargrove 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Bailor cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Howell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .291 Bevacqua dh 3 0 1 1 0 1 .149 Carty dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .275 Lowenstein ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 Zisk lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Hutton rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .237 Bonds rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .255 McKay 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .248 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .304 Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .194 Gomez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Wills 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .232 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Thompson cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .245 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 9 2 2 1 Totals 34 3 10 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 24,645 Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Rangers 7 DP: Blue Jays 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Zisk Doubles: Carty (9), Howell (12), Hargrove (14), Bonds (9) Home Runs: Carty (9) Caught Stealing: Wills (3), Bonds (4) Sacrifice Hits: Hutton (4) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore 6.1 6 2 2 0 3 0 24 4.15 Murphy L(2-5) 2.1 4 1 1 2 0 0 12 3.86 Totals 8.2 10 3 3 2 3 0 36 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander 8 8 2 2 2 1 1 33 3.87 Cleveland W(2-3) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.86 Totals 9 9 2 2 2 1 1 36 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips BLUE JAYS 1ST: Upshaw grounded out (third to first); Bailor singled to center; Howell flied out to left; Carty doubled to center [Bailor scored]; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to left; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hargrove to third]; Bevacqua singled to left [Hargrove scored]; Zisk flied out to center; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Hutton flied out to right; McKay singled to left; Cerone singled to left [McKay to second]; Gomez flied out to left; Upshaw grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg popped to third in foul territory; Harrah flied out to left; Wills singled to center; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor popped to shortstop in foul territory; Howell singled to left [Howell to third (error by Zisk)]; Carty reached on a fielder's choice [Howell out at home (second to catcher)]; Mayberry forced Carty (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Thompson flied out to left; Hargrove flied out to right; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Hutton walked; McKay struck out; Cerone lined to center; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bevacqua flied out to center; Zisk singled to left; Bonds flied out to right; Sundberg forced Zisk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Upshaw grounded out (first unassisted); Bailor made an out to shortstop; Howell doubled; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah struck out; Wills flied out to left; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry walked; Hutton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mayberry to second]; McKay flied out to center; Cerone popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Campaneris flied out to right; Bevacqua was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt Upshaw grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk singled to left; Bonds singled to left [Zisk to second]; Sundberg made an out to second; MURPHY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Harrah flied out to center; Wills singled to right [Zisk scored, Bonds to third]; Bonds was caught stealing home (pitcher to shortstop to third to catcher to shortstop to third); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty homered; Mayberry singled to right [Mayberry out at second (right to shortstop)]; Hutton flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Campaneris singled to center; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR BEVACQUA; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CLEVELAND REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); McKay singled to center; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first) [McKay to second]; EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing lined into a double play (second to shortstop) [McKay out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED EWING (PLAYING SS); Zisk flied out to left; Bonds doubled to left; Sundberg was walked intentionally; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bonds to third, Sundberg to second]; Wills was walked intentionally; Thompson singled to first [Bonds scored, Sundberg to third, Wills to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 3.

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