Sunday May 13, 1979
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Texas Rangers 7, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 13, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 - 7 8 0 Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 5 7 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .200 Griffin ss 2 1 1 0 1 1 .218 Sample ph,lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .258 Robertson ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .071 Bell 3b 4 1 1 2 1 0 .228 Gomez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Oliver dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Bailor 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 .264 Zisk rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .204 Velez rf 3 1 1 3 1 1 .259 J. Ellis c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .295 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Sundberg pr,c 0 1 0 0 0 0 .202 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .309 Putnam 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .281 Bosetti cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .270 Jorgensen cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .281 Woods lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Blanks 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .400 McKay 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .209 Wills pr,2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .205 Cerone c 2 0 0 1 2 0 .223 Norman ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Farmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern 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 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 7 8 7 4 1 Totals 29 5 7 5 7 6 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 16,531 Left on Base: Rangers 4, Blue Jays 6 DP: Rangers 2, Blue Jays 1 Doubles: Norman (2), Bell (10) Home Runs: Jorgensen (3), Velez (4) Stolen Bases: Wills (9), Griffin (3) Sacrifice Hits: Norman (8), Griffin (6), McKay (5) GIDP: Bell (4), Carty (5) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Farmer W(2-0) 7.1 5 4 4 6 4 1 30 4.50 Kern 1.1 2 1 1 1 2 0 7 1.76 Lyle SV(6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.86 Totals 9 7 5 5 7 6 1 38 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Huffman L(2-4) 7.1 5 3 3 2 1 0 29 6.97 Willis 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 7.47 Buskey 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 Moore 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 8.40 Totals 9 8 7 7 4 1 1 38 Wild Pitches: Farmer (3) Umpires: HP - Joe Sawchuk, 1B - Alan Contant, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Rich Panas RANGERS 1ST: Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); Bell grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin walked; Griffin stole second; Bailor grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to third]; Velez hit into a double play to right [Griffin out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to center; J. Ellis struck out; Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Mayberry walked; Bosetti flied out to center; Woods flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. RANGERS 3RD: Jorgensen popped to first in foul territory; Blanks singled to left; Norman lined to third; Grubb singled to left [Blanks to second]; Bell walked [Blanks to third, Grubb to second]; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay singled to center; Farmer threw a wild pitch [McKay to second]; Cerone walked; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [McKay to third, Cerone to second]; Bailor singled to center [McKay scored, Cerone to third, Bailor out at second (center to first to shortstop)]; Velez struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied out to right; J. Ellis flied out to left; Putnam grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty flied out to left; Mayberry flied out to center; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 5TH: Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); Blanks grounded out (third to first); Norman doubled to center; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods singled to right; McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Woods to second]; Cerone walked; Griffin struck out; Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 6TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver made an out to second; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez walked; Carty grounded into a double play (second to first) [Velez out at second]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 7TH: J. Ellis flied out to center; Putnam grounded out (pitcher to first); Jorgensen grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti struck out; Woods flied out to right; McKay made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Blue Jays 1. RANGERS 8TH: Blanks singled to center; WILLS RAN FOR BLANKS; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Wills to second]; Wills stole third; Grubb walked; Bell doubled to center [Wills scored, Grubb scored]; WILLIS REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk walked; BUSKEY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); J. Ellis singled to center [Bell scored, Zisk to third]; SUNDBERG RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Putnam singled to center [Zisk scored, Sundberg to third]; MOORE REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Jorgensen homered [Sundberg scored, Putnam scored]; Wills flied out to center; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: SUNDBERG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cerone flied out to left; Griffin singled to left; Bailor walked [Griffin to second]; Velez homered [Griffin scored, Bailor scored]; KERN REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING); Carty struck out; Mayberry flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Blue Jays 4. RANGERS 9TH: Norman grounded out (third to first); SAMPLE BATTED FOR GRUBB; Sample walked; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sample out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 7, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: SAMPLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bosetti singled to center; Woods singled to center [Bosetti to third]; McKay was called out on strikes; Cerone forced Woods (third to second) [Bosetti scored]; ROBERTSON BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Robertson walked [Cerone to second]; GOMEZ RAN FOR ROBERTSON; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Bailor flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 7, Blue Jays 5.

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