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Rangers
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
July 26, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers, played on July 26, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 26, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 26, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doc Medich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tom Underwood |
| Ballpark | Exhibition Stadium |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 14,605 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Palermo 1B: Rich Garcia 2B: Nick Bremigan 3B: Don Denkinger |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Billy Sample | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Bell | Shortstop |
| Richie Zisk | Left Fielder |
| John Ellis | DH |
| Eric Soderholm | Third Baseman |
| Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Dave Roberts | Right Fielder |
| Pat Corrales | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
| Danny Ainge | Second Baseman |
| Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
| Rico Carty | DH |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Otto Velez | Right Fielder |
| Al Woods | Left Fielder |
| Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
| Rick Cerone | Catcher |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
July 26, 1979
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Underwood
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. Underwood
Sample hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Underwood fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Underwood
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Medich
Ainge hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Medich
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zisk vs. Underwood
Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Underwood
Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Zisk moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Soderholm vs. Underwood
Soderholm hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Putnam vs. Underwood
Putnam strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sundberg vs. Underwood
Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Medich
Carty hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zisk. Carty reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Medich
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carty moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Velez vs. Medich
Velez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Medich
Woods hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Medich
Bosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Medich
Cerone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roberts. Cerone reaches second base with a double. Bosetti moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Ainge vs. Medich
Ainge hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bosetti scores. Cerone scores. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Medich
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Underwood
Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Underwood
Wills hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sample vs. Underwood
Sample strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Underwood
Bell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Medich
Carty hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Medich
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Medich
Velez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Medich
Woods hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zisk vs. Underwood
Zisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Ainge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Underwood
Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Underwood
Soderholm hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Putnam vs. Underwood
Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Medich
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Medich
Cerone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bosetti moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Griffin vs. Medich
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to third for the out. Cerone moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ainge vs. Medich
Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to third for the out. Griffin moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howell vs. Medich
Howell hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Underwood
Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Underwood
Roberts hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Underwood
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. Underwood
Sample hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Underwood
Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Bell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zisk vs. Underwood
Zisk hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Medich
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich juggles the ball. That's an error on Medich. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Medich
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. Medich
Velez takes first base on ball four. Carty moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woods vs. Rajsich
Dave Rajsich now pitching.
Woods hits a popup in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosetti vs. Alexander
Doyle Alexander now pitching.
Bosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Carty scores. Velez moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerone vs. Alexander
Cerone strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Underwood
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Soderholm vs. Underwood
Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Underwood
Putnam strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Alexander
Griffin hits a fly ball into center field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Alexander
Ainge takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Alexander
There's a wild pitch. Ainge moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howell vs. Alexander
Howell strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Carty vs. Alexander
Carty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayberry vs. Alexander
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roberts. Mayberry reaches second base with a double. Ainge scores. There goes Carty trying to get to home. Roberts throws the ball in to Wills who relays the ball to Sundberg, who tags Carty, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Underwood
Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Underwood
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Underwood
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Alexander
Velez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Alexander
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Woods for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Alexander
Bosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Alexander
Cerone hits a fly ball into center field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sample vs. Underwood
Joe Cannon now playing right field.
Sample strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Underwood
Bell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zisk vs. Underwood
Zisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Freisleben
Al Oliver pinch hits for John Ellis. Dave Freisleben now pitching.
Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Freisleben
Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Eric Soderholm.
Gamble hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Putnam vs. Freisleben
Putnam strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Kern
Oscar Gamble now playing right field. Dave Roberts now playing third base. Jim Kern now pitching.
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffin for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Kern
Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Kern
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Freisleben
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Freisleben
Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Dave Roberts.
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Freisleben
Wills hits a popup towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Blue Jays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jorgensen vs. Freisleben
Mike Jorgensen pinch hits for Billy Sample.
Jorgensen strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/26/1979 -- Texas at Toronto (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Wills B, 2b 5 0 0 0 Griffin A, ss 5 0 0 0
Sample B, cf 4 0 0 0 Ainge D, 2b 4 1 2 2
Jorgensen M, ph 1 0 0 0 Howell R, 3b 5 0 0 0
Bell B, ss 4 1 2 1 Carty R, dh 3 2 1 0
Zisk R, lf 4 1 2 1 Mayberry J, 1b 4 1 2 1
Ellis J, dh 3 0 1 0 Velez O, rf 3 2 3 4
Oliver A, ph 1 0 1 0 Cannon J, rf 0 0 0 0
Soderholm E, 3b 3 0 1 0 Woods A, lf 4 0 0 0
Gamble O, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Bosetti R, cf 4 1 3 1
Putnam P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Cerone R, c 4 1 2 0
Sundberg J, c 4 1 1 0
Roberts D, rf-3b 2 1 2 2
Grubb J, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 4 11 4 36 8 13 8
Texas 000 020 020 -- 4
Toronto 050 011 10x -- 8
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Medich D (L) 4.1 10 6 5 1 0
Rajsich D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Alexander D 2.1 3 2 2 2 2
Kern J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood T (W) 7.1 9 4 4 1 5
Freisleben D 1.2 2 0 0 0 2
E -- Medich D
DP -- Texas 1, Toronto 1
LOB -- Texas 7, Toronto 7
2B -- Carty R, Cerone R, Bell B, Mayberry J
HR -- Velez O 2, Roberts D, Bell B, Zisk R
WP -- Alexander D
T -- 2:16
A -- 14605
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