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Texas Rangers 3 Toronto Blue Jays 8

July 25,1979

Visiting Team

Texas Rangers (53-45)

Home Team

Toronto Blue Jays (30-70)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Exhibition Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,705

Time of Game

2:24

Umpires

[HP]: Don Denkinger [1B]: Steve Palermo [2B]: Rich Garcia [3B]: Nick Bremigan

Texas Rangers 3 Toronto Blue Jays 8

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Texas Rangers	TEX	53-45		1	0	0		0	1	0		0	1	0			3	9	0		3	7	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Toronto Blue Jays	TOR	30-70		3	1	0		0	0	0		1	3	x			8	8	1		7	13	25	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bump Wills	2b	26.363	B	4	2	2	0		1	0	.281		98	407
2	Buddy Bell	3b-ss	27.332	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.289		98	1084
3	Al Oliver	cf	32.284	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.301		79	1514
4	Pat Putnam	1b	25.234	L	4	1	2	2		0	0	.299		84	115
5	Oscar Gamble	dh	29.217	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.345		59	1079
6	Richie Zisk	lf	30.169	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.240		85	944
7	Johnny Grubb	rf	30.355	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.267		83	764
8	Jim Sundberg	c	28.068	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.252		92	815
9	Nelson Norman	ss	21.093	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.178		95	118
	Mike Jorgensen	ph	30.343	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.274		59	1019
	Eric Soderholm	3b	30.304	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.243		82	762
Totals

2B: Jim Sundberg (19)

3B: Richie Zisk (1)

HR: Pat Putnam (13)

RBI: Al Oliver (43), Pat Putnam 2 (44)

GDP: Jim Sundberg (11)

SB: Bump Wills (25), Johnny Grubb (2)

Toronto Blue Jays - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Alfredo Griffin	ss	21.292	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.250		95	126
2	Danny Ainge	2b	20.130	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.260		57	57
3	Roy Howell	3b	25.219	L	3	1	0	0		0	1	.259		78	599
4	Rico Carty	dh	39.327	R	2	1	1	0		2	0	.257		93	1584
5	Otto Velez	rf	28.238	R	3	1	2	3		1	1	.282		59	374
6	John Mayberry	1b	30.157	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.269		91	1242
7	Rick Bosetti	cf	25.354	R	4	1	2	3		0	0	.258		100	290
8	Rick Cerone	c	25.067	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.219		81	213
9	Al Woods	lf	25.351	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.290		84	268
Totals

Errors: John Mayberry

2B: Alfredo Griffin (13), Otto Velez (14), Rick Cerone (14)

HR: Otto Velez (10), Rick Bosetti (6)

RBI: Otto Velez 3 (28), Rick Bosetti 3 (39), Al Woods (23)

HBP: Roy Howell (3)

GDP: Alfredo Griffin (7)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	John Henry Johnson	L	L 4-12	6.1	6	5	5	2	3	2		4.05	1.35		22	55
2	Danny Darwin	R		1.0	1	3	3	1	1	0		5.18	1.12		8	11
3	Sparky Lyle	L		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.30	1.27		44	724
Totals				0.0

WP: John Henry Johnson 2 (4)

HB: Danny Darwin (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: John Henry Johnson (0-0-0), Danny Darwin (0-0-0), Sparky Lyle (0-0-0)

Toronto Blue Jays - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Stieb	R	W 3-1	7.1	9	2	2	3	1	1		2.98	1.19		6	6
2	Tom Buskey	R	SV 3	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0		2.90	1.14		22	203
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Stieb (0-0-0), Tom Buskey (0-0-0)