[1]BOXSCORE: 1977 Texas Rangers At 1977 Toronto Blue Jays 7/26/1977 [1]Blyleven goes the distance for the series opener win! [1] Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG M.Hargrove 1B 2 2 0 0 .272 S.Staggs 2B 3 0 0 0 .289 B.Campaneris SS 4 1 0 0 .239 B.Bailor CF 4 0 0 0 .337 C.Washington CF 3 0 1 3 .264 R.Howell 3B 3 0 1 0 .297 W.Horton DH 5 0 1 1 .255 R.Fairly DH 4 1 1 0 .286 T.Harrah 3B 5 1 2 1 .264 D.Rader 1B 2 1 0 0 .230 B.Wills 2B 4 2 2 1 .278 A.Woods LF 3 0 0 0 .316 D.May RF 4 0 0 0 .234 S.Ewing RF 3 0 0 1 .280 E.Kirkpatrick LF 5 1 3 2 .323 H.Torres SS 3 0 1 1 .332 J.Sundberg C 5 2 2 0 .266 A.Ashby C 3 0 0 0 .226 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 37 9 11 8 Totals 28 2 3 2 Rangers......... 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 - 9 11 0 Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 3 2 [1]Rangers (47-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Blyleven WIN(12-6) 9 3 2 2 6 8 0 122 3.40 A1 [1]Totals 9 3 2 2 6 8 0 [1]Blue Jays (31-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Clancy LOSS(0-1) 4 1/3 7 6 6 3 7 0 100 12.46 A1 C5 M.Willis 3 1/3 3 2 1 3 1 0 63 5.78 C6 E3 P.Vuckovich 1 1/3 1 1 1 2 1 0 29 3.62 E4 [1]Totals 9 11 9 8 8 9 0 ATTENDANCE- 21,316 DATE- Tuesday, July 26th 1977 TIME- Night UMPIRES- Bill Haller, Bill Kunkel, Ron Luciano, Ken Kaiser T- 2:34 LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:10 Blue Jays: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0 Blue Jays: 1 ERRORS- S.Staggs, H.Torres DOUBLES- B.Wills(18th), E.Kirkpatrick-2(2nd), J.Sundberg(14th), H.Torres(10th) TRIPLES- T.Harrah(4th) SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Washington, S.Ewing WALKS- M.Hargrove-4, B.Campaneris, C.Washington, B.Wills, D.May, S.Staggs, R.Howell, D.Rader-2, A.Woods, H.Torres STRIKE OUTS- M.Hargrove, B.Campaneris, C.Washington-2, W.Horton, T.Harrah, B.Wills, D.May, J.Sundberg, S.Staggs, R.Howell-2, D.Rader, A.Woods, S.Ewing, A.Ashby-2 GIDP- W.Horton WILD PITCHES- B.Blyleven, J.Clancy WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Jim Sundberg blocked the plate, saving a run! Ed Kirkpatrick hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI and Bert Blyleven allowed just 3 hits at Exhibition Stadium where the Texas Rangers beat the dreadful Toronto Blue Jays by the score of 9 to 2. Toronto was unable to recover after Texas went ahead in the 2nd inning scoring 2 runs using 3 hits. Toby Harrah led off and started the attack as he tripled. Bump Wills stepped into the batter's box and he doubled. After an out was recorded, Kirkpatrick came to the plate and doubled. Jim Clancy then threw a wild pitch. Jim Sundberg got his turn next, but he was a strikeout victim. Mike Hargrove was a strikeout victim, unable to help out. Texas had a total of 11 hits for the game. Blyleven(12-6) was the winner allowing 2 runs for the game. Clancy(0-1) was charged with the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 7 hits and 3 walks in 4 and 1/3 innings. [2] [1]*** TOP OF INNING 1 *** 0 M.Hargrove 3- 6 6 Walk b-1 0 1 B.Campaneri 6 Force Play 1-o b-1 1 1 C.Washingto 2- 6 6 Strike Out b-0 2 1 W.Horton 3-10 5 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 *** 0 S.Staggs 4- 8 5 Walk b-1 0 1 B.Bailor 3- 3 3 Pop Out b-0 1 1 R.Howell 4- 7 6 Walk 1-2 b-1 1 12 R.Fairly 4- 6 15 3 Line Out b-0 2 12 D.Rader 5-10 5 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 A.Woods 4- 8 3 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 2 *** 0 T.Harrah 4-11 5 Triple b-3 0 3 B.Wills 6- 6 5 Double 3-H b-2 0 2 D.May 1- 3 1 Ground Out b-0 1 2 E.Kirkpatri 6- 6 4 Double 2-H b-2 1 2 J.Sundberg 1 Wild Pitch 2-3 1 3 J.Sundberg 3-10 6 Strike Out b-0 2 3 M.Hargrove 4- 7 5 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 *** 0 S.Ewing 6- 9 1 Fly Out b-0 1 H.Torres 2-11 4 Walk b-1 1 1 A.Ashby 5- 6 3 Strike Out b-0 2 1 S.Staggs 4- 7 19 3 Line Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 3 *** 0 B.Campaneri 2- 5 3 Strike Out b-0 1 C.Washingto 1- 9 3 Strike Out b-0 2 W.Horton 3- 8 4 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 *** 0 B.Bailor 3- 6 7 5 Line Out b-0 1 R.Howell 2- 9 3 Single b-1 1 1 R.Fairly 1- 4 1 Fly Out b-0 2 1 D.Rader 1 Wild Pitch 1-2 2 2 D.Rader 3- 6 3 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 4 *** 0 T.Harrah 2- 4 4 Ground Out b-0 1 B.Wills 4- 6 4 Strike Out b-0 2 D.May 6- 8 10 1 Line Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 *** 0 A.Woods 3- 9 3 Pop Out b-0 1 S.Ewing 2- 3 1 Ground Out b-0 2 H.Torres 4- 7 16 4 Line Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 5 *** 0 E.Kirkpatri 6- 7 10 2 Double b-2 0 2 J.Sundberg 4- 5 5 Single & Error - SS 2-H b-3 0 3 M.Hargrove 2- 6 6 Walk b-1 0 1 3 B.Campaneri 5- 6 6 Walk 1-2 b-1 0 123 C.Washingto 6-12 5 Sac Fly 3-H b-0 1 12 W.Horton 1- 6 5 1 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1 1 1 3 T.Harrah 1-10 6 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Mike Willis 1 12 B.Wills 2- 8 5 Single 2-3 1-2 b-1 1 123 D.May 6- 9 4 Strike Out b-0 2 123 E.Kirkpatri 6- 6 8 3 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 *** 0 A.Ashby 2- 8 3 Line Out b-0 1 S.Staggs 4- 2 3 Ground Out b-0 2 B.Bailor 3- 7 3 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 6 *** 0 J.Sundberg 6- 3 5 1 Base Error - 2B b-1 0 1 M.Hargrove 3- 9 4 Walk 1-2 b-1 0 12 B.Campaneri 5- 9 2 Ground Out 2-3 1-2 b-0 1 23 C.Washingto 4-10 3 Single 3-H 2-H b-1 1 1 W.Horton 2- 3 5 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 R.Howell 1- 6 5 Strike Out b-0 1 R.Fairly 3- 5 15 5 Single b-1 1 1 D.Rader 2- 8 4 Walk 1-2 b-1 1 12 A.Woods 4- 7 5 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1 1 123 S.Ewing 5- 3 5 Sac Fly 3-H 2-3 b-0 2 1 3 H.Torres 1- 4 20 5 Double 3-H 1-o b-2 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 7 *** 0 T.Harrah 2- 5 4 Ground Out b-0 1 B.Wills 4- 8 3 Fly Out b-0 2 D.May 6- 6 8 4 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 *** 0 A.Ashby 5- 8 5 Strike Out b-0 1 S.Staggs 5-11 3 Strike Out b-0 2 B.Bailor 1-12 3 Foul Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 8 *** 0 E.Kirkpatri 3- 9 5 Ground Out b-0 1 J.Sundberg 6- 6 1 Double b-2 1 2 M.Hargrove 3- 9 5 Walk b-1 1 12 B.Campaneri 1- 9 5 Pop Out b-0 2 12 C.Washingto 5-10 5 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Pete Vuckovich 2 123 W.Horton 2-11 6 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 *** 0 R.Howell 1- 6 4 Strike Out b-0 1 R.Fairly 2- 7 3 Ground Out b-0 2 D.Rader 1- 6 1 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 9 *** 0 T.Harrah 5- 6 4 Strike Out b-0 1 B.Wills 1- 6 5 Walk b-1 1 1 D.May 4- 8 5 Walk 1-2 b-1 1 12 E.Kirkpatri 1- 7 4 Single 2-H 1-2 b-1 1 12 J.Sundberg 4-10 3 Ground Out 2-3 1-2 b-0 2 23 M.Hargrove 1- 3 2 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 *** 0 A.Woods 5- 9 2 Ground Out b-0 1 S.Ewing 3- 6 3 Strike Out b-0 2 H.Torres 2- 6 3 Pop Out b-0