Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
August 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1977 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Texas Rangers 6

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Staggs 2b 4 0 1 1
Bailor cf 5 1 2 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 1
Fairly 1b 4 1 1 0
  Scott pr 0 0 0 0
  Ault 1b 0 0 0 0
Ewing rf 3 0 0 0
  Bowling ph,rf 2 0 2 1
Woods lf 5 0 2 0
Rader dh 4 1 1 0
McKay ss 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 1 1 1
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 1 2 0
Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0
Washington lf 4 0 1 1
  Bevacqua ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 1 3 0
  Alomar pr,dh 1 1 0 0
May rf 2 1 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 3 2 1 0
Wills 2b 5 0 2 3
Beniquez cf 3 0 0 1
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Toronto 210 010 010 05120
Texas 011 000 030 16112
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk   5.0 5 2 2 1 1
  Johnson   2.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Vuckovich   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Willis  L (2-5) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.2
11
6
6
5
3
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Briles   7.1 10 5 3 1 8
  Knowles   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Devine  W (9-6) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
12
5
3
2
10

  E–Hargrove (10), Campaneris (15).  DP–Toronto 1, Texas 2.  2B–Toronto Bowling (2,off Briles), Texas Horton (18,off Lemanczyk); Wills (20,off Lemanczyk).  HR–Toronto Cerone (1,5th inning off Briles 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Staggs (2,off Briles); Cerone (1,off Briles).  SF–Beniquez (2,off Vuckovich).  HBP–Sundberg (2,by Vuckovich).  WP–Lemanczyk (12), Briles (3).  HBP–Vuckovich (2,Sundberg).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Al Clark.  T–3:07.  A–12,913.
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