Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 0
Oliver lf 5 1 2 2
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Zisk dh 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 1 2 0
Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 1
  Thompson pr 0 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Bevacqua 2b 4 0 2 0
Norman ss 3 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 2 0 1 0
Bailor rf 4 2 1 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 2
Velez lf 2 1 0 0
Ault 1b 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph,1b 1 0 1 0
McKay 2b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 1
Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ss 1 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 6 3
Texas 000 000 111392
Toronto 201 000 01x460
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Umbarger  L (2-5) 2.1 4 3 2 4 0
  Medich   4.2 1 1 1 3 2
  Moret   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
7
3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (2-6) 6.2 6 1 1 4 5
  Murphy  SV (4) 2.1 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
4
6

  E–Harrah (5), Hargrove (6).  DP–Texas 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Texas Zisk (9,off Underwood), Toronto Carty (5,off Umbarger); Bailor (8,off Umbarger).  3B–Texas Oliver (1,off Underwood).  HR–Texas Oliver (6,9th inning off Murphy 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Beniquez (3,off Murphy); Hutton (2,off Moret).  SB–Harrah (10,2nd base off Underwood/Cerone); Bailor (2,2nd base off Umbarger/Sundberg).  CS–Gomez (4,2nd base by Umbarger/Sundberg); Bosetti (5,2nd base by Umbarger/Sundberg).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:36.  A–32,021.
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