Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1978 at Exhibition 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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Texas Rangers 9, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 2 3 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 2 2 2
Wills 2b 3 2 1 0
Oliver lf 5 0 2 4
Bonds dh 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 3 0 1 1
  Thompson pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 2
Ellis J. c 3 0 0 0
Mason ss 3 0 1 0
Ellis D. p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 9 9
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 1 3 1
Bailor rf 5 0 1 0
Howell 3b 5 0 1 0
Carty dh 4 1 0 0
Mayberry 1b 5 1 2 2
Upshaw lf 3 1 2 0
McKay 2b 4 1 1 1
Cerone c 4 0 2 1
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ss 0 0 0 0
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 12 5
Texas 330 100 200991
Toronto 020 012 0005120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (4-2) 6.0 7 5 5 2 1
  Comer  SV (1) 3.0 5 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk  L (1-9) 2.0 5 6 6 3 1
  Moore   3.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Coleman   2.0 1 2 2 3 1
  Willis   2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
9
9
9
8
7

  E–Mason (4).  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–J Ellis (2).  2B–Texas Hargrove (12,off Lemanczyk); Oliver (12,off Lemanczyk); Zisk (10,off Moore); Harrah (6,off Moore), Toronto Bosetti 2 (11,off Comer 2).  3B–Toronto McKay (4,off D Ellis).  HR–Texas Beniquez (3,7th inning off Coleman 1 on, 2 out), Toronto Bosetti (2,5th inning off D Ellis 0 on, 2 out); Mayberry (10,6th inning off D Ellis 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Bonds (2,off Lemanczyk); Mason (1,off Coleman).  SB–Harrah (11,2nd base off Lemanczyk/Cerone).  CS–Hargrove (1,3rd base by Moore/Cerone).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:22.  A–28,374.
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