Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1979 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 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Sample lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 3 0 2 1
Oliver cf 4 1 1 0
Zisk rf 4 0 0 0
Putnam dh 4 0 2 1
  Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 2 0 1 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 1
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Norman ss 3 1 1 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 1 0 0 0
Bailor rf 4 1 2 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Carty dh 3 0 0 0
  Wilborn pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 2 0
Howell 3b 4 0 1 1
Woods lf 3 0 0 0
  Velez ph 1 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 0
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Texas 000 001 011380
Toronto 000 100 000171
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (3-3) 7.2 6 1 1 2 2
  Kern   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Lyle  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk  L (2-2) 8.2 8 3 3 1 2
  Freisleben   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
1
2

  E–Cerone (3).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Texas Putnam (4,off Lemanczyk); Norman (1,off Lemanczyk), Toronto Bailor (5,off Comer); Cerone (7,off Comer); McKay (5,off Lyle).  3B–Texas Oliver (2,off Lemanczyk).  HR–Texas Sundberg (2,8th inning off Lemanczyk 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Jorgensen (2,off Lemanczyk).  SF–Bell (3,off Lemanczyk).  CS–Oliver (1,2nd base by Lemanczyk/Cerone).  U-HP–Derryl Cousins, 1B–Rich Panas, 2B–Joe Sawchuk, 3B–Alan Contant.  T–2:05.  A–14,109.
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