Toronto Blue Jays vs Texas Rangers
July 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1979 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Texas Rangers 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Howell 3b 3 1 0 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
  Bailor pr 0 0 0 0
Woods lf 3 1 1 0
  Velez ph 1 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 1
Cannon rf 3 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 3 1 1 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 4 1 1 0
Sample lf 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Zisk rf 2 1 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 2 1 3
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Soderholm dh 3 0 2 1
Sundberg c 2 0 0 0
Roberts cf 2 0 0 0
  Grubb cf 0 0 0 0
Norman ss 3 0 0 0
Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 4 6 4
Toronto 010 002 000361
Texas 010 003 00x460
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (2-1) 8.0 6 4 3 4 1
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
4
1
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Comer  W (9-6) 8.2 6 3 3 1 2
  Lyle  SV (9) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
2

  E–Griffin (17).  DP–Toronto 4.  2B–Toronto Woods (15,off Comer); Carty (16,off Comer).  HR–Texas J Ellis (8,6th inning off Moore 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Griffin (9,off Comer); Sundberg (2,off Moore).  CS–Bosetti (5,2nd base by Comer/Sundberg).  WP–Comer (4).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–1:51.  A–17,489.
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