Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1979 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 4, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 0 0 0
Sample cf 4 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph 1 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 1 2 1
Zisk lf 4 1 2 1
Ellis dh 3 0 1 0
  Oliver ph,dh 1 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 3 0 1 0
  Gamble ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Putnam 1b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 1 1 0
Roberts rf,3b 2 1 2 2
  Grubb ph 1 0 1 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 4 1 2 2
Howell 3b 5 0 0 0
Carty dh 3 2 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 1
Velez rf 3 2 3 4
  Cannon rf 0 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 1 3 1
Cerone c 4 1 2 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
Texas 000 020 0204111
Toronto 050 011 10x8130
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  L (4-4) 4.1 10 6 5 1 0
  Rajsich   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Alexander   2.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Kern   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
8
7
3
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (4-13) 7.1 9 4 4 1 5
  Freisleben   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
7

  E–Medich (2).  DP–Texas 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Texas Bell (22,off Underwood), Toronto Carty (20,off Medich); Cerone (15,off Medich); Mayberry (15,off Alexander).  HR–Texas Roberts (2,5th inning off Underwood 1 on, 0 out); Bell (10,8th inning off Underwood 0 on, 1 out); Zisk (10,8th inning off Underwood 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Velez 2 (12,2nd inning off Medich 2 on, 0 out,7th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out).  WP–Alexander (1).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:16.  A–14,605.
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