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Blue Jays
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
May 20, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on May 20, 1977 at Arlington Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 20, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 20, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jerry Garvin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Arlington Stadium |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 21,965 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rich Garcia 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Steve Palermo 3B: Joe Brinkman |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| John Scott | Center Fielder |
| Al Woods | Left Fielder |
| Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
| Otto Velez | Right Fielder |
| Ron Fairly | DH |
| Doug Ault | First Baseman |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Hector Torres | Shortstop |
| Pedro Garcia | Second Baseman |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Claudell Washington | Left Fielder |
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | DH |
| Tom Grieve | Right Fielder |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
| Frank Lucchesi | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
May 20, 1977
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Blyleven
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Blyleven
Woods hits a popup towards third. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Blyleven
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Garvin
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Garvin
Campaneris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Garvin
Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Blyleven
Velez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. Blyleven
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ault vs. Blyleven
Ault strikes out. There goes Fairly. The throw from Sundberg to second, and Fairly is out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Garvin
Horton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Horton reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Garvin
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garvin fields it and has Horton trapped. There's the throw to Garcia and over to Howell, who tags Horton for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Garvin
Harrah takes first base on ball four. Grieve moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Garvin
Wills hits a line drive into left field. Woods picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Woods. Grieve scores. Harrah moves to third. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Sundberg vs. Garvin
Sundberg bunts towards the mound. Garvin fields it and throws to first for the out. Harrah scores. Wills moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Beniquez vs. Garvin
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Garvin, and towards Garcia, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Blyleven
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Blyleven
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Blyleven
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Garvin
Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Garvin
Campaneris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Washington moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hargrove vs. Garvin
Hargrove bunts towards the mound. Garvin fields it and throws to first for the out. Washington moves to third. Campaneris moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Horton vs. Garvin
Horton is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grieve vs. Garvin
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. Washington scores. Campaneris moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harrah vs. Garvin
Harrah takes first base on ball four. Grieve moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wills vs. Garvin
Wills strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Blyleven
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Blyleven
Woods takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Howell vs. Blyleven
Howell hits a line drive into left field. Washington picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Washington. Scott scores. Woods moves to third. Howell moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Velez vs. Blyleven
Velez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Fairly vs. Blyleven
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Woods scores. Howell moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ault vs. Blyleven
There's a wild pitch. Howell scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Blyleven
Ault hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Garvin
Sundberg bunts towards the mound. Garvin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Garvin
Beniquez hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Garvin
Washington strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Blyleven
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Blyleven
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris misplays the ball. That's an error on Campaneris. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Blyleven
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Garvin
Campaneris bunts towards first. Ault fields the ball and throws to Garvin covering. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Garvin
Hargrove bunts towards the mound. Garvin fields it and throws to first for the out. Campaneris moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Garvin
Horton is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grieve vs. Garvin
Grieve strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Harrah vs. Garvin
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Blyleven
Scott bunts towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Blyleven
Woods is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Blyleven
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Garvin
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Garvin
There goes Wills. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Torres applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Garvin
Sundberg is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Garvin
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Blyleven
Velez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fairly vs. Blyleven
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Blyleven. Velez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ault vs. Blyleven
Dave McKay pinch runs for Ron Fairly.
Sundberg fires to second and picks off Velez for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ault vs. Blyleven
Ault takes first base on ball four. McKay moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ashby vs. Blyleven
Ashby hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torres vs. Blyleven
There's a wild pitch. McKay moves to third. Ault moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Torres vs. Blyleven
Torres strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Garvin
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Garvin
Campaneris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ault settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Garvin
Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Blyleven
Garcia hits a line drive towards third. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Blyleven
Scott hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sundberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Blyleven
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Garvin
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Garvin
Grieve is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Garvin
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Blyleven
Howell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Blyleven
Velez hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ewing vs. Blyleven
Sam Ewing pinch hits for Dave McKay.
Ewing strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ault vs. Blyleven
Ault hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Harrah. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Blyleven
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Garvin
Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Garvin
Sundberg bunts in front of the plate. Ashby fields it and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fregosi vs. Garvin
Jim Fregosi pinch hits for Juan Beniquez.
Fregosi hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia misplays the ball. That's an error on Garcia. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ellis vs. Garvin
John Ellis pinch hits for Claudell Washington.
Ellis strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Campaneris vs. Garvin
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/20/1977 -- Toronto at Texas (N)
Toronto AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Scott J, cf 4 1 2 0 Washington C, lf 4 1 1 0
Woods A, lf 3 1 0 0 Ellis J, ph 1 0 0 0
Howell R, 3b 4 2 2 1 Campaneris B, ss 5 0 2 0
Velez O, rf 3 0 1 0 Hargrove M, 1b 2 0 0 0
Fairly R, dh 3 0 1 0 Horton W, dh 2 0 1 0
McKay D, pr 0 0 0 0 Grieve T, rf 4 1 0 1
Ewing S, ph 1 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b 2 1 0 0
Ault D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Wills B, 2b 4 0 3 1
Ashby A, c 4 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 2 0 0 1
Torres H, ss 3 0 0 0 Beniquez J, cf 3 0 0 0
Garcia P, 2b 3 0 0 0 Fregosi J, ph 1 0 0 0
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31 4 6 1 30 3 7 3
Toronto 000 300 001 -- 4
Texas 021 000 000 -- 3
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin J (W) 9.0 7 3 2 4 7
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L) 9.0 6 4 4 3 4
E -- Woods A, Washington C, Campaneris B, Blyleven B, Harrah T, Garcia P
DP -- Texas 4
LOB -- Toronto 3, Texas 8
2B -- Horton W
HR -- Howell R
CS -- Fairly R, Wills B
SH -- Sundberg J 2, Hargrove M 2
WP -- Blyleven B 2
T -- 2:26
A -- 21965
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