Rangers @ Blue Jays
August 21, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 6 12 1
Blue Jays 8 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 6 12 1
Blue Jays 8 12 0

Kurt Bevacqua Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .238
OBP .750 .303
At Bats 3 181
Hits 2 43
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 1 24

Tom Murphy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 9 7
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Exhibition Stadium - August 21, 1978
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Out
Tom Murphy
Alan Ashby
John Mayberry
Dave McKay
Roy Howell
Tim Johnson
Willie Upshaw
Rick Bosetti
Bob Bailor
Kurt Bevacqua

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 6 12 1 6
Toronto Blue Jays 8 12 0 5
Winning Pitcher Tom Murphy
Losing Pitcher Jim Umbarger
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Alan Ashby
Attendance 16,001
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bevacqua hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Upshaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrove for the out.
Bottom 8 Len Barker now pitching. Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashby hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Upshaw is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Beniquez hits a fly ball into left field. Upshaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zisk hits a fly ball into left field. Upshaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Horton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Howell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bonds hits a fly ball into left field. Upshaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bevacqua hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bailor hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Upshaw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Harrah. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Harrah steals second.
Top 6 Beniquez strikes out.
Top 6 Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Willie Upshaw now playing left field. Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bonds throws the ball in to Hargrove who tags Ashby trying to return to first, for the out. Horton scores. Velez moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Otto Velez pinch hits for Al Woods. Velez takes first base on ball four. Horton moves to third. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 5 Jim Umbarger now pitching. Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Horton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bosetti scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howell for the out. Johnson scores. Bosetti moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Bailor hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bosetti moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. McKay scores. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Johnson reaches second base with a double. McKay moves to third.
Bottom 5 McKay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tom Murphy now pitching. Bonds hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Bevacqua hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ashby 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.
Bottom 4 Woods takes first base on ball four. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Horton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Howell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hargrove settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bailor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Beniquez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Beniquez reaches second base with a double. Harrah moves to third.
Top 4 Harrah takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonds moves to second.
Top 4 Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Oliver hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Bosetti throws the ball in to McKay who relays the ball to Howell who tags Oliver trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Bevacqua hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bosetti strikes out.
Bottom 3 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Beniquez hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Woods hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Ellis covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Harrah strikes out.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bonds hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bevacqua fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bevacqua takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Top 1 Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards short. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.