BATTING - 2B: Liriano (19,off Ryan); Felix (11,off Ryan); Bell (25,off Ryan).
IBB: McGriff (5,by Ryan); Borders (1,by Rogers).
Team LOB: 13.
BASERUNNING - SB: Moseby (14,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter); Liriano (10,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter);
Felix (14,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter); Gruber (7,2nd base off Ryan/Kreuter).
Ejections: Ernie Whitt by Drew Coble [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 3:14 Attendance: 25297
Starting Lineups:
Toronto Blue Jays Texas Rangers
1. Felix rf Espy cf
2. Fernandez ss Fletcher ss
3. Gruber 3b Palmeiro 1b
4. Bell lf Sierra rf
5. McGriff 1b Franco 2b
6. Whitt c Leach dh
7. Moseby cf Incaviglia lf
8. Myers dh Buechele 3b
9. Liriano 2b Kreuter c
Stieb p Ryan p
BLUE JAYS 1ST: Felix reached on an error by Espy [Felix to
second]; Fernandez grounded out (first unassisted) [Felix to
third]; Gruber struck out; Bell struck out but Felix advanced to
home and Bell advanced to first on a passed ball; McGriff struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Espy popped to third; Fletcher singled to right;
Palmeiro doubled to right [Fletcher to third]; Sierra lined into
a double play (second to shortstop) [Palmeiro out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 2ND: Whitt was called out on strikes; Moseby walked;
Moseby stole second; Myers walked; Liriano doubled to right
[Moseby scored, Myers to third]; Felix lined to second;
Fernandez flied to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Franco grounded out (shortstop to first); Leach
walked; Incaviglia grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Leach out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gruber struck out; Bell struck out; McGriff
singled to right; Whitt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue
Jays 2, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 3RD: BORDERS REPLACED WHITT (PLAYING C ); Buechele
grounded out (third to first); Ernie Whitt ejected by HP
umpire Drew Coble while catching after the first pitch to Steve
Buechele was called a ball; Kreuter walked; Espy struck out;
Fletcher forced Kreuter (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 4TH: Moseby was called out on strikes; Myers popped to
shortstop; Liriano singled to right; Liriano stole second; Felix
struck out but Liriano advanced to third and Felix advanced to
first on a wild pitch; Felix stole second; Fernandez struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 4TH: Palmeiro lined to shortstop; Borders dropped a foul
fly hit by Sierra for an error; Sierra grounded out (first
unassisted); Franco grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gruber reached on an error by Buechele; Bell
grounded out (third to first) [Gruber to second]; McGriff was
walked intentionally; Borders was called out on strikes; Moseby
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 5TH: Leach flied to left; Incaviglia grounded out
(shortstop to first); Buechele struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 6TH: Myers flied to left; Liriano was called out on
strikes; Felix doubled to left; Fernandez struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 6TH: Kreuter walked; Espy out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Kreuter to second]; Fletcher grounded out (third to
first); WELLS REPLACED STIEB (PITCHING); Palmeiro popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gruber singled to left; Gruber stole second; Bell
doubled to left [Gruber scored]; ROGERS REPLACED RYAN
(PITCHING); McGriff was called out on strikes; Borders was
walked intentionally; Moseby was called out on strikes; LEE
BATTED FOR MYERS; Lee was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 7TH: LEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sierra was called
out on strikes; Franco grounded out (second to first); STANLEY
BATTED FOR LEACH; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Liriano
grounded out (shortstop to first); Felix flied to right;
Fernandez flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 8TH: WARD REPLACED WELLS (PITCHING); Incaviglia struck
out; BOSLEY BATTED FOR BUECHELE; Bosley was called out on
strikes; DAUGHERTY BATTED FOR KREUTER; Daugherty singled to
center; Espy grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Blue Jays 3, Rangers 0.
BLUE JAYS 9TH: SUNDBERG REPLACED DAUGHERTY (PLAYING C ); BOSLEY
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); INCAVIGLIA CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING CF); KUNKEL REPLACED ESPY (PLAYING 3B); MIELKE REPLACED
ROGERS (PITCHING); Gruber lined to shortstop; Bell singled to
center; McGriff singled to left [Bell to second]; Borders
singled to left [McGriff to second, Bell scored]; WILMET
REPLACED MIELKE (PITCHING); Moseby forced Borders (pitcher to
shortstop) [McGriff to third]; Debut game for Paul
Wilmet; Lee struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 9TH: Fletcher was called out on strikes; Palmeiro
grounded out (first unassisted); Sierra singled to pitcher;
Franco forced Sierra (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Blue Jays 4, Rangers 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Blue Jays 4 9 1 13
Rangers 0 4 2 5
