Toronto Blue Jays @ Texas Rangers
55-56, 25-33 Away
4
55-56, 25-33 Away
Final
58-54, 29-24 Home
8
58-54, 29-24 Home
Blue Jays Hitting
a-doubled to deep right for M Stairs in the 9th
- Batting
- 2BL Overbay (23, L Mendoza); K Mench (8, E Guardado)
- RBIL Overbay (45), A Lind (24), M Stairs (37), B Wilkerson (22)
- 2Out RBIM Stairs
- SFA Lind
- Team LOB4
- Baserunning
- SBJ Inglett (7, 2nd base off L Mendoza/G Laird)
- Fielding
- DP1 (L Overbay-J McDonald-L Overbay)
Rangers Hitting
a-doubled to center for T Metcalf in the 7th
- Batting
- 2BR Vazquez (17, S Camp); M Byrd (13, J Carlson)
- HRG Laird 2 (6, 4th inning off D Purcey 1 on, 0 Out; 5th inning off D Purcey 1 on, 2 Out); C Davis (11, 5th inning off D Purcey 0 on, 1 Out)
- RBIG Laird 4 (31), C Davis 2 (22), M Byrd (23), R Vazquez (39)
- 2Out RBIG Laird 2
- SFR Vazquez
- GIDPD Murphy
- Team LOB5
Blue Jays Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
D. Purcey(L,1-2) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 89-59 | 8.35 |
| 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26-14 | 4.43 |
| 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-9 | 3.38 |
| 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21-9 | 2.21 |
| 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-5 | 3.67 |
| 8.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 158-96 |
- Pitching
- WPJ Carlson
- BKJ Carlson
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsD Purcey 5-6; J Parrish 1-1; S Camp 1-1; J Carlson 0-2; J Frasor 0-0
- Game ScoresD Purcey 43
Rangers Pitching
| pitchers |
|---|
L. Mendoza(W,3-4) |
F. Francisco(H,12) |
| team |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98-62 | 7.00 |
| 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17-11 | 3.15 |
| 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13-11 | 3.16 |
| 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 128-84 |
- Pitching
- IBBB Boggs (By J Carlson)
- HBPJ Hamilton (By D Purcey); T Metcalf (By D Purcey)
- Ground Balls-Fly BallsL Mendoza 13-6; F Francisco 1-1; E Guardado 0-2
- Game ScoresL Mendoza 50
Scoring Summary
Inning | TOR | TEX | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | L Overbay doubled to deep center, M Scutaro scored, A Rios to third. | 1 | 0 | |
| 1st | A Lind hit sacrifice fly to left, A Rios scored. | 2 | 0 | |
| 1st | M Stairs singled to left, L Overbay scored. | 3 | 0 | |
| 4th | B Wilkerson grounded out to second, A Lind scored, M Stairs to second. | 4 | 0 | |
| 4th | G Laird homered to right center, I Kinsler scored. | 4 | 2 | |
| 5th | C Davis homered to right. | 4 | 3 | |
| 5th | G Laird homered to right, T Metcalf scored. | 4 | 5 | |
| 8th | M Byrd doubled to deep left, M Young scored, J Hamilton to third. | 4 | 6 | |
| 8th | C Davis singled to right, J Hamilton scored, M Byrd to third, B Boggs to second. | 4 | 7 | |
| 8th | R Vazquez hit sacrifice fly to center, M Byrd scored, B Boggs to third, C Davis to second. | 4 | 8 | |
TEX wins 2-1
Game Information
Choctaw Stadium
1:05 AM, 4 August 2008
Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 17,488
Game Time:2:51
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Hunter Wendelstedt
- First Base Umpire - Angel Campos
- Second Base Umpire - Greg Gibson
- Third Base Umpire - Charlie Reliford
2025 American League East Standings
2025 American League West Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle | 90 | 72 | .556 | - | L3 |
| Houston | 87 | 75 | .537 | 3 | W2 |
| Texas | 81 | 81 | .500 | 9 | L2 |
| Athletics | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | L2 |
| Los Angeles | 72 | 90 | .444 | 18 | L2 |
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