| Steve Kemp hit his first major league homer, connecting with two men on base, and Dave Roberts pitched a four-hitter as the Tigers defeated the Blue Jays, 6-1, for their first victory of the season. Alan Ashby saved the Jays from being shutout, hitting for the circuit in the eighth inning. [The Sporting News] |
Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April 12, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 - 6 6 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 3 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .250 Bailor ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .400 Fuentes 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .238 Garcia 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Oglivie rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .222 Ault 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .350 Staub dh 4 0 0 0 1 2 .111 Velez dh 2 0 1 0 2 0 .429 Thompson 1b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .250 G. Woods cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kemp lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .118 Bowling rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .000 May c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .188 Scott lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 McKay 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .438 Wagner ss 3 1 0 0 1 2 .143 Cerone c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashby c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .222 Singer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartenstein p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 6 6 6 11 Totals 30 1 4 1 4 3 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 11,505 Left on Base: Tigers 7, Blue Jays 6 DP: Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Garcia, Ault, McKay Doubles: Fuentes (2), Oglivie 2 (3), Velez (1) Triples: LeFlore (1) Home Runs: Kemp (1), Ashby (1) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (1) Caught Stealing: Rodriguez (1), Velez (1) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts W(1-1) 9 4 1 1 4 3 1 34 4.50 Totals 9 4 1 1 4 3 1 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Singer L(0-1) 6.1 6 6 6 4 7 1 30 7.59 Johnson 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 2.70 Hartenstein 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0.00 Totals 9 6 6 6 6 11 1 40 Wild Pitches: Singer (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes doubled to center; Singer threw a wild pitch [Fuentes to third]; Oglivie reached on an error by Garcia [Fuentes scored (RBI), Oglivie to second (error by Ault)]; Staub struck out (catcher to first); Thompson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor flied out to right; Garcia popped to second; Ault grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 2ND: ASHBY REPLACED CERONE (PLAYING C ); Kemp grounded out (second to first); May walked; On a bunt Rodriguez forced May (catcher to second); Wagner forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez doubled to center; G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowling walked; Scott forced Bowling (shortstop to second) [Velez to third]; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Fuentes flied out to center; Oglivie was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor flied out to right; Garcia flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ault grounded out (third to first); Velez walked; Velez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); G. Woods grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 5TH: May flied out to left; Rodriguez reached on an error by McKay; Rodriguez was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wagner walked; LeFlore tripled to center [Wagner scored]; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bowling struck out; Scott grounded out (third to first); McKay singled to left; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 2, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie doubled to right; Staub struck out; Thompson walked; Kemp homered [Oglivie scored, Thompson scored]; May struck out; Rodriguez walked; Wagner was called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Garcia struck out; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 5, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore singled to left; LeFlore stole second; Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie doubled to center [LeFlore scored]; JOHNSON REPLACED SINGER (PITCHING); Staub walked; Thompson walked [Oglivie to third, Staub to second]; Kemp struck out; May popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); G. Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowling walked; Scott grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 0. TIGERS 8TH: HARTENSTEIN REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Rodriguez struck out; Wagner struck out; LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay struck out; Ashby homered; Bailor singled to left; Garcia flied out to center; Ault flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 1. TIGERS 9TH: Fuentes flied out to right; Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez walked; G. Woods grounded out (catcher to first) [Velez to second]; Bowling flied out to right; Scott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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