Bob Bailor led off the game with a homer and drove in the winning run with a single in the 12th inning as the Blue Jays posted a 6-5 victory, handing the Indians their seventh straight defeat. After Bailor's blow in the first inning, Doug Ault homered with two men on base to give the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead. Andre Thornton rapped a round-tripper for the Indians in the seventh, but Ron Fairly matched it with a homer for the Blue Jays in the eighth.

The Indians then rallied in the ninth to force the game into overtime. After the Indians loaded the bases on two passes and an infield hit by Fred Kendall, Rick Manning walked to force in the first run and Bill Melton followed with a pinch-double, clearing the sacks and tying the score. In the 12th, Alan Ashby walked, Pedro Garcia sacrificed and Bailor won the game for the Blue Jays with his single. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 6, Cleveland Indians 5
Game Played on Wednesday, April     27, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Blue Jays    4  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   6 10  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  4    0  0  0  -   5  7  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bailor cf             6   1   3   2     0   0   .286      Manning cf            5   1   1   1     1   1   .262
Mason ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .115      Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .293
  Torres ph,ss        2   0   0   0     0   1   .308        Melton ph           1   0   1   3     0   0   .269
A. Woods lf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Pruitt pr,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Fairly dh             4   2   2   1     1   0   .250      Norris rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .326
Velez rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .452        Dade ph,2b          1   0   0   0     1   1   .304
  Bowling rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Grubb lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Ewing ph,rf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .357        Lowenstein lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .353
Ault 1b               4   1   2   3     0   0   .379      Carty dh              6   0   1   0     0   2   .196
McKay 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Bell 3b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .319
Ashby c               4   1   1   0     1   0   .208      Thornton 1b           1   2   1   1     4   0   .156
Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Kendall c             5   1   1   0     0   0   .353
Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .103
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Blanks ph,ss        1   1   0   0     1   0   .125
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   6  10   6     4   5             Totals               42   5   7   5     8   5

Time of Game: 3:17   Attendance:  3,639
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, Indians 9
DP: Blue Jays 1, Indians 2
Errors: Kendall
Doubles: Ault (4), Melton (2)
Home Runs: Bailor (2), Ault (5), Fairly (1), Thornton (2)
Stolen Bases: Ewing (1)
Caught Stealing: Fairly (1), Bailor (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Ault (1), Garcia (2)
GIDP: A. Woods (3), Bell (2)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan                  7     4   1   1   3   2   1  28   5.87
Vuckovich               1.2   2   4   4   3   1   0   9   5.59
Willis W(1-0)           3.1   1   0   0   2   2   0  13   0.00
Totals                 12     7   5   5   8   5   1  50

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland                 1.1   4   4   4   2   1   2  10  11.57
Hood                    5.2   3   0   0   1   1   0  19   2.31
LaRoche                 3     1   1   1   0   3   1  10   7.30
Kern L(0-1)             2     2   1   1   1   0   0   8   2.45
Totals                 12    10   6   6   4   5   3  47

Wild Pitches: Hargan (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor homered; Mason grounded out (first
unassisted); A. Woods flied out to center; Fairly walked; Velez
walked [Fairly to second]; Ault homered [Fairly scored, Velez
scored]; McKay struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (second to first); Kuiper
grounded out (second to first); Norris grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ashby singled to center; Garcia popped to
shortstop; Bailor singled to right [Ashby to second]; HOOD
REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Mason popped to catcher; A. Woods
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (third to first); Carty popped
to catcher in foul territory; Bell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Fairly singled to center; Velez struck out while
Fairly was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Ault
doubled to left; McKay grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Thornton walked; Kendall flied out to right; Duffy
forced Thornton (third to second); Manning singled to left
[Duffy to second]; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ashby grounded out (third to first); Garcia
grounded out (third to first); Bailor grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
flied to left in foul territory; Carty grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mason walked; A. Woods grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mason out at second];
Fairly flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell flied out to center; Thornton walked; Hargan
threw a wild pitch [Thornton to second]; Kendall popped to
catcher in foul territory; Duffy walked; Manning struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez singled to left; Ault out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Velez to second]; McKay flied out to left
[Velez to third]; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper singled to center; Norris singled to left
[Kuiper to second]; Grubb flied out to right; Carty struck out;
Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Bailor
flied out to right; Mason popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Thornton homered; Kendall popped to catcher in foul
territory; Duffy flied out to left; Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Indians 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); A. Woods struck
out; Fairly homered; Velez flied out to center; Ault flied out
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: BOWLING REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); VUCKOVICH
REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); Norris struck out; Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Indians 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay grounded out (second to first); Ashby flied
out to center; Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Carty singled to center; Bell grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carty out at
second]; Thornton walked; Kendall singled to shortstop [Thornton
to second]; BLANKS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Blanks walked [Thornton to
third, Kendall to second]; Manning walked [Thornton scored,
Kendall to third, Blanks to second]; WILLIS REPLACED VUCKOVICH
(PITCHING); MELTON BATTED FOR KUIPER; Melton doubled to left
[Kendall scored, Blanks scored, Manning scored]; PRUITT RAN FOR
MELTON; DADE BATTED FOR NORRIS; Dade was walked intentionally;
Grubb forced Dade (shortstop unassisted); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Indians 5.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DADE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS);
LOWENSTEIN REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING LF); Bailor flied out to
left; TORRES BATTED FOR MASON; Torres struck out; A. Woods
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Indians
5.

INDIANS 10TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Carty grounded
out (pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (second to first);
Thornton walked; Kendall forced Thornton (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Indians 5.

BLUE JAYS 11TH: KERN REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Fairly
grounded out (first unassisted); EWING BATTED FOR BOWLING; Ewing
singled to third; Ewing stole second [Ewing to third (error by
Kendall)]; Ault popped to second; McKay grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 11TH: EWING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Blanks flied
out to center; Manning grounded out (second to first); Pruitt
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Indians
5.

BLUE JAYS 12TH: Ashby walked; Garcia out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Ashby to second]; Bailor singled to center
[Ashby scored]; Bailor was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Torres popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 6, Indians 5.

INDIANS 12TH: Dade struck out; Lowenstein grounded out (second
to first); Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Indians 5.