Normally used as a reliever, Rick Waits made his second start of the season and pitched 6 2/3 innings to get credit for the Indians' 4-0 victory over the Blue Jays. Waits, who allowed four hits, departed with the bases loaded, but Don Hood struck out Alan Ashby to end the Blue Jays' threat. Jim Kern earned the save by pitching the last 1 1/3 innings. Paul Dade scored two runs and batted in one as the Indians posted their sixth straight victory. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Tuesday, June      21, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Indians      0  1  0    0  1  0    1  1  0  -   4 12  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Scott cf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Dade rf               3   2   2   1     1   0   .336      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .268
Norris cf             5   0   2   1     0   1   .291      Bailor ss             4   0   3   0     0   0   .333
Carty dh              3   0   1   1     1   1   .276      Rader dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
  Lowenstein pr,dh    1   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Fairly rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .322
Thornton 1b           4   1   2   0     1   1   .204      Ault 1b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .252
Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     2   1   .299      Ashby c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .206
Kendall c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .247      McKay 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .176
Pruitt lf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .250        Whitt ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .196      Bowling lf            2   0   0   0     1   1   .137
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ewing ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .303
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            DeBarr p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  12   3     7   4             Totals               32   0   6   0     5   6

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 18,039
Left on Base: Indians 13, Blue Jays 11
DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Howell, Garvin
Doubles: Kendall (5), Norris (7), Carty (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Kendall (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Dade (7)
GIDP: Pruitt (2), Kuiper (3), Ashby (7)
Hit by Pitch: Fairly (2,by Hood)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(4-0)            6.2   4   0   0   4   3   0  27   3.60
Hood                    1     1   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.56
Kern SV(9)              1.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   5   2.70
Totals                  9     6   0   0   5   6   0  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(7-5)           6.2   8   3   3   5   3   0  31   3.66
Bruno                   1     1   1   0   2   0   0   7   7.71
DeBarr                  1.1   3   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.86
Totals                  9    12   4   3   7   4   0  44

Passed Balls: Ashby (4)
Hit by Pitch: Hood (2)
Wild Pitches: Garvin (2)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Dade singled
to center; Norris forced Dade (second to shortstop); Carty
forced Norris (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
lined to third; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled to left; Bell walked [Thornton to
second]; Bell was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Garvin [Thornton to third, Bell to second]; Kendall walked;
Pruitt grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Thornton scored (no RBI), Bell to third, Kendall out at
second]; Duffy flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader singled to left; Fairly grounded out
(second to first) [Rader to second]; Ault was called out on
strikes; Ashby walked; McKay forced Ashby (pitcher to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade
flied out to center; Norris singled to left; Carty struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bowling grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
grounded out (second to first); Howell walked; Bailor singled to
right [Howell to second]; Rader flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton lined to third; Bell was called out on
strikes; Kendall doubled to left; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Fairly flied out to center; Ault singled to
right; Ashby grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Ault out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy singled to left; Kuiper grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Duffy out at
second]; Dade singled to right; Ashby allowed a passed ball
[Dade to second]; Norris doubled to center [Dade scored]; Garvin
threw a wild pitch [Norris to third]; Carty walked; Thornton was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowling
struck out; Scott lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell walked; Kendall out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Bell to second]; Pruitt flied out to
center; Duffy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Bailor
singled to center; Rader struck out; Fairly flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper flied out to right; Dade walked; Norris
flied out to center; Carty doubled to center [Dade scored];
LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR CARTY; BRUNO REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING);
Thornton walked; Bell flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Ault
grounded out (third to first); Ashby grounded out (third to
first); McKay walked; Bowling walked [McKay to second]; HOOD
REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Scott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Kendall made an out to second; Pruitt walked; Duffy
reached on a fielder's choice [Pruitt to second (error by
Howell)]; Kuiper singled to center [Pruitt to third, Duffy to
second]; Dade hit a sacrifice fly to center [Pruitt scored
(unearned), Duffy to third]; DEBARR REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING);
Norris was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell popped to third in foul territory; Bailor
singled to left; Rader flied out to center; Fairly was hit by a
pitch [Bailor to second]; Ault walked [Bailor to third, Fairly
to second]; KERN REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Ashby was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Lowenstein flied out to left; Thornton singled to
left; Bell singled to third [Thornton to second]; Kendall flied
out to right; Pruitt singled to right [Thornton out at home
(right to catcher), Bell to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: WHITT BATTED FOR MCKAY; Whitt struck out; EWING
BATTED FOR BOWLING; Ewing singled to left; Scott lined to
shortstop; Howell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.