Larvell Blanks drove in five runs with a pair of homers as the Indians snapped their three-game losing streak with an 11-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Blanks' first homer with two men on base capped a five-run outburst by the Indians in the fifth inning. His second shot followed a single by Bruce Bochte in the seventh.

Jim Norris drew five straight walks from Blue Jay pitchers, one short of the A. L. record of six in a row by Jimmie Foxx in 1938. Dennis Eckersley limited the Blue Jays to six hits, including homers by Sam Ewing and Al Woods in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 11, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Game Played on Friday, July 8, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  3  -   5  6  0
Indians      0  2  0    0  5  0    2  2  x  -  11 13  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Bailor ss             4   0   0   0     0   2   .320      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .295
Fairly 1b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .322      Dade lf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .346
Velez rf              3   1   0   0     1   2   .274      Carty dh              3   1   0   0     2   0   .273
Ewing dh              4   1   2   2     0   0   .312      Bochte 1b             4   3   2   2     0   0   .274
Rader 3b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .262      Spikes rf             4   1   2   2     1   1   .412
A. Woods lf           3   1   1   3     0   0   .286      Blanks ss             4   3   3   5     1   0   .244
Scott cf              4   0   1   0     0   2   .237      Norris cf             0   0   0   1     5   0   .269
Ashby c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .210      Kendall c             5   0   2   1     0   1   .238
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DeBarr p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hartenstein p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   6   5     3   9             Totals               34  11  13  11    10   3

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 12,719
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Indians 10
DP: Blue Jays 2, Indians 0
Errors: Dade
Triples: Ashby (3)
Home Runs: Ewing (2), A. Woods (5), Blanks 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: A. Woods (1), Bochte (2)
GIDP: Bell (9), Kendall (5)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(7-7)        4.2   8   6   6   4   1   0  24   4.23
Johnson                 0     2   1   1   1   0   1   3   4.58
DeBarr                  1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.75
Hartenstein             1     2   2   2   1   1   1   6   7.78
Bruno                   0.2   1   2   2   4   0   0   7   7.85
Willis                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.17
Totals                  8    13  11  11  10   3   2  45

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(8-7)        9     6   5   5   3   9   2  36   3.32
Totals                  9     6   5   5   3   9   2  36

Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk 2 (6), Bruno (3)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Jim McKean


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs made an out to shortstop; Bailor struck
out; Fairly made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to center; Bell grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Kuiper out at second]; Dade
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez struck out; Ewing flied out to left; Rader
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Bochte
singled; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Bochte to second]; Spikes
singled to center [Bochte scored]; Blanks forced Spikes
(shortstop unassisted); Norris walked [Blanks to second];
Kendall singled to center [Blanks scored, Norris to third];
Kuiper flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Indians 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods made an out to shortstop; Scott grounded
out (first unassisted); Ashby tripled to center; Staggs grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell singled to center; Dade flied out to right;
Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Bell to second]; Carty grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor struck out; Fairly struck out; Dade
dropped a foul fly hit by Velez for an error; Velez struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
singled to center; Norris walked [Blanks to second]; Kendall
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Indians 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ewing grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader
walked; A. Woods flied out to center; Scott struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper struck out; Bell walked; Dade singled to
left [Bell to second]; Carty walked [Bell to third, Dade to
second]; Bochte forced Carty (shortstop to second) [Bell scored,
Dade to third]; Spikes singled to left [Dade scored, Bochte to
second]; JOHNSON REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Blanks homered
[Bochte scored, Spikes scored]; Norris walked; Kendall singled
to center [Norris to second]; DEBARR REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 7.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Staggs
lined to second; Bailor popped to second in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell flied out to center; Dade lined to second;
Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Indians 7.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Fairly walked; Velez walked [Fairly to second];
Ewing singled to right [Fairly scored, Velez to second]; Rader
forced Ewing (shortstop to second) [Velez to third]; A. Woods
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Velez scored]; Scott struck out;
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 7.

INDIANS 7TH: HARTENSTEIN REPLACED DEBARR (PITCHING); Bochte
singled to left; Spikes struck out; Blanks homered [Bochte
scored]; Norris walked; Kendall forced Norris (second
unassisted); Kuiper forced Kendall (second unassisted); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 9.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ashby lined to first; Staggs made an out to
first; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 9.

INDIANS 8TH: BRUNO REPLACED HARTENSTEIN (PITCHING); Bell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dade singled to left; Carty
walked [Dade to second]; Bruno threw a wild pitch [Dade to
third, Carty to second]; Bochte hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Dade scored]; Spikes walked; Blanks walked [Carty to third,
Spikes to second]; Norris walked [Carty scored, Spikes to third,
Blanks to second]; WILLIS REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING); Kendall
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 11.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Velez
popped to catcher in foul territory; Ewing homered; Rader
singled to left; A. Woods homered [Rader scored]; Scott singled
to left; Ashby was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Indians 11.

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