Pain in his right shoulder forced Mark Fidrych to leave the game after only 15 pitches, but Jim Crawford turned in a superb performance in relief to enable the Tigers to defeat the Blue Jays, 2-1. Steve Staggs, leading off for the Blue Jays, reached third base on an error by Ron LeFlore and scored on a sacrifice fly by Al Woods. Detroit Tigers 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1Game Played on Tuesday, July 12, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumBlue Jays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Tigers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 8 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Staggs 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269 LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .294 A. Woods lf 3 0 1 1 0 2 .290 Fuentes 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .301 Bailor cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Staub dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .235 Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .312 Kemp lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Thompson 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .270 Velez rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .272 Oglivie rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Ewing dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Mankowski 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .199 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Kimm c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .080 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Fidrych p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crawford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 1 4 1 3 6 Totals 30 2 8 2 0 2 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 25,007 Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Tigers 5 DP: Blue Jays 0, Tigers 2 Errors: LeFlore Doubles: Staub (18) Stolen Bases: Rader (1) Caught Stealing: Staggs (2), LeFlore (11) Sacrifice Flies: A. Woods (2), Thompson (4) GIDP: Ewing (4), Rader (8) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson L(5-9) 8 8 2 2 0 2 0 31 4.08 Totals 8 8 2 2 0 2 0 31 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fidrych 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2.89 Crawford W(3-2) 8.1 4 0 0 3 6 0 29 3.59 Totals 9 4 1 0 3 6 0 32 Passed Balls: Ashby (6) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs reached on an error by LeFlore [Staggs to third]; A. Woods hit a sacrifice fly to center [Staggs scored (unearned)]; Bailor grounded out (first unassisted); CRAWFORD REPLACED FIDRYCH (PITCHING); MAY REPLACED KIMM (PLAYING C ); Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; Ashby allowed a passed ball [LeFlore to second]; Fuentes singled [LeFlore to third]; Staub singled [LeFlore scored, Fuentes to second]; Kemp forced Staub (third to second) [Fuentes to third]; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to left [Fuentes scored]; Oglivie singled to right [Kemp to third]; Mankowski flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader flied out to left; Velez walked; Ewing grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Velez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 2ND: Veryzer flied out to center; May made an out to shortstop; LeFlore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby made an out to shortstop; Torres lined to center; Staggs grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 3RD: Fuentes singled; Staub doubled to right [Fuentes to third]; Kemp popped to shortstop in foul territory; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods singled; Bailor singled to right [A. Woods to third]; Fairly struck out; Rader grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 4TH: Mankowski flied out to center; Veryzer flied out to right; May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez flied out to right; Ewing singled; Ashby struck out; Torres flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes singled; Staub made an out to third; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Staggs walked; Staggs was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); A. Woods struck out; Bailor made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 6TH: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Oglivie flied out to center; Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Fairly struck out; Rader walked; Rader stole second; Velez lined to second; Ewing grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: Veryzer struck out; May popped to catcher in foul territory; LeFlore singled; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ashby grounded out (pitcher to first); Torres flied out to center; Staggs singled; A. Woods was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. TIGERS 8TH: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Staub flied out to center; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly lined to second; Rader was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2. |
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