Aurelio Rodriguez, Jason Thompson and Milt May each homered with a man on base as the Tigers overpowered the Blue Jays, 11-3. Rodriguez hit his homer in the fourth inning, while Thompson and May rapped their round-trippers in the seventh. Thompson batted in two more runs with a double in the eighth and Rodriguez singled for his third RBI. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 11, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      16, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    3  0  0    4  3  1  -  11 16  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  1  -   3 11  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   0   2   1     0   0   .293      Staggs 2b             4   0   2   1     1   0   .260
  Oglivie pr,rf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .253      A. Woods lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Fuentes 2b            5   1   1   0     1   1   .297      Bailor cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .338
Staub dh              5   1   3   1     1   0   .242      Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Kemp lf               4   1   0   0     2   3   .275      Fairly dh             4   0   0   1     0   0   .300
Thompson 1b           5   3   2   4     1   0   .276      Ewing rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .297
Stanley rf,cf         4   1   1   0     1   2   .258      Ault 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Rodriguez 3b          4   1   2   3     1   2   .214      Torres ss             4   1   3   0     0   0   .263
May c                 5   2   3   2     0   0   .258      Whitt c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .194
Veryzer ss            5   0   2   0     0   0   .196      Willis p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        DeBarr p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Singer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42  11  16  11     7   8             Totals               36   3  11   3     2   2

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 35,151
Left on Base: Tigers 12, Blue Jays 8
DP: Tigers 2, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Fuentes
Doubles: Stanley (6), Thompson (12), Staggs (3), Torres (5), Rader (7), Whitt (3)
Triples: Bailor (3)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (3), Thompson (18), May (8)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (13)
GIDP: Fairly (7)
Hit by Pitch: LeFlore (3,by Singer)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema W(8-4)           9    11   3   2   2   2   0  38   2.55
Totals                  9    11   3   2   2   2   0  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Willis L(2-4)           6.1  10   6   6   5   7   2  33   4.21
DeBarr                  0.1   2   1   1   0   1   1   3   4.34
Singer                  2.1   4   4   4   2   0   0  14   6.79
Totals                  9    16  11  11   7   8   3  50

Hit by Pitch: Singer (2)
Wild Pitches: DeBarr (2)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to right; Fuentes flied out to
right; Staub grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to second];
Kemp walked; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs doubled to right; A. Woods lined into a
double play (shortstop unassisted) [Staggs out at second];
Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Stanley struck out; Rodriguez was called out on
strikes; May singled to right; Veryzer forced May (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader struck out; Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); Ewing walked; Ault flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore singled; Fuentes was called out on strikes;
LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Staub
walked; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Torres doubled to left; Whitt struck out; Staggs
grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods singled to right
[Torres out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson walked; Stanley struck out; Rodriguez
homered [Thompson scored]; May singled to right; Veryzer singled
to right [May to third]; LeFlore forced Veryzer (shortstop to
second) [May scored]; Fuentes flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor singled to right; Rader made an out to
second; Fairly grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
3, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Staub singled to right; Kemp struck out; Thompson
flied out to right; Stanley doubled to right [Staub to third];
Rodriguez was walked intentionally; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ewing grounded out (second to first); Ault
grounded out (third to first); Torres singled; Whitt reached on
an error by Fuentes [Torres to third]; Staggs singled to right
[Torres scored (unearned), Whitt to third]; A. Woods made an out
to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Veryzer grounded out (second to first); LeFlore
flied out to right; Fuentes flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor tripled; Rader grounded out (third to
first); Fairly grounded out (first unassisted) [Bailor scored];
Ewing flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue
Jays 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub singled; Kemp struck out; Thompson homered
[Staub scored]; Stanley walked; DEBARR REPLACED WILLIS
(PITCHING); DeBarr threw a wild pitch [Stanley to second];
Rodriguez struck out; May homered [Stanley scored]; Veryzer
singled to left; SINGER REPLACED DEBARR (PITCHING); LeFlore
forced Veryzer (third to second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
7, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ault flied out to left; Torres singled to center;
Whitt flied out to right; Staggs grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 7, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Fuentes singled to center; Staub made an out to
shortstop; Kemp walked [Fuentes to second]; Thompson doubled
[Fuentes scored, Kemp scored]; Stanley flied out to right;
Rodriguez singled [Thompson scored]; May grounded out (second to
first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 10, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: A. Woods flied out to left; Bailor grounded out
(third to first); Rader doubled; Fairly grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 10, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Veryzer grounded out (second to first); LeFlore was
hit by a pitch; OGLIVIE RAN FOR LEFLORE; Fuentes walked [Oglivie
to second]; Staub singled to right [Oglivie scored, Fuentes to
third]; Kemp lined to third; Thompson lined to second; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 11, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: OGLIVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STANLEY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Ewing singled to center; Ault
grounded out (third to first) [Ewing to second]; Torres grounded
out (second to first) [Ewing to third]; Whitt doubled to right
[Ewing scored]; Staggs walked; A. Woods forced Staggs (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 11, Blue Jays 3.