Rookie lefthander Bob Sykes had a one-hit shutout in the works before giving up a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth to Bob Bailor and settling for a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays. For the Tigers, Milt May doubled in two runs in the second and Jason Thompson got his 70th RBI with a single in the third.

Tito Fuentes tripled in the fourth run in the fourth, then scored on Rusty Staub's single. Doubles by Staub and Steve Kemp concluded the Detroit scoring in the seventh. Sykes gave up only an infield hit to Alan Ashby in sixth before walking Al Woods and throwing the home-run pitch to Bailor in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Sunday, July      24, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  2  0
Tigers       0  2  1    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   6 13  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .278      LeFlore cf            5   1   1   0     0   2   .290
A. Woods lf           4   1   0   0     0   0   .278      Fuentes 2b            5   2   2   1     0   0   .296
Bailor cf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .326      Staub dh              4   1   4   1     0   0   .254
Rader dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Kemp lf               3   0   1   1     1   2   .267
Ewing rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .301      Thompson 1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .281
Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Oglivie rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .245
Ault 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .247      May c                 4   0   1   2     0   1   .262
Torres ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Mankowski 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Ashby c               2   0   1   0     1   0   .199      Veryzer ss            3   0   1   0     1   1   .197
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sykes 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
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   2   2     2   3             Totals               35   6  13   6     3   7

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 20,177
Left on Base: Blue Jays 2, Tigers 8
DP: Blue Jays 2, Tigers 0
Doubles: May (8), Oglivie (14), Staub (21), Kemp (21)
Triples: Fuentes (6)
Home Runs: Bailor (5)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (19)
GIDP: May (10), Fuentes (9)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(6-10)       2     6   3   3   2   5   0  14   4.08
Johnson                 3     3   2   2   1   1   0  12   4.66
DeBarr                  2     2   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.79
Willis                  1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.14
Totals                  8    13   6   6   3   7   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sykes W(2-3)            9     2   2   2   2   3   1  31   3.69
Totals                  9     2   2   2   2   3   1  31

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs flied to right in foul territory; A. Woods
flied out to right; Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Fuentes grounded
out (third to first); Staub singled; Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Ewing
was called out on strikes; Howell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson walked; Oglivie singled to right [Thompson
to third]; May doubled to right [Thompson scored, Oglivie
scored]; Mankowski struck out; Veryzer was called out on
strikes; LeFlore was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ault grounded out (third to first); Torres
grounded out (second to first); Ashby grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Fuentes singled; Staub singled [Fuentes to second];
Kemp walked [Fuentes to third, Staub to second]; Thompson
singled [Fuentes scored, Staub to third, Kemp to second];
JOHNSON REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Oglivie forced Staub
(first to catcher) [Kemp to third, Thompson to second]; May
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Oglivie out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Staggs lined to right; A. Woods grounded out
(second to first); Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Mankowski lined to shortstop; Veryzer walked;
LeFlore forced Veryzer (second to shortstop); LeFlore stole
second; Fuentes tripled to right [LeFlore scored]; Staub singled
[Fuentes scored]; Kemp struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Rader flied out to left; Ewing flied out to
center; Howell lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Oglivie
doubled to left; May grounded out (first to pitcher) [Oglivie to
third]; Mankowski made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ault flied out to center; Torres was called out
on strikes; Ashby singled; Staggs walked [Ashby to second]; A.
Woods forced Staggs (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: DEBARR REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Veryzer flied
out to right; LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Fuentes
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor lined to first; Rader made an out to
first; Ewing struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub doubled to left; Kemp doubled to center [Staub
scored]; Thompson lined to left; Oglivie flied out to center;
May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Ault lined
to right; Torres grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 8TH: WILLIS REPLACED DEBARR (PITCHING); Mankowski flied
out to center; Veryzer singled; LeFlore singled [Veryzer to
second]; Fuentes grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Veryzer out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ashby walked; Staggs forced Ashby (shortstop to
second); A. Woods forced Staggs (second to shortstop); Bailor
homered [A. Woods scored]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Tigers 6.