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. Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2Game Played on Sunday, July 24, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumBlue 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. |
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