The Blue Jays set an attendance record for an expansion club and marked the occasion by defeating the Twins, 6-2. The crowd of 23,450 brought the Blue Jays' total to 1,219,551, surpassing the previous first-year mark of 1,212,608 by the Expos in 1969. Toronto Blue Jays 6, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Tuesday, August 9, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 Blue Jays 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 x - 6 9 3 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Smalley ss 4 0 1 0 1 2 .243 Staggs 2b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .272 Carew 1b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .383 Bailor cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .317 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .274 Howell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .293 Bostock cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .340 Fairly 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Adams lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .335 Velez rf 1 1 0 0 3 1 .269 Chiles dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Bowling pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .119 Cubbage 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .273 Ewing dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 .293 Ford rf 2 1 0 0 2 1 .269 Ault ph,dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .255 Randall 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .209 A. Woods lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 .274 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torres ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashby c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .199 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 4 2 5 7 Totals 29 6 9 5 5 7 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 23,450 Left on Base: Twins 8, Blue Jays 4 DP: Twins 2, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Fairly, Jefferson 2 Doubles: Randall (8), Ewing (5), A. Woods (13), Ashby (14) Home Runs: Howell (3), Ault (9) Caught Stealing: Staggs (8), Bowling (2) GIDP: Chiles (3), Ault (13) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard L(9-9) 2.1 4 4 4 2 2 1 12 4.02 Burgmeier 1.1 3 2 2 0 2 1 6 4.22 Schueler 4.1 2 0 0 3 3 0 16 4.86 Totals 8 9 6 6 5 7 2 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson W(7-12) 9 4 2 2 5 7 0 37 4.39 Totals 9 4 2 2 5 7 0 37 Wild Pitches: Schueler (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Bill Kunkel TWINS 1ST: Twins Manager Gene Mauch ejected by HP umpire Bill Deegan sometime in game; Smalley singled to left; Smalley was picked off first but was safe on an error by Jefferson [Smalley to third]; Carew struck out; Wynegar struck out; Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs walked; Bailor forced Staggs (second unassisted); Howell struck out; Fairly popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Chiles lined to second; Cubbage flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez walked; Ewing doubled to left [Velez scored]; A. Woods doubled [Ewing scored]; Torres flied out to left [A. Woods to third]; Ashby popped to shortstop; Staggs singled to center [A. Woods scored]; Staggs was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 3. TWINS 3RD: Ford walked; Randall walked [Ford to second]; Smalley struck out; Carew forced Ford (third unassisted) [Randall to second]; Wynegar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor struck out; Howell homered; BURGMEIER REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Velez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 4. TWINS 4TH: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Adams grounded out (pitcher to first); Chiles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: AULT BATTED FOR EWING; Ault homered; A. Woods was called out on strikes; Torres singled; Ashby doubled to left [Torres out at home (left to shortstop to catcher), Ashby to third (on throw to home)]; SCHUELER REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Schueler threw a wild pitch [Ashby scored]; Staggs walked; Bailor singled to right [Staggs to second]; Howell struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 6. TWINS 5TH: Cubbage walked; Ford walked [Cubbage to second]; Randall doubled to left [Cubbage scored, Ford to third]; Smalley struck out; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ford scored]; Wynegar struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Velez walked; Ault grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Velez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. TWINS 6TH: Bostock flied out to left; Adams reached on an error by Fairly; Chiles singled to center [Adams to second]; Cubbage forced Chiles (second to shortstop) [Adams to third]; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 6TH: A. Woods struck out; Torres grounded out (third to first); Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. TWINS 7TH: Randall popped to first; Smalley walked; Carew grounded out (second to first) [Smalley to second]; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Staggs grounded out (second to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell singled to center; Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. TWINS 8TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams reached on an error by Jefferson; Chiles grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Adams out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez walked; BOWLING RAN FOR VELEZ; Ault struck out while Bowling was caught stealing second (catcher to second); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. TWINS 9TH: BOWLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cubbage singled to center; Ford flied out to center; Randall struck out; Smalley lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 6. |
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