The Blue Jays pounded out a club-record six doubles en route to a 6-5 victory and a doubleheader split with the Indians. Dennis Eckersley reached a career high in season victories in notching his 14th win as the Tribe won the opener, 6-3. After spotting the Jays a 1-0 lead on Al Woods' homer in the first inning, the Indians took the lead to stay with two runs in the bottom of the inning on a two-out RBI single by Andre Thornton and Bruce Bochte's triple. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Blue Jays    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  9  0
Indians      2  0  1    1  1  1    0  0  x  -   6 13  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
G. Woods cf           5   0   1   0     0   1   .224      Dade 3b               5   1   3   1     0   1   .297
A. Woods lf           2   1   1   1     0   0   .287      Kuiper 2b             4   2   1   0     1   0   .275
  Scott lf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Pruitt rf             3   0   1   2     0   0   .305
Howell 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .299      Thornton 1b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .278
Fairly 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Bochte lf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .308
Rader dh              2   1   0   0     1   1   .250      Carty dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .285
Bowling rf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .230      Norris cf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .264
Ashby c               2   0   1   0     1   0   .211      Kendall c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .245
Nordbrook ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .204      Duffy ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .195
  Ault ph             1   0   1   2     0   0   .250      Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McKay 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .182        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .289        Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Byrd p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   9   3     3   4             Totals               34   6  13   6     3   1

Time of Game: 2:20
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Indians 8
DP: Blue Jays 1, Indians 3
Doubles: Bowling (7), Carty (22)
Triples: Bochte (1), Kuiper (8)
Home Runs: A. Woods (6)
Stolen Bases: Kuiper (10), Norris (24), Dade (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Pruitt (3)
GIDP: Fairly (12), Duffy (8)
Hit by Pitch: Rader (3,by Eckersley)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Byrd L(2-11)            3.2   8   4   4   1   0   0  19   5.83
Johnson                 4.1   5   2   2   2   1   0  19   4.38
Totals                  8    13   6   6   3   1   0  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(14-12)      7     7   1   1   1   3   1  27   3.51
Monge                   1.1   2   2   2   2   0   0   8   5.33
Dobson SV(1)            0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   6.11
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   4   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Eckersley (7)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: G. Woods flied out to left; A. Woods homered;
Howell singled to left; Fairly grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Howell out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade singled to center; Kuiper grounded out
(pitcher unassisted) [Dade to second]; Pruitt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Thornton singled to right [Dade scored];
Bochte tripled to left [Thornton scored]; Carty grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Rader was hit by a pitch; Bowling singled to left
[Rader to second]; Ashby out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Rader to third, Bowling to second]; Nordbrook made
an out to first; McKay grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Norris grounded out (pitcher to first); Kendall
grounded out (third to first); Duffy made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: G. Woods singled to center; A. Woods flied out to
right; Howell lined into a double play (second to first) [G.
Woods out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians
2.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade singled to shortstop; Kuiper forced Dade
(second to shortstop); Kuiper stole second; Pruitt singled to
left [Kuiper scored]; Thornton flied out to center; Bochte
singled to center [Pruitt out at third (center to third)]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Fairly made an out to third; Rader grounded out
(third to first); Bowling flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty made an out to first; Norris walked; Norris
stole second; Kendall singled to third [Norris stayed at
second]; Duffy flied out to right [Norris to third]; Dade
singled to right [Norris scored, Kendall to third]; JOHNSON
REPLACED BYRD (PITCHING); Dade stole second; Kuiper walked;
Pruitt made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Indians 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); Nordbrook
grounded out (third to shortstop to first); McKay singled to
second; G. Woods flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: SCOTT REPLACED A. WOODS (PLAYING LF); Thornton
popped to second in foul territory; Bochte singled to left;
Carty singled to left [Bochte to second]; Norris walked [Bochte
to third, Carty to second]; Kendall singled to left [Bochte
scored, Carty to third, Norris to second]; Duffy grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Carty out at home]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Scott struck out; Howell singled to right; Fairly
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Howell out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade struck out; Kuiper tripled to center; Pruitt
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Kuiper scored]; Thornton flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Rader struck out; Bowling doubled to left; Ashby
walked; Nordbrook was called out on strikes; McKay flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Carty
doubled to left; Norris grounded out (second to first) [Carty to
third]; Kendall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MONGE REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); G. Woods
flied out to right; Scott flied out to center; Howell grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Duffy made an out to second; Dade flied out to
right; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Fairly popped to third in foul territory; Rader
walked; Bowling walked [Rader to second]; Ashby singled to left
[Rader to third, Bowling to second]; AULT BATTED FOR NORDBROOK;
Ault singled to left [Rader scored, Bowling scored, Ashby to
second]; DOBSON REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); EWING BATTED FOR
MCKAY; Ewing forced Ault (pitcher to shortstop) [Ashby to
third]; G. Woods struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
Indians 6.