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Sunday October 2, 1977
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Cleveland Indians 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, October 2, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians      4  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  6  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    1  1  2    0  0  0  -   4  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norris rf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .270      G. Woods cf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Oliver 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .318      Bailor lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .310
Blanks 3b             5   1   3   2     0   0   .286      Ewing dh              3   0   1   1     0   0   .287
Thornton 1b           2   1   0   0     2   0   .263        Rader ph,dh         0   0   0   0     1   0   .251
Bochte lf             2   1   1   2     0   0   .301      Howell 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .302
  Pruitt ph,lf        2   0   0   0     1   1   .288      Ault 1b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .226      McKay 2b              3   1   2   1     1   1   .197
Spikes dh             2   0   0   1     2   1   .232      Cerone c              3   1   0   0     1   2   .200
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Bowling rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .206
Griffin ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .146      Nordbrook ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Camper p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Velez ph            1   0   0   1     0   0   .256
  Waits p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torres ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                          Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   6   5     8   4             Totals               35   4   8   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 27,789
Left on Base: Indians 10, Blue Jays 7
DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Griffin, Clancy
Doubles: Norris (23), Bochte (23), Howell (17), Bowling (8)
Stolen Bases: Thornton (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Oliver (2)
GIDP: Howell (16)
Hit by Pitch: Kendall (1,by Vuckovich), Thornton (11,by Vuckovich)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Camper W(1-0)           5.1   7   4   4   2   5   0  25   3.86
Waits SV(2)             3.2   1   0   0   1   1   0  13   3.99
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   6   0  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(4-9)           1.1   3   5   4   4   0   0  11   5.05
Willis                  5.2   3   0   0   3   4   0  22   3.94
Vuckovich               2     0   0   0   1   0   0   9   3.47
Totals                  9     6   5   4   8   4   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich 2 (5)
Wild Pitches: Camper (1), Clancy (4), Willis (3)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Dale Ford


INDIANS 1ST: Norris doubled to left; Oliver out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second to first) [Norris to third]; Blanks
singled to left [Norris scored]; Clancy threw a wild pitch
[Blanks to second]; Thornton walked; Bochte doubled to left
[Blanks scored, Thornton scored, Bochte to third (error by
Clancy)]; Manning walked; Spikes forced Manning (shortstop
unassisted) [Bochte scored (unearned)]; Kendall grounded out
(third to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bailor flied out to right; Ewing grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Griffin flied out to right; Norris walked; Oliver
walked [Norris to second]; WILLIS REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING);
Willis threw a wild pitch [Norris out at home (catcher to
third), Oliver to second]; Blanks singled to left [Oliver
scored, Blanks to second (on throw to home)]; Thornton grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell struck out; Ault singled to left; McKay
singled to center [Ault to second]; Cerone struck out; Bowling
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bochte grounded out (catcher to first); Manning
flied out to center; Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Nordbrook flied out to right; G. Woods struck
out; Bailor flied out to center; 3 minute delay here to
display prizes for fan appreciation day; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Kendall struck out; Griffin lined to third; Norris
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ewing flied out to center; Howell doubled to
left; Ault struck out; McKay singled to left [Howell scored];
Cerone struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Oliver made an out to third; Blanks flied out to
right; Thornton walked; PRUITT BATTED FOR BOCHTE; Pruitt struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bowling
singled to left; Nordbrook flied out to left; G. Woods flied out
to left; Bailor singled to left [Bowling to second]; Camper
threw a wild pitch [Bowling to third, Bailor to second]; Ewing
singled to left [Bowling scored, Bailor to third]; Howell forced
Ewing (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5,
Blue Jays 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning flied out to center; Spikes walked; Kendall
forced Spikes (shortstop to second); Griffin singled to left
[Kendall to second]; Norris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ault popped to first in foul territory; McKay
walked; Cerone walked [McKay to second]; WAITS REPLACED CAMPER
(PITCHING); Bowling doubled to left [McKay scored, Cerone to
third]; VELEZ BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; Velez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cerone scored]; G. Woods grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue
Jays 4.

INDIANS 7TH: TORRES REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Oliver grounded
out (second to first); Blanks singled to left; Thornton flied
out to right; Pruitt walked [Blanks to second]; Manning struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); RADER
BATTED FOR EWING; Rader walked; Howell grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Rader out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VUCKOVICH
REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Spikes walked; Kendall was hit by a
pitch [Spikes to second]; Griffin forced Spikes (shortstop to
third) [Kendall to second]; Norris flied out to right; Oliver
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
5, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ault reached on an error by Griffin; McKay struck
out; Cerone popped to first in foul territory; Bowling forced
Ault (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue
Jays 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Blanks flied out to right; Thornton was hit by a
pitch; Thornton stole second; Pruitt grounded out (third to
first); Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); G.
Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue
Jays 4.



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