The Indians got off to a fast start and held on to top the Blue Jays, 4-2. Jim Norris opened the game with a single and scored on a double by Johnny Grubb, who scored on Andre Thornton's double.

The Tribe added a run in the second on an RBI single by Rick Manning and in the ninth on a wild pitch. The Jays' runs came in the first on back-to-back singles by Bob Bailor and Roy Howell followed by a wild pitch and in the ninth on Rico Carty's solo homer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Monday, April     24, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Indians      2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  8  0
Blue Jays    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2 10  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norris rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .364      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .250
Grubb lf              3   1   2   1     1   1   .341      Bailor rf             5   1   2   0     0   0   .391
Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .404      Howell 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Thornton 1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .304      Carty dh              4   1   3   1     1   0   .245
Blanks ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     1   2   .245
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Ault lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .375
Pruitt c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .243        Hutton lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Cerone c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Manning cf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .133      Iorg 2b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .231
Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .154
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Velez ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .500
                                                            Nordbrook pr,ss     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   8   3     2   2             Totals               36   2  10   1     6   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 10,776
Left on Base: Indians 4, Blue Jays 13
DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Cerone, Gomez
Doubles: Grubb (4), Thornton (3), Blanks (6)
Home Runs: Carty (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (2)
GIDP: Bell 2 (3), Gomez (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood W(1-0)             7.2   9   1   1   5   3   0  36   4.08
Kern SV(1)              1.1   1   1   1   1   1   1   6   4.50
Totals                  9    10   2   2   6   4   1  42

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(0-4)        8     8   4   4   2   2   0  32   7.77
Murphy                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   2   0  35

Wild Pitches: Hood (2), Lemanczyk (1), Murphy (1)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Deegan


INDIANS 1ST: Norris singled to second; Norris was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Cerone [Norris to second];
Grubb doubled to left [Norris scored]; Bell flied out to right;
Thornton doubled to left [Grubb scored]; Blanks grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Thornton to
third]; Horton grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to left; Bailor singled to
center; Howell singled to right [Bailor to third]; Hood threw a
wild pitch [Bailor scored, Howell to second]; Carty walked;
Mayberry walked [Howell to third, Carty to second]; Ault was
called out on strikes; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 2, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Pruitt singled to shortstop [Pruitt to second
(error by Gomez)]; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Pruitt to third]; Manning singled to right [Pruitt
scored]; Norris singled to left [Manning to second]; Grubb
struck out; Bell struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3,
Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Iorg singled to center; Gomez grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Iorg out at
second]; Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to right
[Bosetti to second]; Howell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Thornton lined to shortstop; Blanks popped to
first; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Carty popped to catcher in foul territory;
Mayberry flied out to right; Ault grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt flied out to right; Kuiper flied out to
center; Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone popped to first; Iorg walked; Gomez
singled to left [Iorg to second]; Bosetti flied out to left;
Bailor forced Gomez (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to center; Grubb singled to right;
Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Grubb out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell flied out to left; Carty singled to left;
Mayberry singled to center [Carty to second]; Ault forced
Mayberry (third to second) [Carty to third]; Cerone flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Blanks
grounded out (third to first); Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Iorg grounded out (third to first); Gomez made an
out to second; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt grounded out (second to first); Kuiper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
popped to second; Carty singled to right; Mayberry struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Norris flied out to right; Grubb walked; Bell
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Grubb
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ault walked; Cerone forced Ault (pitcher to
shortstop); Iorg forced Cerone (third to second); VELEZ BATTED
FOR GOMEZ; Velez walked [Iorg to second]; NORDBROOK RAN FOR
VELEZ; KERN REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Bosetti walked [Iorg to
third, Nordbrook to second]; Bailor forced Bosetti (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 9TH: NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HUTTON
REPLACED AULT (PLAYING LF); Thornton walked; Blanks doubled to
left [Thornton to third]; MURPHY REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING);
Murphy threw a wild pitch [Thornton scored, Blanks to third];
Horton grounded out (third to first); Pruitt reached on a
fielder's choice [Blanks out at home (pitcher to catcher to
third to pitcher), Pruitt to second]; Kuiper grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays
1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell flied out to center; Carty homered;
Mayberry was called out on strikes; Hutton flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 2.