Rico Carty batted in two runs with a pair of sacrifice flies and knocked in two more with a single to lead the Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory over the Indians. Carty hit his first sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the first inning and Otto Velez followed with a two-run double. Carty lofted another scoring fly in the third.

After the Indians cut the deficit to 4-3 in the eighth, the Blue Jays erupted for five runs in their half. Sam Ewing accounted for two with a pinch-homer and Carty drove in two with his single. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 9, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      1, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  7  3
Blue Jays    3  0  1    0  0  0    0  5  x  -   9 12  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               3   0   1   0     2   0   .277      Bosetti cf            4   2   2   0     1   0   .283
Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   3   .261      Bailor rf             5   2   3   0     0   0   .255
Thornton 1b           5   1   1   0     0   0   .263      Howell 3b             3   3   1   1     2   0   .294
Alexander dh,c        4   1   2   0     1   1   .231      Carty dh              3   0   1   4     0   0   .293
Speed lf              2   0   1   0     1   0   .300      Velez lf              5   0   3   2     0   0   .284
  Grubb ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Ault 1b               1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Cox 3b                2   0   0   1     1   0   .204        Mayberry ph,1b      1   0   0   0     2   0   .258
  Carbo ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .268        Hutton pr,1b        1   1   0   0     0   0   .248
  Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McKay 2b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .255
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cerone c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .236
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .215
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ewing ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .206
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .253        Johnson ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Blanks ph,ss        1   0   0   1     0   0   .222      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .258        Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Diaz c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Pruitt ph,c,3b      1   0   0   0     1   0   .232
Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     7   7             Totals               33   9  12   9     5   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 19,277
Left on Base: Indians 10, Blue Jays 9
DP: Indians 0, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Grubb, Blanks, Diaz
Doubles: Dade (10), Kuiper (8), Velez (8)
Triples: Alexander (2)
Home Runs: Ewing (1)
Caught Stealing: Dade (7), Bailor (4)
Sacrifice Hits: McKay 2 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Blanks (1), Carty 2 (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood L(4-4)             2.2   5   4   4   2   1   0  14   4.75
Reuschel                4.1   2   1   1   2   0   0  19   3.99
Kern                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.67
Monge                   0     3   4   4   1   0   1   4   3.10
Spillner                0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.75
Totals                  8    12   9   9   5   2   1  42

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(5-7)        7     7   3   3   3   4   0  30   3.99
Cruz SV(3)              2     0   0   0   4   3   0  10   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   3   7   7   0  40

Wild Pitches: Hood (6)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


INDIANS 1ST: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
struck out; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled; Bailor singled [Bosetti to
second]; Howell walked [Bosetti to third, Bailor to second];
Carty hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bosetti scored, Bailor to
third, Howell to second]; Velez doubled to left [Bailor scored,
Howell scored]; Ault flied out to left; McKay struck out; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander tripled to right; Speed grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cox grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Alexander scored]; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Cerone grounded out (first unassisted); Gomez
flied out to center; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper was called out on strikes; Diaz flied out to
right; Dade doubled to left; Manning was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor singled; Bailor was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Howell walked; Hood threw a wild pitch
[Howell to third]; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to second [Howell
scored]; Velez singled to center; REUSCHEL REPLACED HOOD
(PITCHING); MAYBERRY BATTED FOR AULT; Mayberry made an out to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 4TH: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Thornton
flied out to right; Alexander flied out to left; Speed singled
to center; Cox grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay grounded out (second to first); Cerone
grounded out (second to first); Gomez singled to center; Bosetti
singled to right [Gomez to second]; Bailor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue
Jays 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer struck out; Kuiper doubled to center; Diaz
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kuiper to third]; Dade
walked; Dade was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
grounded out (third to first); Velez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning made an out to third; Thornton flied out to
right; Alexander singled to left; Speed walked [Alexander to
second]; Cox walked [Alexander to third, Speed to second];
BLANKS BATTED FOR VERYZER; Blanks made an out to first; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Mayberry
walked; McKay reached on an error by Diaz on a sacrifice bunt
[Mayberry to third, McKay to second]; Cerone grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gomez grounded out (third to first);
Bosetti flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); PRUITT
BATTED FOR DIAZ; Pruitt flied out to center; Dade flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Bailor flied
out to right; Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty
reached on an error by Blanks; Velez flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning singled to left; Thornton singled to left
[Manning to second]; CRUZ REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING);
Alexander walked [Manning to third, Thornton to second]; GRUBB
BATTED FOR SPEED; Grubb was called out on strikes; CARBO BATTED
FOR COX; Carbo walked [Manning scored, Thornton to third,
Alexander to second]; Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Thornton scored, Alexander to third]; Kuiper grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PRUITT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); REUSCHEL REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING);
ALEXANDER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Mayberry walked;
HUTTON RAN FOR MAYBERRY; KERN REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING);
McKay out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hutton to
second]; Cerone was called out on strikes; EWING BATTED FOR
GOMEZ; MONGE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Ewing homered [Hutton
scored]; Bosetti walked; Bailor singled to center [Bosetti to
third]; Howell singled to left [Bosetti scored (RBI), Bailor to
third (error by Grubb), Howell to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED
MONGE (PITCHING); Carty singled to right [Bailor scored, Howell
scored, Carty to second (on throw to home)]; Velez singled to
left [Carty to third]; Hutton flied out to center; 5 R, 5 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 9.

INDIANS 9TH: HUTTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); JOHNSON
REPLACED EWING (PLAYING SS); Pruitt walked; Dade walked [Pruitt
to second]; Manning was called out on strikes; Thornton flied
out to center; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Blue Jays 9.