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Sunday July 2, 1978
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Toronto Blue Jays 3, Cleveland Indians 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 2, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   3  7  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norris rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .277
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Upshaw lf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .269
Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Howell 3b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .291
Alexander c           4   0   1   0     0   3   .231      Carty dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .286
Thornton 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Carbo dh              1   0   1   0     2   0   .283      Hutton rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .247
Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .306        Bailor ph,rf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .260      McKay 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .256
Blanks ss             1   1   1   1     1   0   .228      Ashby c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .207
Freisleben p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .216
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Velez ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .296
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gomez ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
                                                          Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               26   1   4   1     3   4             Totals               28   3   7   3     6   1

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 28,305
Left on Base: Indians 3, Blue Jays 7
DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 3
Doubles: Carbo (5), Howell (16), McKay (12), Velez (9)
Home Runs: Blanks (1)
Caught Stealing: Mayberry (1), Hutton (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Blanks (3), Thornton (1)
GIDP: Bell (15), Norris (5), Mayberry (7)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(0-2)       5.1   4   2   2   2   0   0  20   7.03
Monge                   1     2   1   1   2   0   0   6   3.24
Spillner                1.2   1   0   0   2   1   0   8   3.58
Totals                  8     7   3   3   6   1   0  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson W(6-7)        9     4   1   1   3   4   1  31   4.21
Totals                  9     4   1   1   3   4   1  31

Wild Pitches: Spillner (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Norris flied out to center; Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first); Grubb popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to right; Upshaw grounded out
(second to first); Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Thornton flied out to left;
Carbo walked; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
flied out to center; Hutton lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper singled to left; Blanks out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Kuiper to second]; Norris was called
out on strikes; Manning made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay singled to right; On a bunt Ashby popped to
catcher in foul territory; Johnson singled to center [McKay to
third]; Bosetti singled to center [McKay scored, Johnson to
second]; Upshaw forced Bosetti (first to shortstop) [Johnson to
third]; Howell flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
0, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Alexander
struck out; Thornton popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
singled to center; Mayberry was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Hutton walked; Hutton was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue
Jays 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Carbo doubled to left; Bell flied out to center;
Kuiper flied into a double play (left to second) [Carbo out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: McKay flied out to left; Ashby grounded out
(second to first); Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Blanks homered; Norris flied out to left; Manning
flied out to right; Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Upshaw
walked; MONGE REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Howell doubled to
left [Upshaw scored]; Carty was walked intentionally; Mayberry
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher)
[Carty out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue
Jays 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Alexander singled to right; Thornton out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alexander to second]; Carbo
walked; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue
Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: BAILOR BATTED FOR HUTTON; Bailor popped to first
in foul territory; McKay doubled to left; Ashby walked; VELEZ
BATTED FOR JOHNSON; SPILLNER REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Velez
doubled to left [McKay scored, Ashby to third]; Bosetti grounded
out (pitcher to first); Upshaw grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 3.

INDIANS 8TH: BAILOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GOMEZ REPLACED
VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blanks walked; Norris grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell walked; Carty struck out; Mayberry
grounded out (first unassisted) [Howell to second]; Spillner
threw a wild pitch [Howell to third]; Bailor walked; McKay flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Grubb
grounded out (second to first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Blue Jays 3.



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