Lou Whitaker greeted reliever Mike Willis with a bases-loaded single in the ninth inning, driving in two runs to give the Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays. Steve Kemp batted in two early runs for the Tigers, but Alan Ashby and Rick Bosetti homered for the Blue Jays, who took a 5-4 lead with a run-scoring single by John Mayberry in the eighth. Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5Game Played on Monday, July 3, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumBlue Jays 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 8 0 Tigers 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 6 8 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .278 LeFlore cf 3 2 1 0 2 0 .264 Bailor rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .254 Whitaker 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .310 Howell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .290 Staub dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .294 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .281 Thompson 1b 2 0 0 1 2 0 .300 Mayberry 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .261 Kemp lf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .273 Upshaw lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268 May c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Mankowski 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Ashby c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .208 Corcoran rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .245 Gomez ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 .220 Trammell ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wockenfuss ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .271 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dillard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 8 5 2 6 Totals 31 6 8 6 5 2 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 21,597 Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Tigers 7 DP: Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1 Doubles: Mayberry (10), Howell (17), LeFlore (12), Wockenfuss (2) Home Runs: Ashby (3), Bosetti (3) Sacrifice Hits: Bosetti (3), Whitaker (3) Sacrifice Flies: Kemp (3) GIDP: McKay (5) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy 8.1 6 5 5 4 2 0 35 4.85 Murphy L(2-6) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 4.07 Willis 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5.82 Totals 8.1 8 6 6 5 2 0 38 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wilcox W(5-7) 9 8 5 5 2 6 2 36 4.10 Totals 9 8 5 5 2 6 2 36 Wild Pitches: Clancy 2 (5) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti was called out on strikes; Bailor flied to left in foul territory; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker singled; Staub forced Whitaker (second to shortstop); Clancy threw a wild pitch [Staub to second]; Thompson walked; Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty was called out on strikes; Mayberry walked; Upshaw singled [Mayberry to second]; McKay grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Upshaw out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Mankowski singled; Corcoran flied out to center; Trammell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby homered; Gomez walked; Bosetti out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gomez to second]; Bailor singled to center [Gomez scored]; Howell struck out; Carty struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore doubled to right; Whitaker singled [LeFlore to third]; Staub singled [LeFlore scored, Whitaker to second]; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Whitaker to third, Staub to second]; Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Whitaker scored, Staub to third]; Kemp hit a sacrifice fly to center [Staub scored]; May grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry doubled to right; Upshaw flied out to center [Mayberry to third]; McKay made an out to second; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 4TH: Mankowski lined to right; Corcoran flied out to center; Trammell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez singled; Bosetti homered [Gomez scored]; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell flied out to center; Carty grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 3. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore walked; Whitaker out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [LeFlore to second]; Staub grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to third]; Thompson walked; Kemp singled [LeFlore scored, Thompson to second]; May flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Upshaw made an out to second; McKay grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 6TH: Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); Corcoran grounded out (first unassisted); Trammell popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 4. TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker flied out to center; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor struck out; Howell doubled to right; Carty grounded out (third to first) [Howell to third]; Mayberry singled [Howell scored]; Upshaw flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: Thompson flied out to left; Kemp grounded out (second to first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay flied out to left; Ashby grounded out (second to first); Gomez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 4. TIGERS 9TH: Mankowski flied out to center; Corcoran walked; MURPHY REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; Wockenfuss doubled to right [Corcoran to third]; DILLARD RAN FOR WOCKENFUSS; LeFlore was walked intentionally; WILLIS REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Whitaker singled to right [Corcoran scored, Dillard scored, LeFlore to second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 6. |
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