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Tuesday July 4, 1978
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Four singles by John Mayberry paced a 17-hit attack as the Blue Jays romped over the Tigers, 9-2. The Jays got seven hits -- five of the scratch variety -- to score five runs in the fourth inning. Balor Moore went 6 2/3 innings, yielding seven hits and both Tiger runs. Joe Coleman finished up. [The Sporting News]


Toronto Blue Jays 9, Detroit Tigers 2

Game Played on Tuesday, July 4, 1978 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    5  1  0    0  3  0  -   9 17  0
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2 10  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            2   1   1   1     2   0   .280      LeFlore cf            3   0   2   0     1   0   .268
Bailor rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .254      Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Howell 3b             5   1   3   2     0   0   .295      Staub dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Carty dh              5   2   2   1     0   0   .283      Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .296
Mayberry 1b           5   2   4   1     0   0   .271      Kemp lf               4   2   2   0     0   1   .276
Upshaw lf             2   1   1   1     0   0   .271      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .279
  Velez ph,lf         3   0   2   0     0   0   .307      Stanley rf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .243
McKay 2b              5   1   1   0     0   2   .250        Wockenfuss pr,rf    3   0   1   0     0   0   .274
Cerone c              3   0   1   0     2   0   .233      Parrish c             4   0   2   2     0   2   .227
Gomez ss              4   1   1   2     0   0   .221      Trammell ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .251
Moore p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Coleman p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sykes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  17   9     4   2             Totals               34   2  10   2     2   8

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 11,913
Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Tigers 7
DP: Blue Jays 3, Tigers 3
Doubles: Velez (10), Howell (18), Carty (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Bailor (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Bosetti (2), Gomez (2)
GIDP: Bailor 2 (4), Velez (5), Staub (16), Wockenfuss (3), Thompson (7)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore W(4-1)            6.2   7   2   2   1   5   0  26   3.63
Coleman                 2.1   3   0   0   1   3   0  10   2.66
Totals                  9    10   2   2   2   8   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris L(1-4)           3.2  10   5   5   1   1   0  20   5.03
Crawford                0.2   3   1   1   1   1   0   6   3.79
Foucault                3     3   3   3   2   0   0  14   2.97
Sykes                   1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.37
Totals                  9    17   9   9   4   2   0  45

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled; Bailor grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Bosetti out at second];
Howell singled; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled; Whitaker popped to third in foul
territory; Staub grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [LeFlore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry singled; Upshaw forced Mayberry (first
to shortstop); McKay struck out; Cerone singled to center
[Upshaw to third, Cerone to second (on throw to 3b)]; Gomez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Kemp singled; Rodriguez struck
out; Stanley singled [Kemp to second]; WOCKENFUSS RAN FOR
STANLEY; Parrish singled to left [Kemp scored, Wockenfuss to
second]; Trammell struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bosetti
walked; Bailor grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Bosetti out at second]; Howell flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore flied out to right; Whitaker grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty singled; Mayberry singled [Carty to
second]; Upshaw singled to right [Carty scored, Mayberry to
second]; McKay singled [Mayberry to third, Upshaw to second];
Cerone lined to third; Gomez singled [Mayberry scored, Upshaw to
third, McKay to second]; Bosetti hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Upshaw scored]; Bailor singled to right [McKay scored, Gomez to
third]; CRAWFORD REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Howell singled
[Gomez scored, Bailor to second]; Carty flied out to right; 5 R,
7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Kemp
struck out; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 5, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry singled; VELEZ BATTED FOR UPSHAW; Velez
doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; McKay struck out; Cerone
walked; FOUCAULT REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Gomez hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Mayberry scored, Velez to third]; Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Wockenfuss flied
out to right; Parrish was called out on strikes; Trammell
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
6, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell
grounded out (second to first); Carty flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore walked; Whitaker forced LeFlore (second to
shortstop); Staub forced Whitaker (pitcher to shortstop);
Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Velez singled; McKay
forced Velez (second to shortstop); Cerone walked [McKay to
second]; Gomez forced Cerone (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Kemp singled; Rodriguez singled [Kemp to second];
Wockenfuss grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Kemp to third, Rodriguez out at second]; Parrish singled [Kemp
scored]; COLEMAN REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Trammell was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Tigers 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bosetti walked; Bailor out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Bosetti to second]; Howell doubled [Bosetti
scored]; Carty doubled [Howell scored]; SYKES REPLACED FOUCAULT
(PITCHING); Mayberry singled to center [Carty scored]; Velez
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Mayberry out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 9,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore singled; Whitaker flied out to center; Staub
singled to right [LeFlore to third]; Thompson grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Staub out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 9, Tigers 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone
made an out to second; Gomez grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 9, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Kemp flied out to center; Rodriguez walked;
Wockenfuss singled to left [Rodriguez to second]; Parrish struck
out; Trammell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 9, Tigers 2.



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