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Pitching his 13th complete game of the season, Rick Waits allowed only five hits as the Indians defeated the Blue Jays, 6-2. The Tribe took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Jim Norris doubled home Gary Alexander and scored on a single by Ted Cox. Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumIndians 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 12 1
Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 5 0
Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Manning cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Kuiper 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .287 Bailor 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .267
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .293 Velez rf 4 1 4 1 0 0 .283
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1 1 2 .275 Horton dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .255
Carbo dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .279 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Alexander c 5 1 1 0 0 3 .228 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Norris rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .286 Cerone c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229
Blanks ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 A. Woods lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257
Cox lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .235 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Speed lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .232 G. Woods ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 37 6 12 6 5 6 Totals 32 2 5 2 1 2
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 11,060
Left on Base: Indians 9, Blue Jays 4
DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Kuiper
Doubles: Norris (9), Carbo (10), Velez (14)
Triples: Kuiper (6)
Home Runs: Thornton (29), Velez (8)
Caught Stealing: Norris (7)
GIDP: Bell (21), Gomez (9)
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Waits W(11-13) 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 33 3.01
Totals 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 33
Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Kirkwood L(3-3) 2.1 5 3 3 2 0 1 14 4.11
Willis 5 7 3 3 3 3 0 24 4.89
Buskey 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00
Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1.06
Totals 9 12 6 6 5 6 1 42
Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller
INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Kuiper
made an out to shortstop; Bell singled to shortstop; Thornton
walked [Bell to second]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti popped to second in foul territory;
Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez singled to
center; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.
INDIANS 2ND: Alexander singled to right; Norris doubled to left
[Alexander scored]; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Norris to third]; Cox singled to center [Norris scored];
Manning flied out to center; Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McKay
flied out to right; Cerone made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 0.
INDIANS 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Thornton homered; Carbo
walked; WILLIS REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Alexander struck
out; Norris walked [Carbo to second]; Blanks singled [Carbo to
third, Norris to second]; Cox flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods singled to left; Gomez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [A. Woods out at
second]; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 0.
INDIANS 4TH: Manning singled to center; Kuiper tripled to center
[Manning scored]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kuiper
scored]; Thornton struck out; Carbo grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Velez
singled to right; Horton reached on a fielder's choice [Velez to
second (error by Kuiper)]; Mayberry struck out; McKay forced
Horton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5,
Blue Jays 0.
INDIANS 5TH: Alexander struck out; Norris singled; Norris was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Blanks walked; Cox
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays
0.
BLUE JAYS 5TH: SPEED REPLACED COX (PLAYING LF); Cerone flied out
to center; A. Woods flied out to center; Gomez grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0.
INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Kuiper
grounded out (first unassisted); Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0.
BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor
walked; Velez doubled to left [Bailor to third]; Horton grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Bailor scored, Velez to third]; Mayberry
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians
5, Blue Jays 1.
INDIANS 7TH: Thornton flied out to right; Carbo doubled to
center; Alexander made an out to second; Norris lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 7TH: McKay grounded out (third to first); Cerone
grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1.
INDIANS 8TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Speed
singled to left; Manning walked [Speed to second]; Kuiper
singled to right [Speed scored, Manning to third]; BUSKEY
REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Bell grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Kuiper out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 8TH: G. WOODS BATTED FOR GOMEZ; G. Woods was called
out on strikes; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 1.
INDIANS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED G. WOODS (PLAYING SS); CRUZ
REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Thornton struck out; Carbo struck
out; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6,
Blue Jays 1.
BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez homered; Horton grounded out (pitcher to
first); Mayberry grounded out (catcher to first); McKay flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 2.
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