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.

Andre Thornton made it 3-0 with a homer in the third inning. The Indians added two more in the fourth on a triple by Duane Kuiper and groundout by Buddy Bell. Kuiper singled home Horace Speed in the eighth for the Indians' final run. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Indians      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.