The Indians and Blue Jays split a twin bill, the Tribe capturing the opener, 6-4, and the Jays winning the nightcap, 7-1. The score was 4-4 in the first game when Wayne Cage drew a leadoff walk in the fifth inning and Gary Alexander followed with a home run. Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (Game 1)Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumBlue Jays 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Indians 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 x - 6 9 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Manning cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 G. Woods rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .167 Bell 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .291 Bailor 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .268 Velez lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .282 Cage dh 2 1 1 0 2 1 .231 Alberts dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .313 Alexander c 4 1 2 3 0 0 .235 Ault 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .229 Carbo rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .282 McKay 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .249 Speed rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Cerone c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Norris lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Horton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Veryzer ss 4 2 1 0 0 0 .271 Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 4 2 3 Totals 32 6 9 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:09 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Indians 6 DP: Blue Jays 0, Indians 1 Errors: Jefferson Doubles: Bosetti (22), Alberts (1), Veryzer (16) Home Runs: Velez (9), Ault (3), McKay (7), Alexander (25), Thornton (30) Caught Stealing: Cage (1) GIDP: Bailor (5) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson L(7-13) 4 7 5 5 4 2 1 23 4.41 Coleman 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 13 3.50 Totals 8 9 6 6 4 3 2 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(12-13) 9 9 4 4 2 3 3 37 3.05 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 3 3 37 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti was called out on strikes; G. Woods grounded out (third to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell walked; Bell was picked off first but was safe on an error by Jefferson [Bell to second]; Thornton was called out on strikes; Cage walked; Alexander singled to left [Bell scored, Cage to third, Alexander to second (on throw)]; Carbo grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez homered; Alberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault lined to second; McKay grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Norris singled to center; Kuiper walked [Norris to second]; Veryzer forced Kuiper (shortstop to second) [Norris to third]; Manning reached on a fielder's choice [Norris out at home (pitcher to catcher to third), Veryzer to second]; Bell singled to right [Veryzer scored, Manning to third]; Thornton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone flied out to right; Gomez grounded out (third to first); Bosetti doubled to center; G. Woods walked; Bailor forced G. Woods (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 2. INDIANS 3RD: Cage struck out; Alexander grounded out (third to first); Carbo singled to left; Norris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez grounded out (third to first); Alberts doubled to left; Ault homered [Alberts scored]; McKay homered; Cerone was called out on strikes; Gomez singled to center; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 2. INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer doubled to left; Manning singled to center [Veryzer scored]; Bell flied out to right; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: G. Woods singled to left; Bailor grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [G. Woods out at second]; Velez walked; Alberts flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 5TH: Cage walked; Alexander homered [Cage scored]; COLEMAN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); Norris grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: SPEED REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING RF); Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay singled to left; Cerone flied out to right; Gomez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Manning flied out to left; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti flied out to right; G. Woods flied out to right; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. INDIANS 7TH: Thornton homered; Cage singled to left; Alexander flied out to left; Cage was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Speed struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez flied out to right; Alberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. INDIANS 8TH: Norris grounded out (first unassisted); Kuiper popped to shortstop in foul territory; Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone made an out to shortstop; HORTON BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Horton singled to left; JOHNSON RAN FOR HORTON; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. |
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