| Rick Bosetti batted in two runs with a homer in the fifth inning and added the deciding marker with a triple in the seventh as the Blue Jays ended a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Tigers, who were stopped on their four-game winning string. John Mayberry drove in the Jays' initial run with a single in the first and scored another tally after drawing a walk in the fourth. Lou Whitaker accounted for two of the Tigers' tallies with a sacrifice fly and single. [The Sporting News] |
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Detroit Tigers 4
Game Played on Saturday, April 21, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Blue Jays 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 - 5 7 1 Tigers 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 - 4 9 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .087 LeFlore dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .279 Velez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Whitaker 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .351 Gomez ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morales cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .150 Bailor rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Kemp lf 2 0 1 0 2 1 .410 Bosetti cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .250 Corcoran 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .182 Carty dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .273 Parrish c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .250 Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 1 1 1 .370 Gonzales rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .167 Woods lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .371 Rodriguez 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Howell 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .159 Mankowski ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Wagner ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .400 Cerone c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .286 Thompson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Machemer pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burnside p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Taylor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 7 5 6 4 Totals 33 4 9 4 5 2 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 10,904 Left on Base: Blue Jays 9, Tigers 8 DP: Blue Jays 2, Tigers 0 Errors: Cerone, Billingham Doubles: Woods (5), Bosetti (2) Triples: LeFlore (1) Home Runs: Bosetti (1) Stolen Bases: LeFlore (7) Caught Stealing: Howell (1) Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (3), Howell (1), Bosetti (1) Sacrifice Flies: Whitaker (1) GIDP: Corcoran (1), Morales (1) Hit by Pitch: Carty (1,by Billingham) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Huffman W(2-0) 6 5 2 2 4 1 0 26 5.93 Freisleben SV(2) 3 4 2 1 1 1 0 13 3.72 Totals 9 9 4 3 5 2 0 39 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham L(1-1) 4.2 4 4 3 3 2 1 22 5.17 Baker 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9 2.08 Burnside 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.86 Taylor 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19.29 Totals 9 7 5 4 6 4 1 41 Hit by Pitch: Billingham (1) Wild Pitches: Huffman (1) Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Dick Runchey, 2B - Doug Cossey, 3B - Tom Ravashiere BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin reached on an error by Billingham; Bailor lined to first; Bosetti popped to catcher in foul territory; Carty walked [Griffin to second]; Mayberry singled to center [Griffin scored (unearned), Carty to third]; Woods popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied to right; Whitaker flied to left; Morales singled to left; Kemp walked [Morales to second]; Corcoran walked [Morales to third, Kemp to second]; Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell singled to left; Howell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McKay was called out on strikes; Cerone popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Gonzales flied to center; Rodriguez singled to center; Huffman threw a wild pitch [Rodriguez to second]; Wagner flied to center; LeFlore tripled to right [Rodriguez scored]; Whitaker flied to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); Bosetti flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1. TIGERS 3RD: Morales flied to right; Kemp singled to center; Corcoran grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty grounded out (third to first); Mayberry walked; Woods doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; Howell grounded out (second to first) [Mayberry scored, Woods to third]; McKay struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 1. TIGERS 4TH: Parrish struck out; Gonzales grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Tigers 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone walked; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cerone to second]; Bailor grounded out (first unassisted) [Cerone to third]; Bosetti homered [Cerone scored]; Carty was hit by a pitch; BAKER REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Mayberry lined to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 5TH: Wagner walked; LeFlore flied to right; Whitaker flied to center; Morales popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell struck out; McKay lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 1. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp walked; Corcoran forced Kemp (first to shortstop); Parrish grounded out (third to first) [Corcoran to second]; Gonzales singled to right [Corcoran scored]; MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Tigers 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: MANKOWSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Cerone grounded out (third to first); Griffin lined to center; Bailor singled to center; Bosetti doubled to center [Bailor scored]; Carty was walked intentionally; BURNSIDE REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Mayberry was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: FREISLEBEN REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Wagner singled to left; LeFlore forced Wagner (third to second); LeFlore stole second [LeFlore to third (error by Cerone)]; Whitaker hit a sacrifice fly to left [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Woods singled to center; Howell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Woods to second]; McKay grounded out (third to first); Cerone was walked intentionally; TAYLOR REPLACED BURNSIDE (PITCHING); VELEZ BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Velez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: GOMEZ REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Kemp struck out; Corcoran grounded out (second to first); Parrish walked; Gonzales grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor walked; Bosetti out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Bailor to second]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bailor to third]; Mayberry flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 3. TIGERS 9TH: Mankowski grounded out (second to first); THOMPSON BATTED FOR WAGNER; Thompson singled to left; MACHEMER RAN FOR THOMPSON; LeFlore singled to center [Machemer to second]; Whitaker singled to right [Machemer scored, LeFlore to second]; Morales grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Whitaker out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Tigers 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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