Crashing a pair of two-run homers, Toby Harrah paced the Indians to an 8-3 victory over the Blue Jays. The Tribe snapped a 3-3 tie with three runs in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Jim Norris and Harrah's first two-run blast. Harrah's second round-tripper came in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Toronto Blue Jays 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       17, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Blue Jays    1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Indians      0  3  0    0  0  3    0  2  x  -   8  8  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   2   2   0     0   0   .229      Bonds dh              3   0   1   0     0   1   .313
Bailor rf             3   1   2   0     0   0   .270      Dade rf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Howell 3b             4   0   2   2     0   1   .257        Speed rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Carty dh              4   0   1   1     0   2   .258      Manning cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .252
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .288      Thornton 1b           4   2   2   1     0   0   .167
Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Norris lf             3   1   0   1     0   0   .200
Woods lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Harrah 3b             4   3   3   4     0   1   .222
McKay 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Alexander c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .195
Davis c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rosello 2b            3   1   1   2     0   0   .200
  Cerone ph,c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .243
Lemongello p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3   9   3     0   6             Totals               30   8   8   8     1   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  4,409
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Indians 2
DP: Blue Jays 0, Indians 1
Errors: Speed
Doubles: Woods (10), Howell (6)
Home Runs: Thornton (5), Rosello (1), Harrah 2 (4)
Stolen Bases: Bailor (2), Dade (4), Norris (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Alexander (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Norris (1)
GIDP: Carty (6)
Hit by Pitch: Bailor (2,by Paxton), Bonds (2,by Buskey)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemongello L(1-5)       5.2   7   6   6   0   6   3  24   5.95
Buskey                  2.1   1   2   2   1   0   1  10  15.43
Totals                  8     8   8   8   1   6   4  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton W(3-2)           9     9   3   3   0   6   0  37   5.52
Totals                  9     9   3   3   0   6   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Buskey (1), Paxton (2)
Wild Pitches: Paxton (3)

Umpires: HP - Harry Farnsworth, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Don Schirmer, 3B - Bob Rice


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to left; Bailor singled to center
[Griffin to third]; Howell forced Bailor (shortstop to second)
[Griffin scored]; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Howell out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bonds grounded out (second to first); Dade struck
out; Manning grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry made an out to third; Bosetti grounded
out (third to first); Woods doubled to right; McKay grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians
0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton homered; Norris lined to right; Harrah
singled; Alexander out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Harrah to second]; Rosello homered [Harrah scored]; Veryzer
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Davis flied out to center; Griffin singled;
Bailor was hit by a pitch [Griffin to second]; Howell was called
out on strikes; Carty singled to right [Griffin scored, Bailor
to second]; Mayberry struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Bonds singled to left; Dade flied out to right;
Manning flied out to left; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti flied out to right; Woods flied out to
right; McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris grounded out (first to pitcher); Harrah was
called out on strikes; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Davis popped to catcher in foul territory;
Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor singled to right;
Bailor stole second; Howell doubled to right [Bailor scored];
Carty struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Rosello lined to first; Veryzer was called out on
strikes; Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3,
Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods singled to left; McKay
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade singled to center; Dade stole second; Manning
lined to pitcher; Thornton singled to left [Dade to third];
Norris hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dade scored, Thornton to
second]; Harrah homered [Thornton scored]; BUSKEY REPLACED
LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); Alexander made an out to shortstop; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: SPEED REPLACED DADE (PLAYING RF); CERONE BATTED
FOR DAVIS; Cerone flied out to right; Griffin grounded out
(first unassisted); Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: CERONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Rosello made an
out to second; Veryzer grounded out (second to first); Bonds was
hit by a pitch; Speed grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell singled to center; Paxton threw a wild
pitch [Howell to second]; Carty struck out; Mayberry grounded
out (second to first) [Howell to third]; Bosetti made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning walked; Thornton flied out to center;
Norris forced Manning (second to shortstop); Norris stole
second; Harrah homered [Norris scored]; Alexander grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 8.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Woods popped to third in foul territory; McKay
reached on an error by Speed [McKay to second]; Cerone grounded
out (shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Indians 8.