The Tigers edged the Blue Jays, 3-2, behind the combined five-hit pitching of Kip Young and Aurelio Lopez. Ron LeFlore scored the initial Tiger run in the first inning when he walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch and eventually scored on a groundout. Lou Whitaker walked to open the fifth, went to third on Blue Jay catcher Rick Cerone's errant pickoff throw and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jason Thompson. Champ Summers belted a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Thursday, July      5, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  5  1
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   3  8  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .263      LeFlore cf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .293
Woods lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .284      Whitaker 2b           1   1   0   0     3   0   .309
Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Kemp lf               4   0   0   1     0   0   .327
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .271      Thompson 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .267
  Bailor pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Summers rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .261
Howell dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Staub dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Cerone c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .201      Parrish c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .277
Cannon rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .220      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .244
Ainge 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Trammell ss           3   0   3   0     1   0   .286
Gomez 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Young p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Huffman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   5   1     1   3             Totals               29   3   8   3     7   0

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 13,199
Left on Base: Blue Jays 3, Tigers 10
DP: Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Cerone
Home Runs: Cannon (1), Summers (8)
Caught Stealing: Trammell (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (4)
GIDP: Bosetti (10), Thompson (10)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Huffman L(4-10)         7.2   8   3   3   6   0   1  35   6.18
Freisleben              0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.87
Totals                  8     8   3   3   7   0   1  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Young W(2-1)            8     5   2   2   0   3   1  29   5.55
Lopez SV(2)             1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.49
Totals                  9     5   2   2   1   3   1  32

Wild Pitches: Huffman (3)
Balks: Huffman (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Bill Haller


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Woods grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bosetti grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Huffman threw a wild pitch [LeFlore
to second]; Whitaker flied out to center [LeFlore to third];
Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first) [LeFlore scored];
Thompson singled; Summers forced Thompson (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Howell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tigers Manager Sparky Anderson ejected
by HP umpire Ron Luciano for insulting 1B umpire Dan
Morrison; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub lined to first; Parrish walked; Mankowski
lined to right; Trammell singled [Parrish to second]; LeFlore
forced Trammell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cannon homered; Ainge struck out; Gomez flied out
to right; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker walked; Huffman balked [Whitaker to
second]; Kemp flied out to center; Thompson flied out to left
[Whitaker to third]; Summers flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Woods lined to shortstop; Bosetti grounded out
(third to first); Mayberry singled; Howell grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to right; Parrish made an out to
shortstop; Mankowski walked; Trammell singled [Mankowski to
second]; LeFlore popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone flied out to left; Cannon grounded out
(first unassisted); Ainge popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker walked; Whitaker was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Cerone [Whitaker to third]; Kemp flied
out to center; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Whitaker
scored]; Summers singled; Staub singled [Summers to third];
Parrish flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Tigers 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Gomez singled; Griffin flied out to center; Woods
flied out to left; Bosetti flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Mankowski flied out to center; Trammell singled;
Trammell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
LeFlore flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Tigers 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; Howell flied out to center;
Cerone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker walked; Kemp flied out to right; Thompson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Whitaker out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Tigers 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Cannon flied out to center; Ainge made an out to
first; Gomez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Summers homered; Staub popped to third in foul
territory; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Mankowski
singled; FREISLEBEN REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Trammell walked
[Mankowski to second]; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Griffin singled; Woods singled [Griffin to
third]; LOPEZ REPLACED YOUNG (PITCHING); Bosetti grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Griffin scored (no
RBI), Woods out at second]; Mayberry walked; BAILOR RAN FOR
MAYBERRY; Howell forced Bailor (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Tigers 3.