An unearned run in the 11th inning enabled the Tigers to defeat the Blue Jays, 4-3. The Tigers, who had a two-run homer by Tom Brookens and a solo shot by John Wockenfuss, were within one out of a 3-1 victory when Rick Cerone hit a two-run homer in the ninth to tie the score.

In the 11th, Ed Putman doubled for the Tigers and yielded the basepaths to Lynn Jones. Ron LeFlore then grounded to Alfredo Griffin and when the Blue Jay shortstop threw wildly, Jones came home with the Tigers' winning run. [The Sporting News]
Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Friday, July 27, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Tigers       0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  -   4 13  2
Blue Jays    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  -   3  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            6   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Griffin ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Whitaker 2b           4   0   0   0     1   1   .288      Ainge 2b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .267
Kemp lf               5   0   3   0     0   0   .330      Howell 3b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .253
Thompson 1b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Carty dh              5   1   2   0     0   1   .260
Summers rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Mayberry 1b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .271
  Morales ph,rf       3   0   1   0     0   0   .225      Velez rf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .290
Greene dh             2   1   1   0     0   0   .300        Bailor pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .226
  Wockenfuss ph,dh    3   1   1   1     0   1   .258        Kusick ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Brookens 3b           5   1   2   2     0   1   .333      Woods lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .285
Putman c              4   0   2   0     1   0   .300      Bosetti cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Jones pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .293      Cerone c              4   1   1   2     0   1   .224
  Parrish c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Huffman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trammell ss           4   0   1   0     1   1   .275        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43   4  13   3     3   6             Totals               41   3   9   3     1   6

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 23,814
Left on Base: Tigers 9, Blue Jays 7
DP: Tigers 2, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Brookens, Trammell, Griffin
Doubles: Putman (2), Carty (21)
Home Runs: Brookens (3), Wockenfuss (9), Cerone (4)
Caught Stealing: Putman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Woods (2)
GIDP: Carty (17)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox                  7.1   7   1   0   0   3   0  30   4.96
Lopez W(5-2)            3.2   2   2   2   1   3   1  13   2.83
Totals                 11     9   3   2   1   6   1  43

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Huffman                 4.2   5   2   2   3   4   1  20   5.93
Moore                   2.2   3   1   1   0   0   1  11   3.89
Buskey L(4-5)           3.2   5   1   0   0   2   0  15   2.66
Totals                 11    13   4   3   3   6   2  46

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Steve Palermo


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to center; Whitaker struck out;
Kemp singled to center; Thompson popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Ainge
lined to right; Howell singled to left; Carty flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Summers grounded out (shortstop to first); Greene
flied out to right; Brookens made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Velez struck out;
Woods singled [Mayberry to second]; Bosetti grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Mayberry to third, Woods to second]; Cerone
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Putman walked; Putman was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Trammell struck out; LeFlore struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Griffin grounded out (first to pitcher); Ainge
struck out; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Kemp flied out to left; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty singled; Mayberry reached on a fielder's
choice [Carty to second (error by Trammell; assist by
Whitaker)]; Velez reached on an error by Brookens [Carty to
third, Mayberry to second]; Woods sacrifice flied into a double
play to center [Carty scored (unearned), Mayberry out at third
(center to first to third), Velez to second]; Bosetti grounded
out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Summers singled [Summers out at second (second to
shortstop)]; Greene singled; Brookens homered [Greene scored];
Putman singled to left; Trammell walked [Putman to second];
LeFlore flied to right in foul territory [Putman to third];
Whitaker walked [Trammell to second]; MOORE REPLACED HUFFMAN
(PITCHING); Kemp flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone popped to catcher in foul territory;
Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Blue Jays
1.

TIGERS 6TH: Thompson grounded out (second to first); MORALES
BATTED FOR SUMMERS; Morales flied out to center; WOCKENFUSS
BATTED FOR GREENE; Wockenfuss homered; Brookens singled to left;
Putman grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MORALES
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Howell popped to catcher in foul
territory; Carty doubled to left; Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted) [Carty to third]; Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Trammell popped to first in foul territory; LeFlore
flied out to center; Whitaker lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Kemp singled; Thompson flied out to left; BUSKEY
REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Morales flied out to center;
Wockenfuss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin singled; Ainge singled to right [Griffin
to second]; Howell made an out to third; LOPEZ REPLACED WILCOX
(PITCHING); Carty struck out; Mayberry made an out to third; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Brookens struck out; Putman grounded out (shortstop
to first); Trammell singled to center; LeFlore singled to left
[Trammell to second]; Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez walked; BAILOR RAN FOR VELEZ; Woods made an
out to shortstop; Bosetti flied out to center; Cerone homered
[Bailor scored]; Griffin was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 3.

TIGERS 10TH: BAILOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Kemp singled to
center; Thompson lined into a double play (pitcher to first)
[Kemp out at first]; Morales singled to center; Wockenfuss
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: Ainge singled to center; Howell struck out;
Carty grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Ainge out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue
Jays 3.

TIGERS 11TH: Brookens made an out to shortstop; Putman doubled
to right; JONES RAN FOR PUTMAN; Trammell flied out to center;
LeFlore reached on an error by Griffin [Jones scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; LeFlore was picked off first (pitcher to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 11TH: PARRISH REPLACED JONES (PLAYING C ); Mayberry
popped to third in foul territory; KUSICK BATTED FOR BAILOR;
Kusick flied out to right; Woods grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3.
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