Dave Lemanczyk turned in his 11th complete game and third shutout of the season, pitching the Blue Jays to a 3-0 victory over the Tigers. The Blue Jays pinned defeat on Bruce Robbins in his first major league start by scoring two runs in the sixth inning on a single by Al Woods, double by Alfredo Griffin, infield out by Danny Ainge and single by Roy Howell. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 3, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      28, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   3  6  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .298      Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .246
Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Ainge 2b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .262
Kemp lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .329      Howell 3b             4   0   1   1     0   2   .253
Thompson 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .257      Carty dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Summers rf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Velez rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .291
Parrish c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Bailor pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .226
Greene dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Bosetti cf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Brookens 3b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .320      Cerone c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .225
Wagner ss             2   0   0   0     0   1   .304      Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Robbins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mayberry ph,1b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .271
  Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Woods lf              3   1   1   0     0   1   .286
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   3   0     2   4             Totals               29   3   6   2     1   6

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 30,131
Left on Base: Tigers 4, Blue Jays 3
DP: Tigers 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Billingham
Doubles: Thompson (11), Cerone (16), Griffin (14)
Caught Stealing: Bosetti (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Wagner (4)
GIDP: Kemp (9)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Robbins L(0-1)          6     4   2   2   0   3   0  22   3.00
Billingham              0.1   2   1   0   0   1   0   3   3.69
Hiller                  1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   5.10
Totals                  8     6   3   2   1   6   0  30

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk W(8-8)        9     3   0   0   2   4   0  31   3.31
Totals                  9     3   0   0   2   4   0  31

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore lined to second; Debut game for Bruce
Robbins; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Kemp made
an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

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

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Summers grounded out (second to
first); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty lined to right; Velez was called out on
strikes; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Greene grounded out (first unassisted); Brookens
grounded out (first unassisted); Wagner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone doubled to left; Kusick grounded out
(shortstop to first); Woods grounded out (shortstop to first);
Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
flied to left in foul territory; Kemp grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ainge flied out to right; Howell struck out;
Carty flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson flied out to left; Summers flied out to
right; Parrish grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Velez grounded out (third to first); Bosetti
flied out to center; Cerone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Greene flied out to center; Brookens walked; Wagner
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Brookens to second];
LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Kusick flied out to center; Woods singled to
center; Griffin doubled to right [Woods to third]; Ainge
grounded out (second to first) [Woods scored, Griffin to third];
Howell singled to left [Griffin scored]; Carty grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays
2.

TIGERS 7TH: Whitaker singled to left; Kemp grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Whitaker out at second];
Thompson doubled to center; Summers walked; Parrish forced
Summers (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: BILLINGHAM REPLACED ROBBINS (PITCHING); Velez
singled to right; BAILOR RAN FOR VELEZ; Bosetti singled to left
[Bailor to third]; Bailor advanced to home (error by Billingham;
assist by Parrish) and Bosetti advanced to second; Cerone struck
out; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR KUSICK; HILLER REPLACED BILLINGHAM
(PITCHING); Mayberry walked; Woods struck out while Bosetti was
caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 3.

TIGERS 8TH: BAILOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAYBERRY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Greene flied out to right; Brookens
grounded out (second to first); Wagner made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin flied out to center; Ainge grounded out
(pitcher to first); Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 3.

TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Whitaker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kemp singled to right; Thompson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 3.