A pair of homers by Lance Parrish and a homer and single by Steve Kemp produced four runs as the Tigers downed the Blue Jays, 5-4. Parrish connected for the circuit in the second and fourth innings. Kemp drove in a run with a single in the third and added a homer in the fifth. The Tigers scored what proved to be their winning run on a single by Champ Summers in the eighth. [The Sporting News]
Detroit Tigers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4

Game Played on Sunday, July 29, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Tigers       0  1  1    1  1  0    0  1  0  -   5  9  1
Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4 14  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brookens 2b,3b        5   0   0   0     0   2   .291      Bosetti cf            5   0   3   0     0   1   .265
Morales cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .225      Ainge 2b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .265
Kemp dh               3   2   2   2     2   0   .332      Howell 3b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .253
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Carty dh              5   1   3   2     0   0   .263
Summers rf            3   0   1   1     1   0   .286        Cannon pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Parrish c             3   2   2   2     1   0   .284      Velez rf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .288
Greene lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Cerone c              4   1   2   1     0   1   .229
  Jones lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Kusick 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   2   0     0   1   .254        Mayberry ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .273
  Whitaker pr,2b      0   0   0   0     0   0   .287        Johnson pr,1b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Trammell ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Woods lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .286
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Jefferson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5   9   5     4   5             Totals               39   4  14   4     2   6

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 33,824
Left on Base: Tigers 7, Blue Jays 10
DP: Tigers 2, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Brookens
Doubles: Trammell (8), Rodriguez (16), Carty (22), Mayberry (16)
Triples: Cerone (1)
Home Runs: Parrish 2 (15), Kemp (16), Carty (7)
Stolen Bases: Kemp (3), Summers (5)
Caught Stealing: Summers (3), Bosetti (8)
GIDP: Gomez (4), Velez (5)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(6-1)        7.2  11   4   4   1   6   1  33   3.79
Lopez SV(8)             1.1   3   0   0   1   0   0   8   2.78
Totals                  9    14   4   4   2   6   1  41

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(2-7)           6     6   4   4   2   4   3  26   5.63
Jefferson               2.2   3   1   1   2   1   0  12   4.81
Moore                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.87
Totals                  9     9   5   5   4   5   3  39

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


TIGERS 1ST: Brookens struck out; Morales flied out to center;
Kemp walked; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled; Bosetti was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Ainge struck out; Howell flied to
left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Summers grounded out (shortstop to first); Parrish
homered; Greene grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty homered; Velez struck out; Cerone singled
to left; Kusick struck out; Woods made an out to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell doubled to left; Brookens grounded out
(pitcher to first); Morales flied out to center; Kemp singled
[Trammell scored]; Kemp stole second; Thompson struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez lined to first; Bosetti was called out on
strikes; Ainge singled to left; Howell walked [Ainge to second];
Carty made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Summers grounded out (first unassisted); Parrish
homered; Greene grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
doubled; Trammell flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez lined to left; Cerone grounded out (third
to first); Kusick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Brookens was called out on strikes; Morales flied
out to center; Kemp homered; Thompson flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods singled to center; Gomez grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Woods out at
second]; Bosetti singled to left; Ainge forced Bosetti
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue
Jays 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Summers walked; Summers stole second; Parrish flied
out to right; Greene grounded out (first unassisted) [Summers to
third]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 4, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell singled to center; Carty doubled to right
[Howell scored]; Velez made an out to shortstop; Cerone was
called out on strikes; Kusick popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 7TH: JEFFERSON REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Trammell flied
out to right; Brookens flied out to center; Morales grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays
2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Woods flied out to right; Gomez flied out to
left; Bosetti singled to left; Ainge grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Kemp walked; Thompson grounded out (third to first)
[Kemp to second]; Summers singled to left [Kemp scored]; Summers
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Parrish walked;
Greene struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: JONES REPLACED GREENE (PLAYING LF); Howell was
called out on strikes; Carty made an out to second; Velez
singled to left; Cerone tripled [Velez scored]; LOPEZ REPLACED
UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); MAYBERRY BATTED FOR KUSICK; Mayberry
doubled [Cerone scored]; JOHNSON RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Woods walked;
Gomez reached on a fielder's choice [Woods to second (error by
Brookens; assist by Trammell), Johnson to third]; Bosetti made
an out to first; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 5, Blue Jays 4.

TIGERS 9TH: JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez
singled to left; WHITAKER RAN FOR RODRIGUEZ; Trammell flied out
to right; Brookens flied out to center; Morales singled to left
[Whitaker to second]; MOORE REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Kemp
made an out to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Blue Jays
4.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: WHITAKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); BROOKENS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Ainge singled to right; Howell
forced Ainge (first to shortstop); Carty singled to left [Howell
to second]; CANNON RAN FOR CARTY; Velez grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Cannon out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Blue Jays 4.
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