Sunday July 29, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
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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