Overcoming an eight-run deficit, the Indians rallied to gain a 9-8 victory, although the Blue Jays had a grand-slam homer by Rico Carty and also pulled off a triple play. Carty's clout in the fifth inning capped a six-run outburst by the Blue Jays, who added a pair of tallies in the sixth.

The Indians, after picking up three runs, loaded the bases in the eighth, but Ted Cox grounded to third baseman Roy Howell, who stepped on the bag to start the triple killing. Howell threw to Luis Gomez for a forceout at second and the relay to John Mayberry at first nipped Cox for the third out.

But the Blue Jays were unable to halt the Indians in the ninth. Toby Harrah led off with a homer and, batting for the second time, capped the six-run rally with a single that drove in the winning marker. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 9, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Game Played on Friday, September 7, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  6  2    0  0  0  -   8 10  4
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  6  -   9 12  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Hargrove lf           4   0   2   1     1   0   .282
Bailor rf             4   1   1   1     1   2   .231      Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .264
Velez lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .303      Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .279
  Cannon lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .210        Cox 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Carty dh              4   1   2   4     1   0   .256        Pruitt ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .281
Kusick 1b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Harrah 3b,ss          5   2   3   2     0   0   .284
  Mayberry ph,1b      3   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Thornton 1b           3   2   1   0     1   1   .237
Bosetti cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .263      Johnson dh            4   1   0   0     0   0   .279
Howell 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .253      Hassey c              4   0   1   2     0   0   .269
Cerone c              4   1   1   1     0   2   .230        Alston pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .255
Gomez 2b              4   2   2   2     0   0   .237      Rosello 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Huffman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alexander ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .219
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            2   0   1   1     0   0   .216
                                                            Norris ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                            Cage ph             1   1   1   1     0   0   .238
                                                          Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wihtol p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  10   8     4   4             Totals               38   9  12   7     2   4

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  4,222
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Indians 5
DP: Blue Jays 2, Indians 0
Errors: Griffin, Mayberry 2, Howell
Doubles: Cerone (22), Gomez (5), Bosetti (30), Rosello (4), Veryzer (9)
Home Runs: Carty (9), Harrah (16)
GIDP: Norris (11)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Huffman                 8     8   7   5   2   3   1  34   5.18
Buskey L(6-8)           0.2   4   2   2   0   1   0   6   2.66
Totals                  8.2  12   9   5*  2   4   1  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits                   4.2   4   6   6   4   2   1  22   4.76
Wihtol                  1     4   2   2   0   1   0   7  18.00
Andersen                2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   8.25
Reuschel W(2-1)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   7.17
Totals                  9    10   8   8   4   4   1  41

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Rocky Roe


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin made an out to shortstop; Bailor struck
out; Velez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove lined to third; Manning grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty flied out to right; Kusick flied out to
right; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah reached on an error by Griffin; Thornton
struck out; Johnson hit into a double play to right [Harrah out
at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Howell walked; Cerone struck out; Gomez forced
Howell (third to second); Griffin lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hassey flied out to left; Rosello flied out to
right; Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez
grounded out (third to first); Carty walked; Kusick forced Carty
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Hargrove singled to center; Manning lined to
shortstop; Bonds flied out to center; Harrah forced Hargrove
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti singled to left; Howell forced Bosetti
(shortstop unassisted); Cerone doubled to left [Howell scored];
Gomez doubled to left [Cerone scored]; Griffin grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Gomez to third]; Bailor walked; Velez
walked [Bailor to second]; Carty homered [Gomez scored, Bailor
scored, Velez scored]; WIHTOL REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING);
MAYBERRY BATTED FOR KUSICK; Mayberry grounded out (first to
pitcher); Debut game for Sandy Wihtol; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Thornton
flied out to left; Johnson grounded out (first unassisted);
Hassey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 6, Indians 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti doubled to right; Howell grounded out
(second to first) [Bosetti to third]; Cerone was called out on
strikes; Gomez singled to third [Bosetti scored]; Griffin
singled to right [Gomez to second]; Bailor singled to center
[Gomez scored, Griffin to third]; ANDERSEN REPLACED WIHTOL
(PITCHING); Velez forced Bailor (shortstop to second); 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: CANNON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING LF); Rosello doubled
to center; Veryzer doubled to right [Rosello scored]; Hargrove
grounded out (second to first); Manning made an out to second;
Bonds struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty singled to center; Mayberry flied out to
left; Bosetti flied out to right; Howell singled to left [Carty
to second]; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah singled to left; Thornton singled to left
[Harrah to second]; Johnson reached on a fielder's choice
[Harrah to third, Thornton to second]; Hassey reached on an
error by Mayberry [Harrah scored (RBI), Thornton scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Johnson to third]; Rosello flied out to
center; NORRIS BATTED FOR VERYZER; Norris grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Hassey out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); COX REPLACED
BONDS (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Gomez
made an out to second; Griffin flied out to right; Bailor struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Hargrove walked; Manning singled to right [Hargrove
to second]; Cox grounded into a triple play (third to second to
first) [Hargrove out at third, Manning out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: REUSCHEL REPLACED ANDERSEN (PITCHING); Cannon
flied out to right; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 8, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Harrah homered; Thornton walked; Johnson reached on
an error by Howell [Thornton to second]; Hassey singled to right
[Thornton scored, Johnson to third]; ALSTON RAN FOR HASSEY;
ALEXANDER BATTED FOR ROSELLO; BUSKEY REPLACED HUFFMAN
(PITCHING); Alexander struck out; CAGE BATTED FOR NORRIS; Cage
singled to right [Johnson scored (unearned), Alston to third];
Hargrove singled to left [Alston scored, Cage to third]; Manning
reached on an error by Mayberry [Cage scored (unearned, but
earned for the pitcher) (no RBI), Hargrove to second]; PRUITT
BATTED FOR COX; Pruitt singled to left [Hargrove out at home
(left to catcher), Manning to third]; Harrah singled to left
[Manning scored (unearned, but earned for the pitcher), Pruitt
to second]; 6 R (5 ER), 6 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Indians 9.

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