[1]BOXSCORE: 1977 Toronto Blue Jays At 1977 Cleveland Indians 7/8/1977 [1]Jays win the opener behind a solid outing from Lemanczyk! [1] Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG S.Staggs 2B 4 1 1 0 .323 D.Kuiper 2B 5 0 1 0 .328 B.Bailor SS 4 1 1 0 .341 B.Bell 3B 4 0 1 0 .329 R.Fairly 1B 4 1 1 3 .274 C-R.Pruitt PH 1 0 1 0 .300 O.Velez RF 3 1 1 0 .243 P.Dade LF 4 0 1 1 .304 S.Ewing DH 4 0 0 0 .248 R.Carty DH 5 0 0 0 .301 D.Rader 3B 4 0 1 1 .209 B.Bochte 1B 4 1 0 0 .321 A.Woods LF 4 0 0 0 .347 C.Spikes RF 3 0 1 0 .200 J.Scott CF 3 0 0 0 .232 L.Blanks SS 4 1 1 1 .308 A.Ashby C 3 0 1 0 .235 J.Norris CF 3 0 0 0 .265 F.Kendall C 2 0 1 0 .252 A-A.Thornton PH 1 0 1 0 .294 B-R.Fosse C 0 1 0 0 .335 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 33 4 6 4 Totals 36 3 8 2 A-Pinch Hit For Kendall In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Thornton In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Bell In 9th Inning Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 3 Indians......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 1 [1]Blue Jays (27-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Lemanczyk WIN(5-10) 8 1/3 8 3 1 2 2 0 127 5.68 A1 E2 J.Johnson SAVE(10th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.88 E3 [1]Totals 9 8 3 1 2 2 0 [1]Indians (38-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Eckersley LOSS(6-7) 9 6 4 4 1 6 1 143 3.18 A1 [1]Totals 9 6 4 4 1 6 1 ATTENDANCE- 11,124 DATE- Friday, July 8th 1977 TIME- Night UMPIRES- Bill Deegan, Jim McKean, Dale Ford, Lou Dimuro T- 2:43 LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 3 Indians:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 1 Indians: 0 ERRORS- B.Bailor-2, A.Woods, L.Blanks TRIPLES- O.Velez(4th) HOME RUNS- R.Fairly(13th) SACRIFICE FLIES- P.Dade WALKS- O.Velez, J.Norris, R.Fosse HIT BY PITCH- C.Spikes STRIKE OUTS- B.Bailor, S.Ewing-2, J.Scott-2, A.Ashby, D.Kuiper, J.Norris GIDP- R.Carty One run was the difference at Municipal Stadium as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians 4 to 3. Dave Lemanczyk(5-10) had a solid outing for Toronto. He went 8 and 1/3 innings surrendering 8 hits and 2 walks. Cleveland threatened in the 9th but Toronto was able to put down the rally. Lemanczyk got help from Jerry Johnson who earned his 10th save. The losing pitcher was Dennis Eckersley(6-7). He pitched 9 innings allowing only 6 hits and 1 walk. [2] [1]*** TOP OF INNING 1 *** 0 S.Staggs 4-10 2 Fly Out b-0 1 B.Bailor 4- 9 14 6 Line Out b-0 2 R.Fairly 4- 5 6 Line Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 *** 0 D.Kuiper 3- 5 14 1 Fly Out b-0 1 B.Bell 5- 8 3 Pop Out b-0 2 P.Dade 6- 5 2 Line Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 2 *** 0 O.Velez 6- 6 14 5 Fly Out b-0 1 S.Ewing 3- 6 6 Strike Out b-0 2 D.Rader 3-11 3 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 *** 0 R.Carty 4- 5 3 1 Base Error - SS b-1 0 1 B.Bochte 4- 2 6 Force Play 1-o b-1 1 1 C.Spikes 5- 5 4 Ground Out 1-2 b-0 2 2 L.Blanks 4- 9 11 3 Single 2-H b-1 2 1 J.Norris 1- 7 4 Walk 1-2 b-1 2 12 F.Kendall 5- 3 4 2 Base Error - LF 2-H 1-3 b-2 2 23 D.Kuiper 5-12 4 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 3 *** 0 A.Woods 3- 9 5 Pop Out b-0 1 J.Scott 2- 6 3 Line Out b-0 2 A.Ashby 4- 9 6 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 *** 0 B.Bell 6-10 2 Pop Out b-0 1 P.Dade 4- 4 3 Single b-1 1 1 R.Carty 1- 6 5 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 4 *** 0 S.Staggs 2- 9 11 6 Single b-1 0 1 B.Bailor 2- 6 3 Single 1-3 b-1 0 1 3 R.Fairly 5- 4 3 Home Run 3-H 1-H b-H 0 O.Velez 1- 8 2 5 Triple b-3 0 3 S.Ewing 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0 1 3 D.Rader 1- 5 6 Ground Out 3-H b-0 2 A.Woods 3-12 2 Line Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 *** 0 B.Bochte 2- 4 3 Ground Out b-0 1 C.Spikes 3-10 1 HBP b-1 1 1 L.Blanks 3- 8 2 Fly Out b-0 2 1 J.Norris 2- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 5 *** 0 J.Scott 4- 6 4 Strike Out b-0 1 A.Ashby 5- 8 3 Ground Out b-0 2 S.Staggs 6- 5 3 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 *** 0 F.Kendall 3- 9 5 Single b-1 0 1 D.Kuiper 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 1 1 B.Bell 6- 8 3 Single 1-2 b-1 1 12 P.Dade 1- 8 4 Fly Out b-0 2 12 R.Carty 1- 4 5 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 6 *** 0 B.Bailor 5- 7 3 Strike Out b-0 1 R.Fairly 6- 4 3 Ground Out b-0 2 O.Velez 2- 8 5 Walk b-1 2 1 S.Ewing 6-10 6 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 B.Bochte 3- 8 3 Fly Out b-0 1 C.Spikes 4- 9 16 3 Single b-1 1 1 L.Blanks 5- 7 2 Fly Out b-0 2 1 J.Norris 5- 9 1 Pop Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 7 *** 0 D.Rader 6- 5 5 Single & Error - SS b-2 0 2 A.Woods 1- 8 3 Ground Out b-0 1 2 J.Scott 2- 7 5 Strike Out b-0 2 2 A.Ashby 3- 8 13 3 Single 2-3 b-1 2 1 3 S.Staggs 1-10 3 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 *** SUBSTITUTE PH- Andre Thornton 0 A.Thornton 4- 8 10 5 Single b-1 0 1 D.Kuiper 6- 3 3 Ground Out 1-2 b-0 1 2 B.Bell 3- 8 5 Fly Out b-0 2 2 P.Dade 4- 5 1 1 Base Error - SS 2-3 b-1 2 1 3 R.Carty 1- 5 5 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 8 *** SUBSTITUTE C - Ray Fosse 0 B.Bailor 3- 6 10 4 Line Out b-0 1 R.Fairly 1- 6 2 Fly Out b-0 2 O.Velez 6- 9 5 Ground Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 *** 0 B.Bochte 2- 8 5 Ground Out b-0 1 C.Spikes 6- 5 2 Line Out b-0 2 L.Blanks 6- 7 17 5 Line Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 9 *** 0 S.Ewing 3- 5 17 5 Line Out b-0 1 D.Rader 5- 6 20 3 Fly Out b-0 2 A.Woods 6- 8 6 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 *** 0 J.Norris 3-11 3 Ground Out b-0 1 R.Fosse 4- 6 4 Walk b-1 1 1 D.Kuiper 2- 7 6 Single 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE PH- Ron Pruitt 1 12 R.Pruitt 6- 8 1 Single 2-3 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Jerry Johnson 1 123 P.Dade 5- 6 2 Sac Fly 3-H b-0 2 12 R.Carty 3- 5 2 Ground Out b-0