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Blue Jays
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on September 7, 1979 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 7, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 7, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Phil Huffman |
Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Waits |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 4,222 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Ron Luciano 2B: Russ Goetz 3B: Rocky Roe |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Bob Bailor | Right Fielder |
Otto Velez | Left Fielder |
Rico Carty | DH |
Craig Kusick | First Baseman |
Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
Rick Cerone | Catcher |
Luis Gomez | Second Baseman |
Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mike Hargrove | Left Fielder |
Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
Cliff Johnson | DH |
Ron Hassey | Catcher |
Dave Rosello | Second Baseman |
Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
Dave Garcia | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1979
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Waits
Griffin hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Waits
Bailor strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Waits
Velez hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Huffman
Hargrove hits a line drive towards third. Howell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Huffman
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Huffman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Huffman
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Waits
Carty hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Waits
Kusick hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Waits
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Huffman
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin misplays the ball. That's an error on Griffin. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Huffman
Thornton strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Huffman
Johnson hits a fly ball towards right. Bailor catches it and throws to second to double up Harrah. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Waits
Howell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Waits
Cerone strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Waits
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Waits
Griffin hits a line drive towards third. Harrah reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Huffman
Hassey hits a fly ball into left field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosello vs. Huffman
Rosello hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Huffman
Veryzer hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Waits
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Waits
Velez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Waits
Carty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kusick vs. Waits
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Huffman
Hargrove hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Huffman
Manning hits a line drive towards short. Griffin reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Huffman
Bonds hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Huffman
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Waits
Bosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Waits
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Veryzer fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Waits
Cerone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hargrove. Cerone reaches second base with a double. Howell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Waits
Gomez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hargrove. Gomez reaches second base with a double. Cerone scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Waits
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gomez moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bailor vs. Waits
Bailor takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Velez vs. Waits
Velez takes first base on ball four. Bailor moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Carty vs. Waits
Carty hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Wihtol
Sandy Wihtol now pitching. John Mayberry pinch hits for Craig Kusick.
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops it up and throws to first, with Wihtol covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Huffman
John Mayberry now playing first base.
Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Huffman
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnson for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Huffman
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Huffman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Wihtol
Bosetti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Bosetti reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howell vs. Wihtol
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rosello scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bosetti moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cerone vs. Wihtol
Cerone is called out on strikes. View Play -
Blue Jays, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gomez vs. Wihtol
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bosetti scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Wihtol
Griffin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bailor vs. Wihtol
Bailor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Griffin moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Velez vs. Andersen
Larry Andersen now pitching.
Velez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosello vs. Huffman
Joe Cannon now playing left field.
Rosello hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Rosello reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Veryzer vs. Huffman
Veryzer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor. Veryzer reaches second base with a double. Rosello scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargrove vs. Huffman
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Manning vs. Huffman
Manning hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Huffman
Bonds strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Andersen
Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Andersen
Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Hargrove settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. Andersen
Bosetti hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Andersen
Howell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carty moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerone vs. Andersen
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Huffman
Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Huffman
Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrah moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Huffman
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Harrah moves to third. Thornton moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hassey vs. Huffman
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry juggles the ball. That's an error on Mayberry. Harrah scores. Thornton scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rosello vs. Huffman
Rosello hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Norris vs. Huffman
Jim Norris pinch hits for Tom Veryzer.
Norris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Andersen
Jim Norris now playing right field. Ted Cox now playing third base. Toby Harrah now playing shortstop.
Gomez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Rosello settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Andersen
Griffin hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Andersen
Bailor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Huffman
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Huffman
Manning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hargrove moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cox vs. Huffman
Cox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell steps on third for one, throws to second for two, and onto first for the triple play. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cannon vs. Reuschel
Paul Reuschel now pitching.
Cannon hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Reuschel
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Harrah scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Reuschel
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Huffman
Harrah hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Huffman
Thornton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Huffman
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell juggles the ball. That's an error on Howell. Thornton moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hassey vs. Huffman
Hassey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thornton scores. Johnson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Alexander vs. Buskey
Dell Alston pinch runs for Ron Hassey. Gary Alexander pinch hits for Dave Rosello. Tom Buskey now pitching.
Alexander strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cage vs. Buskey
Wayne Cage pinch hits for Jim Norris.
Cage hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Alston moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hargrove vs. Buskey
Hargrove hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Alston scores. Cage moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Manning vs. Buskey
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry juggles the ball. That's an error on Mayberry. Hargrove moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pruitt vs. Buskey
Ron Pruitt pinch hits for Ted Cox.
Pruitt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Hargrove trying to get to home. Cannon throws the ball in to Cerone who tags Hargrove, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Manning moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 8 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Harrah vs. Buskey
Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pruitt moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/7/1979 -- Toronto at Cleveland (N) Toronto AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Griffin A, ss 5 0 1 0 Hargrove M, lf 4 0 2 1 Bailor B, rf 4 1 1 1 Manning R, cf 5 1 1 0 Velez O, lf 3 1 0 0 Bonds B, rf 3 0 0 0 Cannon J, lf 1 0 0 0 Cox T, 3b 1 0 0 0 Carty R, dh 4 1 2 4 Pruitt R, ph 1 0 1 0 Kusick C, 1b 2 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b-ss 5 2 3 2 Mayberry J, ph-1b 3 0 0 0 Thornton A, 1b 3 2 1 0 Bosetti R, cf 4 1 2 0 Johnson C, dh 4 1 0 0 Howell R, 3b 3 1 1 0 Hassey R, c 4 0 1 2 Cerone R, c 4 1 1 1 Alston D, pr 0 1 0 0 Gomez L, 2b 4 2 2 2 Rosello D, 2b 3 1 1 0 Alexander G, ph 1 0 0 0 Veryzer T, ss 2 0 1 1 Norris J, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Cage W, ph 1 1 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 8 10 8 38 9 12 7 Toronto 000 062 000 -- 8 Cleveland 000 001 206 -- 9 2 outs when winning run was scored. Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Huffman P* 8.0 8 7 5 2 3 Buskey T (L) 0.2 4 2 2 0 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Waits R 4.2 4 6 6 4 2 Wihtol S 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 Andersen L 2.1 2 0 0 0 1 Reuschel P (W) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 * Pitched to 4 batters in 9th E -- Griffin A, Mayberry J 2, Howell R DP -- Toronto 2 TP -- Toronto 1 LOB -- Toronto 6, Cleveland 5 2B -- Cerone R, Gomez L, Bosetti R, Rosello D, Veryzer T HR -- Carty R, Harrah T T -- 2:48 A -- 4222
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