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Tigers 4 @ Blue Jays 3
Exhibition Stadium
July 27, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 27, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The home team Blue Jays were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1979 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 13 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 13
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherAurelio Lopez  
Losing PitcherTom Buskey  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Visiting Starting PitcherMilt Wilcox  
Home Starting PitcherPhil Huffman  
BallparkExhibition Stadium 
CityToronto 
StateONT 
Attendance23,814 
Time of Game3 hours 12 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Rich Garcia
1B: Nick Bremigan
2B: Don Denkinger
3B: Steve Palermo

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Champ Summers  Right Fielder 
Al Greene  DH 
Tom Brookens  Third Baseman 
Ed Putman  Catcher 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Sparky Anderson  Manager 

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Danny Ainge  Second Baseman 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
Rico Carty  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Otto Velez  Right Fielder 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

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Tigers 4 @ Blue Jays 3
Exhibition Stadium
July 27, 1979

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         Game of 7/27/1979 -- Detroit at Toronto (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
LeFlore R, cf         6  0  1  0   Griffin A, ss         5  0  1  0   
Whitaker L, 2b        4  0  0  0   Ainge D, 2b           5  0  2  0   
Kemp S, lf            5  0  3  0   Howell R, 3b          5  0  1  0   
Thompson J, 1b        5  0  0  0   Carty R, dh           5  1  2  0   
Summers C, rf         2  0  1  0   Mayberry J, 1b        5  0  1  0   
Morales J, ph-rf      3  0  1  0   Velez O, rf           3  0  0  0   
Greene A, dh          2  1  1  0   Bailor B, pr-rf       0  1  0  0   
Wockenfuss J, ph      3  1  1  1   Kusick C, ph          1  0  0  0   
Brookens T, 3b        5  1  2  2   Woods A, lf           4  0  1  1   
Putman E, c           4  0  2  0   Bosetti R, cf         4  0  0  0   
Jones L, pr           0  1  0  0   Cerone R, c           4  1  1  2   
Parrish L, c          0  0  0  0                                      
Trammell A, ss        4  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43  4 13  3                        41  3  9  3

Detroit          000 021 000 01 --  4
Toronto          000 100 002 00 --  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wilcox M              7.1  7  1  0  0  3
Lopez A (W)           3.2  2  2  2  1  3

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Huffman P             4.2  5  2  2  3  4
Moore B               2.2  3  1  1  0  0
Buskey T (L)          3.2  5  1  0  0  2

E -- Trammell A, Brookens T, Griffin A
DP -- Detroit 2, Toronto 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Toronto 7
2B -- Carty R, Putman E
HR -- Brookens T, Wockenfuss J, Cerone R
CS -- Putman E
SF -- Woods A
T -- 3:12
A -- 23814

    

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