Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
July 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1977 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Staggs 2b 4 0 1 0
Bailor ss 4 1 4 0
Fairly 1b 4 0 1 1
Velez rf 4 0 1 0
Ewing dh 5 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 1
Woods lf 4 0 2 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bell 3b 4 1 1 0
Dade cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Blanks 2b 4 0 2 1
Carty dh 4 0 1 0
Spikes rf 3 0 0 0
  Norris cf 1 0 0 0
Melton 1b 2 0 1 0
  Lowenstein pr 0 1 0 0
Pruitt lf 3 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 1 1 2
Duffy ss 3 0 0 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Toronto 000 000 1102110
Cleveland 001 000 002370
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin  L (7-8) 8.2 7 3 3 4 7
Totals
8.2
7
3
3
4
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  W (6-9) 9.0 11 2 2 3 4
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
3
4

  E–None.  2B–Toronto Fairly (16,off Garland).  3B–Toronto Bailor (2,off Garland), Cleveland Bell (3,off Garvin).  HR–Toronto Rader (6,8th inning off Garland 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thornton (10,9th inning off Garvin 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Bailor (3,off Garland).  IBB–Fairly (7,by Garland).  CS–Dade (5,3rd base by Garvin/Ashby); Spikes (2,2nd base by Garvin/Ashby).  IBB–Garland (4,Fairly).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–2:13.  A–19,594.
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