Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1977 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 7 1 1 0
Fuentes 2b 5 1 2 1
Staub dh 6 0 0 0
Kemp lf 6 0 3 0
Thompson 1b 5 2 4 1
Oglivie rf 4 1 1 1
May c 6 1 2 1
Mankowski 3b 2 0 0 0
  Stanley ph 0 0 0 1
  Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 6 0 1 1
Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 6 14 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Staggs 2b 7 2 3 0
Woods lf 5 1 2 1
Bailor cf 7 1 2 4
Rader 3b 4 1 1 0
Fairly dh 4 0 0 0
Ault 1b 5 1 1 0
Torres ss 6 1 3 2
Ewing rf 6 0 2 1
Ashby c 6 1 0 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  DeBarr p 0 0 0 0
  Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 50 8 14 8
Detroit 012 002 000 100 06142
Toronto 020 020 100 100 28140
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   6.1 6 5 3 2 1
  Grilli   2.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Crawford  L (3-3) 3.2 6 2 2 1 2
Totals
12.2
14
8
6
4
4
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   5.0 8 5 5 2 1
  DeBarr   1.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Vuckovich  W (5-7) 6.2 4 1 1 0 4
Totals
13.0
14
6
6
4
5

  E–LeFlore (8), Fuentes (15).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Detroit Oglivie (13,off Byrd); Thompson (11,off Byrd), Toronto Staggs (2,off Roberts).  3B–Detroit LeFlore (5,off Byrd), Toronto Torres (3,off Roberts); Staggs (2,off Roberts).  HR–Detroit May (7,10th inning off Vuckovich 0 on, 0 out), Toronto Bailor (4,13th inning off Crawford 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Stanley (2,off DeBarr); A Woods (3,off Roberts).  SH–Fairly 2 (4,off Crawford 2).  IBB–Rader (1,by Roberts); Ault (4,by Crawford).  CS–Thompson (1,2nd base by Vuckovich/Ashby); Staggs (3,2nd base by Crawford/May).  IBB–Roberts (2,Rader); Crawford (3,Ault).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–3:21.  A–23,749.
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