Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
April 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1978 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 8, Toronto Blue Jays 10

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 3 2 1
Whitaker 2b 5 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 2 3 2
Kemp lf 5 0 3 3
Corcoran rf 4 0 0 0
May c 3 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 1
  Mankowski ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph 1 1 1 0
Slaton p 0 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 7
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 2 1 0
Bailor 3b 4 2 2 0
Howell rf 5 3 4 3
Carty dh 4 0 2 2
Mayberry 1b 2 1 0 0
Hutton lf 3 0 1 0
  Ault ph 1 1 1 1
  Upshaw lf 1 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 1 2
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 1 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 12 8
Detroit 311 100 0028133
Toronto 202 006 00x10120
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Slaton   2.0 7 4 4 2 0
  Wilcox  L (0-1) 3.1 2 3 1 2 3
  Hiller   1.2 3 3 1 2 2
  Taylor   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
10
6
6
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin   2.1 6 5 5 1 1
  Moore   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Kirkwood  W (1-0) 5.2 5 3 3 2 1
  Murphy  SV (1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
2

  E–LeFlore (1), Whitaker 2 (2).  DP–Detroit 1, Toronto 2.  2B–Detroit May (2,off Garvin), Toronto Bosetti (2,off Slaton); Hutton (2,off Slaton).  HR–Detroit LeFlore (2,1st inning off Garvin 0 on, 0 out); Thompson (2,1st inning off Garvin 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Carty (1,off Hiller).  WP–Slaton 2 (2), Hiller (1), Moore (1).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:55.  A–35,761.
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