Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 6 1 2 0
Kemp lf 6 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
  Dillard pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 2 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 5 1 2 2
Rodriguez 3b 6 0 1 0
Stanley rf 5 1 1 1
Parrish c 4 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 1 0
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 4 9 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw lf,cf 6 0 0 0
Bailor cf,ss 6 0 1 1
Howell 3b 5 0 0 0
Carty dh 6 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 2 0
Hutton rf 3 1 0 0
  Ault ph,lf 1 0 0 0
McKay 2b 5 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 1 1 1
  Cerone pr,c 1 0 0 0
Gomez ss 1 1 0 0
  Ewing ph 1 0 1 0
  Johnson pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Velez ph,lf,rf 2 0 1 1
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 8 3
Detroit 100 100 001 000 1490
Toronto 002 000 001 000 0381
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   8.1 5 3 3 5 2
  Hiller  W (6-3) 4.2 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
13.0
8
3
3
6
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin   8.1 6 3 3 2 2
  Murphy   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Willis  L (1-3) 3.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
13.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–McKay (6).  DP–Detroit 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (4,off Murphy); Wockenfuss (1,off Willis); Thompson (11,off Willis).  HR–Detroit Stanley (2,4th inning off Garvin 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Ashby (2,3rd inning off Baker 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Gomez (1,2nd base off Baker/Parrish).  CS–Cerone (3,2nd base by Baker/Parrish).  WP–Murphy (2).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Bill Kunkel, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:12.  A–31,625.
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