Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
June 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1978 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Upshaw lf 4 0 0 0
Bailor cf 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 1
Carty dh 4 0 3 0
  Velez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Hutton rf 3 0 2 0
  Ault ph,rf 1 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 1 0
Johnson ss 1 1 0 0
  Cerone ph 1 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 1
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 4 1 2 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
Bell 3b 2 0 0 0
  Pruitt pr,lf 2 1 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 2 1
Alexander dh 4 0 2 1
Cox lf,3b 4 0 1 1
Speed cf 3 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 10 3
Toronto 000 010 010282
Cleveland 002 010 00x3100
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin  L (2-7) 8.0 10 3 1 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
3
1
1
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (5-10) 7.1 8 2 2 3 4
  Monge  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
6

  E–Bailor (6), Johnson (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Diaz (1,off Garvin); Thornton (13,off Garvin).  HR–Toronto Howell (4,8th inning off Wise 0 on, 1 out), Cleveland Thornton (12,5th inning off Garvin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Veryzer 2 (6,off Garvin 2).  IBB–Speed (1,by Garvin).  CS–Kuiper (6,2nd base by Garvin/Ashby).  IBB–Garvin (1,Speed).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:27.  A–21,959.
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