Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 3, Toronto Blue Jays 9

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 3 0 1 0
Manning cf 5 1 1 0
Thornton 1b 5 1 1 0
Alexander dh,c 4 1 2 0
Speed lf 2 0 1 0
  Grubb ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Cox 3b 2 0 0 1
  Carbo ph 0 0 0 1
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 2 0 0 0
  Pruitt ph,c,3b 1 0 0 0
Hood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 2 2 0
Bailor rf 5 2 3 0
Howell 3b 3 3 1 1
Carty dh 3 0 1 4
Velez lf 5 0 3 2
Ault 1b 1 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Hutton pr,1b 1 1 0 0
McKay 2b 2 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 3 0 1 0
  Ewing ph 1 1 1 2
  Johnson ss 0 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 12 9
Cleveland 010 000 020373
Toronto 301 000 05x9120
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Hood  L (4-4) 2.2 5 4 4 2 1
  Reuschel   4.1 2 1 1 2 0
  Kern   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Monge   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Spillner   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
5
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  W (5-7) 7.0 7 3 3 3 4
  Cruz  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
7
7

  E–Grubb (3), Blanks (11), Diaz (1).  2B–Cleveland Dade (10,off Underwood); Kuiper (8,off Underwood), Toronto Velez (8,off Hood).  3B–Cleveland Alexander (2,off Underwood).  HR–Toronto Ewing (1,8th inning off Monge 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Blanks (1,off Cruz); Carty 2 (6,off Hood 2).  SH–McKay 2 (5,off Reuschel,off Kern).  CS–Dade (7,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone); Bailor (4,2nd base by Hood/Diaz).  WP–Hood (6).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:50.  A–19,277.
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