Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
August 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1978 at Tiger 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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Toronto Blue Jays 4, Detroit Tigers 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 6 0 3 0
Bailor rf 4 0 2 0
Howell 3b 5 0 0 0
Horton dh 5 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 5 1 2 0
Woods lf 5 1 2 3
Ashby c 5 0 1 0
  Upshaw pr 0 1 0 0
  Cerone c 0 0 0 0
McKay 2b 5 0 1 1
Johnson ss 5 0 1 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 13 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 6 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 5 0 3 0
Staub dh 5 0 1 0
  Mankowski pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Wockenfuss lf 3 1 1 1
  Kemp ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 0 0
Stanley 1b 5 2 2 1
May c 4 0 1 1
  Dillard pr 0 0 0 0
  Parrish c 1 0 0 0
Corcoran rf 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 3 0 2 0
  Thompson ph 0 0 0 0
  Wagner pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 3 11 3
Toronto 000 300 000 0014130
Detroit 000 100 101 0003111
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   8.1 9 3 3 2 3
  Cruz  W (4-1) 3.2 2 0 0 4 4
Totals
12.0
11
3
3
6
7
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  L (6-8) 12.0 13 4 4 1 3
Totals
12.0
13
4
4
1
3

  E–Whitaker (13).  DP–Toronto 2, Detroit 2.  2B–Toronto Ashby (12,off Rozema), Detroit Trammell (9,off Underwood); Stanley (9,off Underwood); May (9,off Underwood); Staub (22,off Cruz).  HR–Toronto A Woods (2,4th inning off Rozema 2 on, 0 out), Detroit Wockenfuss (4,4th inning off Underwood 0 on, 0 out); Stanley (3,7th inning off Underwood 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Corcoran (5,off Underwood).  IBB–Thompson (3,by Cruz); Wockenfuss (4,by Cruz).  SB–Bosetti (5,2nd base off Rozema/May).  CS–Bosetti (8,2nd base by Rozema/May); Corcoran (2,2nd base by Cruz/Ashby).  IBB–Cruz 2 (3,Thompson,Wockenfuss).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Dale Ford.  T–3:08.
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