Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
August 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers 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, Detroit Tigers 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bailor cf 5 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 5 0 2 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Velez rf 3 1 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
McKay 2b 4 1 1 1
Gomez ss 4 0 3 1
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 0
Whitaker 2b 3 1 1 2
Staub dh 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 2 1
Kemp lf 4 1 2 0
Parrish c 4 0 1 1
Wockenfuss rf 2 0 0 0
  Corcoran ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
Trammell ss 2 1 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
Toronto 010 001 0002111
Detroit 013 001 00x590
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (5-5) 5.0 7 5 4 1 2
  Murphy   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
2
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (11-8) 9.0 11 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
4

  E–Velez (3).  DP–Toronto 3.  2B–Toronto Gomez (6,off Wilcox); Velez (12,off Wilcox); Howell (27,off Wilcox), Detroit Thompson (21,off Murphy).  3B–Detroit Parrish (3,off Moore); Whitaker (6,off Moore).  HR–Detroit Thompson (23,6th inning off Moore 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Staub (2,by Moore).  CS–Velez (3,2nd base by Wilcox/Parrish).  WP–Wilcox (4).  HBP–Moore (3,Staub).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:16.  A–13,314.
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