Cleveland Indians vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1978 at Exhibition 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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Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 5 1 2 2
Bell 3b 5 0 1 1
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1
Carbo dh 4 0 1 0
Alexander c 5 1 1 0
Norris rf 3 1 2 1
Blanks ss 3 0 1 0
Cox lf 3 0 1 1
  Speed lf 1 1 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Bailor 3b 3 1 0 0
Velez rf 4 1 4 1
Horton dh 4 0 0 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Woods A. lf 3 0 1 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Woods G. ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson ss 0 0 0 0
Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Cleveland 021 200 0106121
Toronto 000 001 001250
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (11-13) 9.0 5 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
2
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Kirkwood  L (3-3) 2.1 5 3 3 2 0
  Willis   5.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Buskey   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
5
6

  E–Kuiper (15).  DP–Cleveland 1, Toronto 1.  2B–Cleveland Norris (9,off Kirkwood); Carbo (10,off Willis), Toronto Velez (14,off Waits).  3B–Cleveland Kuiper (6,off Willis).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (29,3rd inning off Kirkwood 0 on, 1 out), Toronto Velez (8,9th inning off Waits 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Norris (7,2nd base by Willis/Cerone).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:15.  A–11,060.
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