Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
May 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1979 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 0, Cleveland Indians 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 3 0 0 0
Bailor 3b 1 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b,2b 1 0 0 0
Velez rf 3 0 0 0
Carty dh 4 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
McKay 2b 3 0 2 0
  Gomez pr 0 0 0 0
  Howell 3b 1 0 0 0
Cerone c 2 0 0 0
Woods lf 2 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 0 2 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bonds dh 4 0 0 0
Dade rf 3 1 2 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Pruitt lf 3 0 1 0
Alexander c 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 6 0
Toronto 000 000 000021
Cleveland 100 000 00x161
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (0-5) 8.0 6 1 0 3 3
Totals
8.0
6
1
0
3
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  W (4-3) 9.0 2 0 0 7 3
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
7
3

  E–McKay (5), Thornton (2).  DP–Toronto 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Toronto McKay (6,off Waits).  SH–Woods (4,off Waits).  SB–Bosetti (4,2nd base off Waits/Alexander); Bailor (1,2nd base off Waits/Alexander); Dade (3,2nd base off Underwood/Cerone).  CS–Kuiper (7,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone); Veryzer (2,2nd base by Underwood/Cerone).  WP–Waits (1).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Ted Theilander, 2B–Dale Davidson, 3B–Harry Farnsworth.  T–2:09.  A–3,867.
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