Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
May 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 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 3, Cleveland Indians 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 2 2 0
Bailor rf 3 1 2 0
Howell 3b 4 0 2 2
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 2 0
McKay 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis c 2 0 0 0
  Cerone ph,c 2 0 0 0
Lemongello p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Bonds dh 3 0 1 0
Dade rf 3 1 1 0
  Speed rf 1 0 0 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 2 2 1
Norris lf 3 1 0 1
Harrah 3b 4 3 3 4
Alexander c 3 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 3 1 1 2
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 8 8 8
Toronto 101 010 000390
Cleveland 030 003 02x881
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (1-5) 5.2 7 6 6 0 6
  Buskey   2.1 1 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
1
6
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  W (3-2) 9.0 9 3 3 0 6
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
6

  E–Speed (2).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Toronto Woods (10,off Paxton); Howell (6,off Paxton).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (5,2nd inning off Lemongello 0 on, 0 out); Rosello (1,2nd inning off Lemongello 1 on, 2 out); Harrah 2 (4,6th inning off Lemongello 1 on, 2 out,8th inning off Buskey 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Bailor (2,by Paxton); Bonds (2,by Buskey).  SH–Alexander (1,off Lemongello).  SF–Norris (1,off Lemongello).  SB–Bailor (2,2nd base off Paxton/Alexander); Dade (4,2nd base off Lemongello/Davis); Norris (7,2nd base off Buskey/Cerone).  WP–Paxton (3).  HBP–Buskey (1,Bonds); Paxton (2,Bailor).  U-HP–Harry Farnsworth, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Don Schirmer, 3B–Bob Rice.  T–2:20.  A–4,409.
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