Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 29, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 9, Toronto Blue Jays 8

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 1 1 0
  Jones cf 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 4 3 2 1
Kemp lf 4 1 1 0
Staub dh 4 1 1 1
Thompson 1b 3 1 0 0
Parrish c 4 2 2 2
Morales rf 3 0 2 2
  Summers ph,rf 2 0 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 5 0 1 2
Baker p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 9
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 2 0
Bailor rf 2 0 1 0
  Wilborn rf 1 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 2 0 0
Carty dh 5 2 3 2
Velez 1b 4 1 1 0
Woods lf 4 0 1 2
Bosetti cf 5 2 2 2
Ainge 2b 5 0 2 1
Davis c 4 0 1 1
Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 13 8
Detroit 002 030 3109130
Toronto 011 030 3008130
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Baker   4.0 6 4 4 3 3
  Lopez   2.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Tobik  W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Hiller  SV (3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
5
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Garvin   4.1 4 3 3 3 3
  Freisleben   2.1 6 5 5 2 2
  Buskey  L (1-1) 2.1 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
6
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Detroit Whitaker (9,off Garvin); Parrish (8,off Freisleben); Morales (10,off Freisleben); Kemp (9,off Freisleben), Toronto Carty 2 (8,off Baker,off Lopez); Woods (11,off Lopez); Bosetti (9,off Tobik); Ainge (1,off Tobik).  SH–Kemp (1,off Buskey); Rodriguez (3,off Buskey); Woods (5,off Hiller).  HBP–Rodriguez (1,by Garvin).  IBB–Thompson (3,by Buskey).  SB–LeFlore (21,2nd base off Garvin/Davis); Whitaker (3,3rd base off Garvin/Davis); Bosetti (7,2nd base off Baker/Parrish); Griffin (5,2nd base off Lopez/Parrish).  WP–Baker (3).  HBP–Garvin (1,Rodriguez).  IBB–Buskey (1,Thompson).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–3:03.  A–11,449.
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