Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 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."

"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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Detroit Tigers 8, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 0
  Jones cf 0 0 0 0
Whitaker 2b 3 0 0 1
Kemp lf 5 0 0 0
Staub dh 5 3 3 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Summers rf 4 1 1 0
Parrish c 5 3 4 2
Rodriguez 3b 5 1 2 2
Trammell ss 3 0 1 2
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 1 2 0
Bailor rf 3 0 0 0
Howell 3b 4 0 1 1
Carty dh 3 0 0 1
Velez 1b 0 0 0 0
  Robertson 1b 3 0 0 0
Woods lf 3 0 1 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 1 0 0
Huffman p 0 0 0 0
  Lemongello p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Detroit 011 200 0138130
Toronto 002 000 000252
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox  W (4-2) 9.0 5 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Huffman  L (2-5) 7.2 10 5 4 4 0
  Lemongello   1.1 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
7
5
1

  E–Griffin (10), Howell (7).  2B–Detroit Staub (9,off Huffman); Rodriguez (7,off Lemongello).  HR–Detroit Staub (3,3rd inning off Huffman 0 on, 2 out); Parrish (5,8th inning off Huffman 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Whitaker (3,off Huffman); Trammell (1,off Lemongello).  HBP–Velez (2,by Wilcox); Davis (1,by Wilcox).  SB–LeFlore 2 (23,2nd base off Huffman/Davis 2); Griffin (6,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish); Bosetti (8,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish); Ainge (1,2nd base off Wilcox/Parrish).  HBP–Wilcox 2 (4,Velez,Davis).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:23.  A–21,359.
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