Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers
July 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1979 at Tiger 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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Toronto Blue Jays 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Woods lf 4 0 1 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
  Bailor pr 0 0 0 0
Howell dh 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Cannon rf 3 1 1 1
Ainge 2b 3 0 0 0
Gomez 3b 3 0 1 0
Huffman p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 0 0
Whitaker 2b 1 1 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 1
Thompson 1b 3 0 1 1
Summers rf 4 1 2 1
Staub dh 4 0 1 0
Parrish c 3 0 0 0
Mankowski 3b 3 0 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 3 0
Young p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Toronto 001 000 001251
Detroit 100 010 01x380
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Huffman  L (4-10) 7.2 8 3 3 6 0
  Freisleben   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
7
0
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W (2-1) 8.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Lopez  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
1
3

  E–Cerone (7).  DP–Toronto 1, Detroit 1.  HR–Toronto Cannon (1,3rd inning off Young 0 on, 0 out), Detroit Summers (8,8th inning off Huffman 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thompson (4,off Huffman).  CS–Trammell (8,2nd base by Huffman/Cerone).  WP–Huffman (3).  BK–Huffman (3).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:21.  A–13,199.
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