Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
July 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 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 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 6 0 1 0
Whitaker 2b 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 5 0 3 0
Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0
Summers rf 2 0 1 0
  Morales ph,rf 3 0 1 0
Greene dh 2 1 1 0
  Wockenfuss ph,dh 3 1 1 1
Brookens 3b 5 1 2 2
Putman c 4 0 2 0
  Jones pr 0 1 0 0
  Parrish c 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 13 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 1 0
Ainge 2b 5 0 2 0
Howell 3b 5 0 1 0
Carty dh 5 1 2 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0
Velez rf 3 0 0 0
  Bailor pr,rf 0 1 0 0
  Kusick ph 1 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 0 1 1
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 1 2
Huffman p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 3 9 3
Detroit 000 021 000 014132
Toronto 000 100 002 00391
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   7.1 7 1 0 0 3
  Lopez  W (5-2) 3.2 2 2 2 1 3
Totals
11.0
9
3
2
1
6
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Huffman   4.2 5 2 2 3 4
  Moore   2.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Buskey  L (4-5) 3.2 5 1 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
13
4
3
3
6

  E–Brookens (2), Trammell (16), Griffin (22).  DP–Detroit 2, Toronto 1.  2B–Detroit Putman (2,off Buskey), Toronto Carty (21,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Brookens (3,5th inning off Huffman 1 on, 1 out); Wockenfuss (9,6th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Cerone (4,9th inning off Lopez 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Woods (2,off Wilcox).  CS–Putman (1,2nd base by Huffman/Cerone).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–3:12.  A–23,814.
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