Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians
September 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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 4, Cleveland Indians 5

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 1 1
Bailor rf 4 1 1 0
Howell 3b 3 0 1 0
Solaita dh 4 0 1 1
  Hernandez pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 2 2 1
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 1 2 1
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 1 2 2
Manning cf 4 0 2 1
Bonds rf 4 1 2 1
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 3 0 0 0
  Norris ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Hassey c 2 1 1 0
Rosello 2b 2 1 0 0
  Cage ph 1 0 0 0
  Cox 2b 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 4
Toronto 000 011 200492
Cleveland 000 021 101590
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (6-6) 8.0 9 5 4 6 5
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
6
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  W (15-7) 9.0 9 4 4 2 7
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
7

  E–Griffin (29), Howell (19).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–Toronto Howell (24,off Wise); Solaita (3,off Wise), Cleveland Hassey (12,off Stieb).  3B–Toronto Johnson (1,off Wise).  HR–Toronto Woods (5,5th inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Bonds (22,6th inning off Stieb 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Griffin (4,off Wise); Manning (7,off Stieb).  SH–Norris (6,off Stieb).  IBB–Hassey 2 (2,by Stieb 2).  SB–Bailor 2 (13,2nd base off Wise/Hassey 2); Griffin (16,2nd base off Wise/Hassey).  IBB–Stieb 2 (2,Hassey 2).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Rocky Roe, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:45.  A–4,439.
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