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Blue Jays 9 @ Tigers 2
Tiger Stadium
July 4, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on July 4, 1978 at Tiger Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Blue Jays with a score of 9 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJuly 4, 1978 
Visiting Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 9 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 9
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 2 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBalor Moore  
Losing PitcherJack Morris  
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Game Winning RBILuis Gomez 

Game Info

DateJuly 4, 1978 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBalor Moore  
Home Starting PitcherJack Morris  
BallparkTiger Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance11,913 
Time of Game2 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Steve Palermo
1B: Don Denkinger
2B: Dave Phillips
3B: Larry McCoy

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Bob Bailor  Right Fielder 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
Rico Carty  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Willie Upshaw  Left Fielder 
Dave McKay  Second Baseman 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Luis Gomez  Shortstop 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Ron LeFlore  Center Fielder 
Lou Whitaker  Second Baseman 
Rusty Staub  DH 
Jason Thompson  First Baseman 
Steve Kemp  Left Fielder 
Aurelio Rodriguez  Third Baseman 
Mickey Stanley  Right Fielder 
Lance Parrish  Catcher 
Alan Trammell  Shortstop 
Ralph Houk  Manager 

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Blue Jays 9 @ Tigers 2
Tiger Stadium
July 4, 1978

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/4/1978 -- Toronto at Detroit (N)

  Toronto            AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Bosetti R, cf         2  1  1  1   LeFlore R, cf         3  0  2  0   
Bailor B, rf          4  0  1  1   Whitaker L, 2b        4  0  0  0   
Howell R, 3b          5  1  3  2   Staub R, dh           4  0  1  0   
Carty R, dh           5  2  2  1   Thompson J, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Mayberry J, 1b        5  2  4  1   Kemp S, lf            4  2  2  0   
Upshaw W, lf          2  1  1  1   Rodriguez A, 3b       3  0  1  0   
Velez O, ph-lf        3  0  2  0   Stanley M, rf         1  0  1  0   
McKay D, 2b           5  1  1  0   Wockenfuss J, pr-rf   3  0  1  0   
Cerone R, c           3  0  1  0   Parrish L, c          4  0  2  2   
Gomez L, ss           4  1  1  2   Trammell A, ss        4  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  9 17  9                        34  2 10  2

Toronto          000 510 030 --  9
Detroit          010 000 100 --  2

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Moore B (W)           6.2  7  2  2  1  5
Coleman J             2.1  3  0  0  1  3

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Morris J (L)          3.2 10  5  5  1  1
Crawford J            0.2  3  1  1  1  1
Foucault S            3.0  3  3  3  2  0
Sykes B               1.2  1  0  0  0  0

DP -- Toronto 3, Detroit 3
LOB -- Toronto 9, Detroit 7
2B -- Velez O, Howell R, Carty R
SH -- Bailor B
SF -- Bosetti R, Gomez L
T -- 2:40
A -- 11913

    

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