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Indians 4 @ Blue Jays 3
Exhibition Stadium
May 23, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cleveland Indians, played on May 23, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The home team Blue Jays were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateMay 23, 1979 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 7 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 7
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 3 H: 4 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 3
Hits: 4
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherWayne Garland  
Losing PitcherDave Freisleben  
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Game Winning RBIGary Alexander 

Game Info

DateMay 23, 1979 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Visiting Starting PitcherWayne Garland  
Home Starting PitcherPhil Huffman  
BallparkExhibition Stadium 
CityToronto 
StateONT 
Attendance20,283 
Time of Game2 hours 8 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Mike Reilly
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Terry Cooney
3B: Dale Ford

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Bonds  Right Fielder 
Paul Dade  Left Fielder 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Jim Norris  DH 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Gary Alexander  Catcher 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Danny Ainge  Second Baseman 
Bob Bailor  Right Fielder 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
Rico Carty  DH 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Luis Gomez  Shortstop 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

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Indians 4 @ Blue Jays 3
Exhibition Stadium
May 23, 1979

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         Game of 5/23/1979 -- Cleveland at Toronto (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
Bonds B, rf           5  0  1  1   Ainge D, 2b           2  0  1  1   
Dade P, lf            4  0  2  1   Bailor B, rf          4  0  0  0   
Manning R, cf         5  0  1  0   Howell R, 3b          3  0  1  1   
Thornton A, 1b        4  1  0  0   Carty R, dh           4  0  0  0   
Norris J, dh          1  0  0  0   Mayberry J, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Harrah T, 3b          4  0  0  0   Woods A, lf           3  1  0  0   
Alexander G, c        4  1  1  2   Bosetti R, cf         4  0  1  1   
Kuiper D, 2b          4  2  2  0   Cerone R, c           3  1  0  0   
Veryzer T, ss         2  0  0  0   Gomez L, ss           2  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  4  7  4                        29  3  4  3

Cleveland        000 010 120 --  4
Toronto          011 010 000 --  3

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garland W (W)         9.0  4  3  1  4  2

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Huffman P             7.0  5  2  1  4  3
Freisleben D (L)      2.0  2  2  2  2  2

E -- Alexander G, Veryzer T, Woods A, Mayberry J
DP -- Cleveland 1, Toronto 1
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Toronto 5
2B -- Bonds B
HR -- Alexander G
SB -- Dade P, Woods A, Bosetti R
CS -- Bonds B, Norris J
SH -- Ainge D, Gomez L, Norris J
WP -- Freisleben D
PB -- Alexander G
T -- 2:08
A -- 20283

    

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