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Indians 5 @ Blue Jays 4
Exhibition Stadium
September 4, 1978

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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 September 4, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The home team Blue Jays were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 4, 1978 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 4 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 2
Runs: 4
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 2
Winning PitcherMike Paxton  
Losing PitcherBalor Moore  
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Game Winning RBIGary Alexander 

Game Info

DateSeptember 4, 1978 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Paxton  
Home Starting PitcherBalor Moore  
BallparkExhibition Stadium 
CityToronto 
StateONT 
Attendance14,364 
Time of Game2 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Haller
1B: Ron Luciano
2B: Ken Kaiser
3B: Mike Reilly

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Gary Alexander  DH 
Ron Pruitt  Right Fielder 
Ted Cox  Left Fielder 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Bo Diaz  Catcher 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Bob Bailor  Third Baseman 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Sam Ewing  Right Fielder 
Alan Ashby  Catcher 
Dave McKay  Second Baseman 
Willie Upshaw  DH 
Luis Gomez  Shortstop 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

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Indians 5 @ Blue Jays 4
Exhibition Stadium
September 4, 1978

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         Game of 9/4/1978 -- Cleveland at Toronto (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Toronto            AB  R  H RBI
Manning R, cf         5  0  0  0   Bosetti R, cf         4  0  0  0   
Veryzer T, ss         3  1  2  0   Woods A, lf           4  0  0  0   
Bell B, 3b            3  2  1  0   Bailor B, 3b          4  0  0  0   
Thornton A, 1b        3  1  1  2   Mayberry J, 1b        4  1  1  0   
Alexander G, dh       3  1  1  2   Ewing S, rf           3  1  1  0   
Pruitt R, rf          3  0  0  0   Ashby A, c            3  2  1  0   
Cox T, lf             3  0  2  1   McKay D, 2b           2  0  0  1   
Speed H, pr-lf        1  0  0  0   Upshaw W, dh          3  0  0  1   
Kuiper D, 2b          3  0  0  0   Gomez L, ss           3  0  1  2   
Diaz B, c             4  0  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  5  8  5                        30  4  4  4

Cleveland        200 003 000 --  5
Toronto          030 000 100 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Paxton M (W)          9.0  4  4  4  3  2

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Moore B (L)           5.2  7  5  5  1  3
Coleman J             3.1  1  0  0  3  1

E -- Bailor B
DP -- Toronto 2
LOB -- Cleveland 5, Toronto 2
2B -- Alexander G, Cox T, Ashby A
HR -- Thornton A
CS -- Veryzer T, Thornton A
SH -- Kuiper D
HBP -- by Moore B (Veryzer T)
T -- 2:20
A -- 14364

    

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