A balk by rookie Dave Rozema, with runners at first and third in the seventh inning, triggered a four-run uprising that carried the Blue Jays to a 5-3 victory over the Tigers. Trailing, 3-1, the Blue Jays began their comeback on singles by Al Woods and Dave McKay. The balk was called when Rozema dropped the ball while preparing to pitch to Alan Ashby. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 5, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Monday, April     11, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  1
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  1    4  0  x  -   5  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .200      Garcia 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .313
Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Mason ss              3   1   2   0     0   1   .182
Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Bailor ph,ss        0   0   0   1     0   0  1.000
Staub dh              3   2   1   0     1   0   .143      Ault 1b               4   0   2   2     0   1   .438
Thompson 1b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .286      Fairly dh             3   0   1   0     1   1   .286
Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .077      Ewing rf              2   0   0   0     1   1   .333
May c                 4   0   2   0     0   0   .231        Bowling ph,rf       0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      A. Woods lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .308
Wagner ss             3   0   1   0     0   1   .250      G. Woods cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Mankowski ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      McKay 3b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .462
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ashby c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .167
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scott pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Cerone c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                          Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hargan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   7   2     2   4             Totals               29   5   9   4     4   5

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance: 29,132
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Blue Jays 5
DP: Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Fuentes, Jefferson
Doubles: Ault (2)
Home Runs: Thompson (1)
Caught Stealing: Mason (1), Bowling (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bailor (1)
GIDP: Rodriguez (1), G. Woods (3), McKay (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema                  6.1   7   3   3   2   3   0  26   4.26
Hiller L(0-1)           1.2   2   2   2   2   2   0   8   7.71
Totals                  8     9   5   5   4   5   0  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               6.2   6   3   2   1   4   1  27   2.70
Hargan W(1-0)           2.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   2   2   4   1  36

Balks: Rozema (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Debut game for Dave
Rozema; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays
0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Mason
struck out; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub singled to left; Thompson flied out to center;
Kemp struck out; May singled to right [Staub to third];
Rodriguez reached on an error by Jefferson [Staub scored
(unearned) (no RBI), May to second]; Wagner grounded out (second
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); Ewing
walked; A. Woods reached on an error by Fuentes [Ewing to
second]; G. Woods grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [A. Woods out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 3RD: LeFlore flied out to right; Fuentes flied out to
left; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay grounded out (second to pitcher); Ashby
grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays
0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub flied out to center; Thompson grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Kemp struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mason singled to left; Ault was called out on
strikes; Mason was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Fairly singled to center; Ewing struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 5TH: May singled to center; Rodriguez grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [May out at second];
Wagner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); G. Woods
singled to center; McKay grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [G. Woods out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore flied to right in foul territory; Fuentes
lined to third; Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ashby flied out to left; Garcia popped to catcher
in foul territory; Mason singled to center; Ault doubled to
center [Mason scored]; Fairly was walked intentionally; Ewing
forced Fairly (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Blue Jays 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub walked; Thompson homered [Staub scored]; Kemp
lined to first; May grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
singled to center; Wagner singled to left [Rodriguez to second];
HARGAN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); LeFlore walked [Rodriguez
to third, Wagner to second]; Fuentes grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: On a bunt A. Woods singled to third; G. Woods
flied out to left; McKay singled to right [A. Woods to third];
Rozema balked [A. Woods scored, McKay to second]; HILLER
REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Ashby walked; SCOTT RAN FOR ASHBY;
Garcia singled to left [McKay scored, Scott to third]; BAILOR
BATTED FOR MASON; Bailor hit a sacrifice fly to right [Scott
scored, Garcia to second (on throw to home)]; Ault singled to
center [Garcia scored]; Fairly was called out on strikes; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 5.

TIGERS 8TH: CERONE REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING C ); BAILOR STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted);
Staub flied out to center; Thompson singled to left; Kemp flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: BOWLING BATTED FOR EWING; Bowling walked; A.
Woods popped to pitcher; G. Woods struck out while Bowling was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 5.

TIGERS 9TH: BOWLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May flied out
to left; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); MANKOWSKI
BATTED FOR WAGNER; Mankowski grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 5.