John Hiller, making his fifth start since switching from the bullpen, yielded only four hits, struck out 12 and pitched the Tigers to a 7-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Tito Fuentes knocked in two runs with a triple, Rusty Staub accounted for a pair with a sacrifice fly and double and Milt May homered in the Tigers' attack. The Blue Jays scored their runs on round-trippers by Ron Fairly and Doug Rader. Rader's blow was his first in the A. L. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      14, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   2  4  0
Tigers       1  0  0    0  4  1    1  0  x  -   7  8  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bailor ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .335      LeFlore cf            2   2   1   0     1   0   .249
Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .284      Fuentes 2b            3   2   2   2     0   0   .314
Rader dh              4   1   1   1     0   3   .276      Staub dh              3   0   1   2     0   0   .219
Velez rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Kemp lf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .251
Fairly lf             3   1   1   1     1   2   .320      Thompson 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .277
Ault 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .236
Ashby c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .219      May c                 4   2   2   1     0   0   .282
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .174      Mankowski 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Bowling cf            2   0   1   0     1   1   .130      Scrivener ss          3   1   1   1     0   1   .333
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hiller p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DeBarr p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   4   2     3  12             Totals               28   7   8   7     4   4

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 11,808
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Tigers 4
DP: Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1
Doubles: Bowling (1), Staub (12), Thompson (7)
Triples: May (2), Fuentes (4)
Home Runs: Fairly (6), Rader (1), May (5)
Caught Stealing: Howell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Fuentes (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Staub (4)
Hit by Pitch: LeFlore (2,by Jefferson)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(3-5)        4.2   5   5   5   3   2   0  22   4.38
Willis                  1.1   1   1   1   0   2   1   5   2.08
DeBarr                  2     2   1   1   1   0   0   8   5.40
Totals                  8     8   7   7   4   4   1  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hiller W(4-6)           9     4   2   2   3  12   2  33   3.30
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3  12   2  33

Hit by Pitch: Jefferson (1)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Hank Soar


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor flied out to left; Howell singled; Rader
struck out while Howell was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; LeFlore was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Fuentes singled to shortstop; Staub doubled
[Fuentes scored]; Kemp struck out; Thompson walked; Oglivie
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez lined to center; Fairly was called out on
strikes; Ault struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: May flied out to left; Mankowski popped to third in
foul territory; Scrivener struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby walked; McKay popped to shortstop; Bowling
walked [Ashby to second]; Bailor flied out to center; Howell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

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

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Rader was called out on strikes; Velez popped to
shortstop; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ault lined to shortstop; Ashby struck out; McKay
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: May tripled; Mankowski flied out to center;
Scrivener singled [May scored]; LeFlore was hit by a pitch
[Scrivener to second]; Fuentes tripled [Scrivener scored,
LeFlore scored]; Staub hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fuentes
scored]; Kemp walked; WILLIS REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING);
Thompson flied out to center; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bowling doubled; Bailor grounded out (third to
first); Howell grounded out (first unassisted) [Bowling to
third]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie struck out; May homered; Mankowski struck
out; Scrivener grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez struck out; Fairly homered; Ault popped to
shortstop; Ashby grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 7TH: DEBARR REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); LeFlore singled;
Fuentes out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [LeFlore to
second]; Staub popped to catcher in foul territory; Kemp walked;
Thompson doubled [LeFlore scored, Kemp out at home (left to
third to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 7.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay struck out; Bowling struck out; Bailor
lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 8TH: Oglivie flied out to left; May grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mankowski popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Tigers 7.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell struck out; Rader homered; Velez grounded
out (first to pitcher); Fairly walked; Ault forced Fairly (third
to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Tigers 7.