The Tigers' conversion of Fernando Arroyo from reliever to starter continued to pay dividends when the righthander pitched his first major league shutout, beating the Blue Jays, 9-0. The victory was his fourth against one defeat since coming out of the bullpen May 14. Ben Oglivie paced the Tigers' attack, driving in three runs with a sacrifice fly and homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 9, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      15, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
Tigers       4  1  0    0  2  1    1  0  x  -   9 13  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   .327      LeFlore cf            4   2   3   0     1   0   .258
A. Woods lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Fuentes 2b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .316
Howell 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .292      Staub dh              5   0   1   2     0   0   .219
Fairly 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .321      Kemp lf               4   1   1   2     1   1   .251
Rader dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .271      Thompson 1b           4   2   0   0     1   0   .271
Velez rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Oglivie rf            3   2   2   3     0   0   .243
Ashby c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      May c                 3   0   1   0     1   0   .283
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .170      Mankowski 3b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .285
Bowling cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Scrivener ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .300
Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Arroyo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bruno p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DeBarr p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   5   0     1   1             Totals               36   9  13   8     4   2

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 11,349
Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Tigers 8
DP: Blue Jays 0, Tigers 2
Errors: A. Woods, Ashby
Doubles: Howell (5), Oglivie (8)
Triples: LeFlore (2)
Home Runs: Oglivie (10)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Oglivie (2)
GIDP: Rader (1), Ashby (4)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(4-6)        0.2   3   4   2   1   0   0   7   4.28
Bruno                   4.1   7   4   3   1   2   1  21   8.31
DeBarr                  3     3   1   1   2   0   0  13   4.50
Totals                  8    13   9   6   4   2   1  41

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arroyo W(5-3)           9     5   0   0   1   1   0  31   2.83
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   1   0  31

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); A.
Woods flied out to left; Howell doubled to left; Fairly walked;
Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Fuentes singled to left [LeFlore to
third, Fuentes to second (on throw to 3b)]; Staub flied out to
left; Kemp singled to right [LeFlore scored, Fuentes scored,
Kemp to second (on throw to home)]; Thompson reached on an error
by A. Woods [Kemp scored (unearned), Thompson to third]; Oglivie
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Thompson scored (unearned)]; May
singled to center; BRUNO REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING);
Mankowski singled to right [May to third]; Scrivener was called
out on strikes; 4 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 4.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Ashby
grounded out (second to first); McKay grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 2ND: LeFlore singled to left; LeFlore stole second
[LeFlore to third (error by Ashby)]; Fuentes flied out to left;
Staub singled to center [LeFlore scored (unearned)]; Kemp
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Staub to second]; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bowling grounded out (third to first); Bailor
grounded out (third to first); A. Woods grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 3RD: Oglivie flied out to center; May grounded out (first
unassisted); Mankowski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell singled to right; Fairly singled to right
[Howell to second]; Rader grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Howell to third, Fairly out at second]; Velez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 4TH: Scrivener grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
tripled to right; Fuentes reached on a fielder's choice [LeFlore
out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby flied out to left; McKay struck out;
Bowling singled to left; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 5.

TIGERS 5TH: Kemp struck out; Thompson walked; Oglivie homered
[Thompson scored]; May flied out to right; Mankowski flied out
to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 7.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: A. Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell
grounded out (first unassisted); Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 6TH: Scrivener singled to center; LeFlore singled to
center [Scrivener to third]; DEBARR REPLACED BRUNO (PITCHING);
Fuentes made an out to shortstop; Staub grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Scrivener scored, LeFlore to second]; Kemp flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 8.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Rader made an out to second; Velez singled to
left; Ashby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Velez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Tigers 8.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
doubled to left; May walked; Mankowski singled to center
[Oglivie scored, May to third, Mankowski out at second (center
to shortstop to catcher)]; Scrivener flied out to left; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 9.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowling
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 9.

TIGERS 8TH: LeFlore flied out to right; Fuentes singled to
right; Staub flied out to left; Kemp walked [Fuentes to second];
Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Tigers 9.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: A. Woods grounded out (first to pitcher); Howell
flied out to left; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Tigers 9.