The Indians defeated the Blue Jays, 8-5, when Ray Fosse tripled with the bases full in the 11th inning. Fosse delivered against losing pitcher Mike Willis after Jim Norris singled and Buddy Bell and Larvell Blanks walked. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Monday, June      20, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  1    1  1  0    0  3  -   8 12  2
Blue Jays    0  2  0    2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  -   5 13  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             6   0   1   1     0   0   .263      Scott cf              6   0   0   0     0   2   .248
Dade lf,rf            5   1   2   1     1   1   .329      Bailor ss             5   0   1   0     0   1   .325
Norris cf             5   2   3   1     1   1   .288      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     1   2   .275
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     2   2   .192      Fairly rf             5   2   4   0     0   0   .328
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .298      A. Woods lf           2   1   2   0     0   0   .329
Blanks dh             4   2   1   1     2   0   .243        Ewing pr,lf         3   1   0   0     0   1   .292
Lowenstein rf         2   0   0   0     2   0   .288      Rader dh              3   1   1   1     1   0   .262
  Melton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Ault 1b               5   0   3   1     0   1   .251
  Grubb lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .301      Ashby c               4   0   1   1     1   0   .209
Fosse c               5   1   2   3     1   2   .270      McKay 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .178
Duffy ss              6   1   2   1     0   1   .194        Whitt ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Byrd p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43   8  12   8    10   8             Totals               42   5  13   3     3   9

Time of Game: 3:37   Attendance: 24,568
Left on Base: Indians 13, Blue Jays 8
DP: Indians 3, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Duffy, Dobson
Doubles: Blanks (3), Dade (6), Duffy (3), Ault (11)
Triples: Fosse (1)
Home Runs: Duffy (2)
Stolen Bases: Bailor (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Bell (5), Rader (1)
GIDP: McKay (8), Ashby (6), Ewing (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris              3     7   4   4   0   4   0  15   5.24
Dobson W(2-6)           7.1   6   1   0   3   4   0  29   6.14
Kern SV(8)              0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.79
Totals                 11    13   5   4   3   9   0  46

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Byrd                    5     5   3   3   5   4   0  25   5.40
Johnson                 1     2   1   1   2   1   0   6   2.70
Willis L(2-2)           5     5   4   4   3   3   1  23   2.83
Totals                 11    12   8   8  10   8   1  54

Wild Pitches: Willis (1)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Debut
game for Jeff Byrd; Dade struck out; Norris struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Scott was called out on strikes; Bailor grounded
out (third to first); Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Bell flied out to right;
Blanks doubled to left; Lowenstein walked; Fosse walked [Blanks
to third, Lowenstein to second]; Duffy forced Lowenstein (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly singled to center; A. Woods singled to
left [Fairly to second]; Rader out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to first) [Fairly to third, A. Woods to second]; Ault singled to
center [Fairly scored, A. Woods to third]; Ashby singled to
center [A. Woods scored, Ault to second]; McKay grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Ault out at third]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Dade
grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris singled to center;
Thornton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Scott made an out to first; Bailor was called out
on strikes; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Blue Jays 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
popped to first in foul territory; Lowenstein grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Fairly singled to left; A. Woods singled to left
[Fairly to third]; Rader singled to left [Fairly scored, A.
Woods to second]; DOBSON REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); EWING
RAN FOR A. WOODS; Ault singled [Ewing to third, Rader to
second]; Ashby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Ewing scored (no RBI), Rader to third, Ault out at
second]; McKay was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 5TH: EWING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Fosse singled to
left; Duffy grounded out (pitcher to first) [Fosse to second];
Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first) [Fosse to third]; Dade
doubled to center [Fosse scored]; Norris singled to left [Dade
scored]; Thornton walked [Norris to second]; Bell made an out to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Bailor
singled to left; Bailor stole second; Howell walked; Fairly
flied out to center; Ewing was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Blue Jays 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Blanks walked; Lowenstein walked [Blanks to
second]; JOHNSON REPLACED BYRD (PITCHING); Fosse struck out;
Duffy popped to third in foul territory; Kuiper singled to
center [Blanks scored, Lowenstein to second]; Dade singled to
left [Lowenstein out at home (left to catcher), Kuiper to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Rader walked; Ault struck out; Ashby grounded out
(second to first) [Rader to second]; McKay singled to pitcher
[Rader scored (error by Dobson) (unearned)]; Scott struck out; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Blue Jays 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Norris walked; Thornton walked [Norris to second];
WILLIS REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Bell out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Norris to third, Thornton to second];
Blanks reached on a fielder's choice [Norris scored, Thornton
out at third (shortstop to third)]; Lowenstein flied out to
left; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor flied out to center; Howell flied out to
left; Fairly singled; Ewing flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Blue Jays 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Fosse struck out; Duffy homered; Kuiper flied out
to center; Dade walked; Norris flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Rader made an out to first; Ault made an out to
second; Ashby made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Blue Jays 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Thornton flied out to left; Bell singled to left;
Blanks flied out to left; MELTON BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Melton
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: GRUBB REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING LF); DADE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); McKay flied out to center; Scott flied
out to left; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 5.

INDIANS 10TH: Fosse flied out to center; Duffy doubled to
center; Kuiper lined to third; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Fairly
singled to right; Ewing grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 5, Blue Jays 5.

INDIANS 11TH: Norris singled to center; Willis threw a wild
pitch [Norris to second]; Thornton grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bell was walked intentionally; Blanks walked [Norris to
third, Bell to second]; Grubb struck out; Fosse tripled to right
[Norris scored, Bell scored, Blanks scored]; Duffy struck out; 3
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 11TH: Rader reached on an error by Duffy; Ault doubled
to left [Rader out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)];
Ashby walked; KERN REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); WHITT BATTED FOR
MCKAY; Whitt struck out; Scott flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 8, Blue Jays 5.