Sunday October 2, 1977
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Cleveland Indians 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, October 2, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 6 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norris rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .270 G. Woods cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Oliver 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .318 Bailor lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Blanks 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 .286 Ewing dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .287 Thornton 1b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .263 Rader ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .251 Bochte lf 2 1 1 2 0 0 .301 Howell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .302 Pruitt ph,lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .288 Ault 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Manning cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .226 McKay 2b 3 1 2 1 1 1 .197 Spikes dh 2 0 0 1 2 1 .232 Cerone c 3 1 0 0 1 2 .200 Kendall c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Bowling rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .206 Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .146 Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Camper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Velez ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .256 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torres ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Vuckovich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 6 5 8 4 Totals 35 4 8 4 3 6 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 27,789 Left on Base: Indians 10, Blue Jays 7 DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Griffin, Clancy Doubles: Norris (23), Bochte (23), Howell (17), Bowling (8) Stolen Bases: Thornton (3) Sacrifice Hits: Oliver (2) GIDP: Howell (16) Hit by Pitch: Kendall (1,by Vuckovich), Thornton (11,by Vuckovich) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Camper W(1-0) 5.1 7 4 4 2 5 0 25 3.86 Waits SV(2) 3.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 13 3.99 Totals 9 8 4 4 3 6 0 38 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy L(4-9) 1.1 3 5 4 4 0 0 11 5.05 Willis 5.2 3 0 0 3 4 0 22 3.94 Vuckovich 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 3.47 Totals 9 6 5 4 8 4 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich 2 (5) Wild Pitches: Camper (1), Clancy (4), Willis (3) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Dale Ford INDIANS 1ST: Norris doubled to left; Oliver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second to first) [Norris to third]; Blanks singled to left [Norris scored]; Clancy threw a wild pitch [Blanks to second]; Thornton walked; Bochte doubled to left [Blanks scored, Thornton scored, Bochte to third (error by Clancy)]; Manning walked; Spikes forced Manning (shortstop unassisted) [Bochte scored (unearned)]; Kendall grounded out (third to first); 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor flied out to right; Ewing grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 2ND: Griffin flied out to right; Norris walked; Oliver walked [Norris to second]; WILLIS REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Willis threw a wild pitch [Norris out at home (catcher to third), Oliver to second]; Blanks singled to left [Oliver scored, Blanks to second (on throw to home)]; Thornton grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell struck out; Ault singled to left; McKay singled to center [Ault to second]; Cerone struck out; Bowling flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 3RD: Bochte grounded out (catcher to first); Manning flied out to center; Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Nordbrook flied out to right; G. Woods struck out; Bailor flied out to center; 3 minute delay here to display prizes for fan appreciation day; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 4TH: Kendall struck out; Griffin lined to third; Norris made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Ewing flied out to center; Howell doubled to left; Ault struck out; McKay singled to left [Howell scored]; Cerone struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 5TH: Oliver made an out to third; Blanks flied out to right; Thornton walked; PRUITT BATTED FOR BOCHTE; Pruitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bowling singled to left; Nordbrook flied out to left; G. Woods flied out to left; Bailor singled to left [Bowling to second]; Camper threw a wild pitch [Bowling to third, Bailor to second]; Ewing singled to left [Bowling scored, Bailor to third]; Howell forced Ewing (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 2. INDIANS 6TH: Manning flied out to center; Spikes walked; Kendall forced Spikes (shortstop to second); Griffin singled to left [Kendall to second]; Norris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ault popped to first in foul territory; McKay walked; Cerone walked [McKay to second]; WAITS REPLACED CAMPER (PITCHING); Bowling doubled to left [McKay scored, Cerone to third]; VELEZ BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cerone scored]; G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4. INDIANS 7TH: TORRES REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING SS); Oliver grounded out (second to first); Blanks singled to left; Thornton flied out to right; Pruitt walked [Blanks to second]; Manning struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); RADER BATTED FOR EWING; Rader walked; Howell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rader out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4. INDIANS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); VUCKOVICH REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Spikes walked; Kendall was hit by a pitch [Spikes to second]; Griffin forced Spikes (shortstop to third) [Kendall to second]; Norris flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ault reached on an error by Griffin; McKay struck out; Cerone popped to first in foul territory; Bowling forced Ault (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4. INDIANS 9TH: Blanks flied out to right; Thornton was hit by a pitch; Thornton stole second; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 4.

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