The Indians got off to a fast start and held on to top the Blue Jays, 4-2. Jim Norris opened the game with a single and scored on a double by Johnny Grubb, who scored on Andre Thornton's double.

The Tribe added a run in the second on an RBI single by Rick Manning and in the ninth on a wild pitch. The Jays' runs came in the first on back-to-back singles by Bob Bailor and Roy Howell followed by a wild pitch and in the ninth on Rico Carty's solo homer. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Monday, April 24, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 0 Blue Jays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 10 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norris rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .364 Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .250 Grubb lf 3 1 2 1 1 1 .341 Bailor rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .391 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .404 Howell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Thornton 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .304 Carty dh 4 1 3 1 1 0 .245 Blanks ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .245 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Ault lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .375 Pruitt c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .243 Hutton lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Cerone c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Manning cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .133 Iorg 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .231 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .154 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Velez ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 Nordbrook pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 8 3 2 2 Totals 36 2 10 1 6 4 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 10,776 Left on Base: Indians 4, Blue Jays 13 DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Cerone, Gomez Doubles: Grubb (4), Thornton (3), Blanks (6) Home Runs: Carty (2) Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (2) GIDP: Bell 2 (3), Gomez (2) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hood W(1-0) 7.2 9 1 1 5 3 0 36 4.08 Kern SV(1) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 4.50 Totals 9 10 2 2 6 4 1 42 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk L(0-4) 8 8 4 4 2 2 0 32 7.77 Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 2 0 35 Wild Pitches: Hood (2), Lemanczyk (1), Murphy (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Deegan INDIANS 1ST: Norris singled to second; Norris was picked off first but was safe on an error by Cerone [Norris to second]; Grubb doubled to left [Norris scored]; Bell flied out to right; Thornton doubled to left [Grubb scored]; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Thornton to third]; Horton grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti flied out to left; Bailor singled to center; Howell singled to right [Bailor to third]; Hood threw a wild pitch [Bailor scored, Howell to second]; Carty walked; Mayberry walked [Howell to third, Carty to second]; Ault was called out on strikes; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 2ND: Pruitt singled to shortstop [Pruitt to second (error by Gomez)]; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Pruitt to third]; Manning singled to right [Pruitt scored]; Norris singled to left [Manning to second]; Grubb struck out; Bell struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Iorg singled to center; Gomez grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Iorg out at second]; Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled to right [Bosetti to second]; Howell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 3RD: Thornton lined to shortstop; Blanks popped to first; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; Mayberry flied out to right; Ault grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt flied out to right; Kuiper flied out to center; Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone popped to first; Iorg walked; Gomez singled to left [Iorg to second]; Bosetti flied out to left; Bailor forced Gomez (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to center; Grubb singled to right; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Howell flied out to left; Carty singled to left; Mayberry singled to center [Carty to second]; Ault forced Mayberry (third to second) [Carty to third]; Cerone flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Blanks grounded out (third to first); Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Iorg grounded out (third to first); Gomez made an out to second; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell popped to second; Carty singled to right; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 8TH: Norris flied out to right; Grubb walked; Bell grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ault walked; Cerone forced Ault (pitcher to shortstop); Iorg forced Cerone (third to second); VELEZ BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Velez walked [Iorg to second]; NORDBROOK RAN FOR VELEZ; KERN REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Bosetti walked [Iorg to third, Nordbrook to second]; Bailor forced Bosetti (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 9TH: NORDBROOK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HUTTON REPLACED AULT (PLAYING LF); Thornton walked; Blanks doubled to left [Thornton to third]; MURPHY REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Murphy threw a wild pitch [Thornton scored, Blanks to third]; Horton grounded out (third to first); Pruitt reached on a fielder's choice [Blanks out at home (pitcher to catcher to third to pitcher), Pruitt to second]; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell flied out to center; Carty homered; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Hutton flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Blue Jays 2.

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