Although there was only a one hit difference in their totals, the Indians overwhelmed the Blue Jays, 12-3, with an attack that included the first grand slam of Gary Alexander's major league career. The Indians collected 15 hits to 14 for the Blue Jays.

Buddy Bell hit a triple and two singles for the Indians, accounting for three runs, and Jim Norris also produced three with a single and a pair of sacrifice flies. The Indians knocked out Jim Clancy while scoring four runs in the third inning. Mike Willis was whacked for five runs in the fourth. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 12, Toronto Blue Jays 3

Game Played on Saturday, June 24, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 14 2 Indians 0 0 4 5 1 0 2 0 x - 12 15 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Upshaw lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .284 Norris rf 3 1 1 3 0 1 .275 Bailor cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Manning cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .258 Howell 3b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .295 Speed cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Carty dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 .280 Bell 3b 4 2 3 3 1 0 .310 Mayberry 1b 5 0 2 1 0 2 .252 Thornton 1b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .274 Hutton rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .237 Grubb lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .234 Velez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Alexander c 3 1 1 4 0 0 .213 McKay 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .243 Diaz c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Cerone c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Cox dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 .235 Gomez ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .219 Kuiper 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .252 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Veryzer ss 4 2 3 1 0 0 .266 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 3 14 3 2 5 Totals 37 12 15 12 4 4 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 7,176 Left on Base: Blue Jays 12, Indians 7 DP: Blue Jays 1, Indians 1 Errors: Bailor, Howell Doubles: Upshaw (8), Bailor (12), Kuiper (7) Triples: Bell (6), Grubb (4) Home Runs: Alexander (12) Sacrifice Flies: Norris 2 (2) GIDP: Carty (6), Thornton (5) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy L(4-7) 2 6 4 4 1 1 0 14 5.21 Willis 3 5 6 6 1 1 1 15 5.82 Coleman 1.1 4 2 2 2 0 0 9 2.72 Cruz 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0.00 Totals 8 15 12 12 4 4 1 43 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton W(4-4) 7.1 13 3 3 2 4 0 36 4.10 Monge 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.52 Totals 9 14 3 3 2 5 0 42 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ted Hendry BLUE JAYS 1ST: Upshaw singled to left; Bailor made an out to second; Howell flied out to center; Carty singled to left [Upshaw to second]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell singled to pitcher; Thornton reached on an error by Howell [Bell to second]; Grubb struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Hutton singled to left; McKay forced Hutton (second to shortstop); Cerone made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Gomez singled [McKay to second]; Upshaw doubled to right [McKay scored, Gomez to third]; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (second to first); Cox grounded out (third to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Howell singled to right; Carty grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Howell out at second]; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer singled to center [Veryzer to second (error by Bailor)]; Norris singled to left [Veryzer scored]; Manning singled to right [Norris to third]; Bell tripled to right [Norris scored, Manning scored]; Thornton walked; Grubb singled to right [Bell scored, Thornton to second]; WILLIS REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); Alexander made an out to second; Cox flied out to center; Kuiper flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Hutton flied out to center; McKay struck out; Cerone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 4. INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer singled to center; Norris was called out on strikes; Manning singled to center [Veryzer to second]; Bell singled to left [Veryzer scored, Manning to third, Bell to second (on throw)]; Thornton was walked intentionally; Grubb forced Manning (first to catcher) [Bell to third, Thornton to second]; Alexander homered [Bell scored, Thornton scored, Grubb scored]; Cox made an out to second; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 9. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Upshaw grounded out (first to pitcher); Bailor doubled to left; Howell singled to left [Bailor scored]; Carty singled to right [Howell to third]; Mayberry singled to right [Howell scored, Carty to third]; Hutton struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 9. INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper doubled to right; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kuiper to third]; Norris hit a sacrifice fly to right [Kuiper scored]; Manning flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 10. BLUE JAYS 6TH: SPEED REPLACED MANNING (PLAYING CF); DIAZ REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); McKay flied to left in foul territory; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Gomez walked; Upshaw grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 10. INDIANS 6TH: COLEMAN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Bell walked; Thornton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bell out at second]; Grubb tripled to right; Diaz flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 10. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor flied out to center; Howell walked; Carty flied out to right; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 10. INDIANS 7TH: Cox singled to center; Kuiper singled to center [Cox to third]; Veryzer singled to right [Cox scored, Kuiper to third]; Norris hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kuiper scored]; Speed walked [Veryzer to second]; CRUZ REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Bell flied out to center; Debut game for Victor Cruz; Thornton struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 12. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); McKay singled to left; Cerone singled to right [McKay to second]; Gomez singled to right [McKay to third, Cerone to second]; MONGE REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Upshaw struck out; Bailor made an out to third; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 12. INDIANS 8TH: Grubb struck out; Diaz flied out to right; Cox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 12. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell made an out to shortstop; Carty made an out to catcher; Mayberry singled to right; VELEZ BATTED FOR HUTTON; Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Indians 12.

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