A home run by Otto Velez in the 14th inning gave the Blue Jays an 8-7 victory over the Tigers. The game-winning blow, off losing pitcher Bob Sykes, came on a 2-2 pitch. The Tigers trailed, 6-3, going into the top of the ninth but staged a three-run outburst to deadlock the game.

They went ahead in the top of the 10th on a leadoff homer by Lance Parrish, but the Jays tied the contest in the bottom of the frame when Rico Carty led off with a walk against reliever Steve Foucault. Pinch-runner Dave McKay advanced to second on a wild pitch. Sykes relieved Foucault and gave up a sacrifice to Willie Upshaw and a sacrifice fly to Alan Ashby. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 8, Detroit Tigers 7

Game Played on Monday, July 31, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Tigers 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 - 7 15 2 Blue Jays 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 0 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 6 1 2 1 2 1 .294 Bosetti cf 6 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Whitaker 2b 8 0 2 0 0 0 .298 Bailor rf,ss 5 1 2 0 1 0 .262 Staub dh 4 1 2 1 1 1 .301 Howell 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .288 Corcoran pr,dh 1 0 0 0 1 0 .255 Carty dh 4 2 2 4 1 2 .277 Thompson 1b 5 0 1 2 2 0 .303 McKay pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 .232 Kemp lf 4 0 1 2 3 0 .272 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .256 Rodriguez 3b 7 0 1 0 0 1 .258 Upshaw pr,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Parrish c 7 1 2 1 0 0 .219 Ashby c 5 0 2 2 0 0 .266 Wockenfuss rf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .268 A. Woods lf 6 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Dillard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .247 Johnson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Stanley rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Gomez ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Trammell ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .270 Velez ph,rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .301 May ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner pr,ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .252 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Glynn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sykes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 53 7 15 7 12 5 Totals 46 8 12 7 4 5 Time of Game: 3:59 Attendance: 18,032 Left on Base: Tigers 16, Blue Jays 6 DP: Tigers 3, Blue Jays 3 Errors: Wockenfuss, Trammell Doubles: Parrish (7), Wagner (1), Rodriguez (15) Home Runs: Parrish (8), Carty (16), Velez (4) Stolen Bases: LeFlore 2 (48) Caught Stealing: Upshaw (6) Sacrifice Hits: Howell (3), Upshaw (2) Sacrifice Flies: Ashby (1) GIDP: Rodriguez (5), Parrish (8), Whitaker (5), Bosetti (4) Hit by Pitch: Johnson (1,by Sykes) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Billingham 5 8 6 5 2 2 1 25 3.98 Morris 3.2 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 4.16 Glynn 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Foucault 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.89 Sykes L(5-5) 4.1 1 1 1 0 1 1 14 3.59 Totals 13.1 12 8 7 4 5 2 54 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore 8 8 4 4 5 4 0 35 3.87 Cruz 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 0.83 Garvin 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 5.79 Murphy 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 12 4.37 Willis 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 5.65 Coleman W(5-0) 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.78 Totals 14 15 7 7 12 5 1 65 Passed Balls: Ashby (9) Hit by Pitch: Sykes (1) Wild Pitches: Foucault (1), Murphy (6) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Russ Goetz TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore lined to right; Whitaker singled to center; Staub struck out; Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to center; Bailor singled [Bosetti to second]; Howell walked [Bosetti to third, Bailor to second]; Carty homered [Bosetti scored, Bailor scored, Howell scored]; Mayberry flied out to center; Ashby singled to left; A. Woods popped to catcher in foul territory; Johnson singled to center [Ashby to second]; Gomez struck out; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 4. TIGERS 2ND: Kemp grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez struck out; Parrish grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell singled; Carty struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Blue Jays 4. TIGERS 3RD: Wockenfuss walked; Trammell singled to left [Wockenfuss to second]; LeFlore was called out on strikes; Whitaker popped to right; Staub singled [Wockenfuss to third, Trammell to second]; Thompson singled to right [Wockenfuss scored, Trammell scored, Staub to third]; Kemp singled [Staub scored, Thompson to second]; Rodriguez flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 4. TIGERS 4TH: Parrish flied out to left; Wockenfuss flied out to left; Trammell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Johnson grounded out (first unassisted); Gomez lined to second; Bosetti lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 4. TIGERS 5TH: LeFlore flied out to right; Whitaker flied out to left; Staub walked; Thompson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor flied out to left; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty singled to center; Mayberry walked [Carty to second]; Ashby singled to right [Carty scored, Mayberry scored (error by Wockenfuss) (unearned), Ashby to third]; A. Woods popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. TIGERS 6TH: Kemp walked; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kemp out at second]; Parrish doubled to left; Ashby allowed a passed ball [Parrish to third]; Wockenfuss walked; Trammell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 6TH: MORRIS REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to left; Gomez reached on an error by Trammell; Bosetti flied into a double play (center to first) [Gomez out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. TIGERS 7TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker flied out to center; Staub singled; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor singled to left; Howell hit into a double play (pitcher to first) [Bailor out at third (first to third to shortstop)]; Carty struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. TIGERS 8TH: Kemp walked; Rodriguez flied out to center; Parrish grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Mayberry singled to left; UPSHAW RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Ashby popped to pitcher; Upshaw was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); A. Woods popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 3, Blue Jays 6. TIGERS 9TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Wockenfuss singled to left; DILLARD RAN FOR WOCKENFUSS; CRUZ REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; May walked [Dillard to second]; WAGNER RAN FOR MAY; LeFlore singled to right [Dillard scored, Wagner to second]; Whitaker singled [Wagner to third, LeFlore to second]; Staub forced Whitaker (first to shortstop) [Wagner scored, LeFlore to third]; CORCORAN RAN FOR STAUB; Thompson walked [Corcoran to second]; GARVIN REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Kemp forced Thompson (second to shortstop) [LeFlore scored, Corcoran to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 9TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STANLEY REPLACED DILLARD (PLAYING RF); WAGNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Johnson flied out to center; VELEZ BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti singled to center; Bailor walked [Bosetti to second]; GLYNN REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 6, Blue Jays 6. TIGERS 10TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Parrish homered; Stanley singled; MURPHY REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Wagner struck out; LeFlore singled to left [Stanley to second]; Whitaker grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [LeFlore out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 10TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED GLYNN (PITCHING); Carty walked; MCKAY RAN FOR CARTY; Foucault threw a wild pitch [McKay to second]; SYKES REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Upshaw out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [McKay to third]; Ashby lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [McKay scored]; A. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. TIGERS 11TH: MCKAY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Corcoran flied out to center; Thompson walked; Kemp flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. BLUE JAYS 11TH: Johnson was hit by a pitch; Velez made an out to first; Bosetti grounded into a double play (second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. TIGERS 12TH: Parrish grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley grounded out (third to first); Wagner doubled to left; Murphy threw a wild pitch [Wagner to third]; LeFlore walked; LeFlore stole second; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. BLUE JAYS 12TH: Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell struck out; McKay made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. TIGERS 13TH: WILLIS REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Corcoran walked; Thompson flied out to center; Corcoran was picked off first (pitcher to first); Kemp walked; Rodriguez doubled to left [Kemp to third]; COLEMAN REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. BLUE JAYS 13TH: Upshaw grounded out (second to first); Ashby flied out to right; A. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. TIGERS 14TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore walked; LeFlore stole second; Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 7. BLUE JAYS 14TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Velez homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 7, Blue Jays 8.

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