Pitching his 13th complete game of the season, Rick Waits allowed only five hits as the Indians defeated the Blue Jays, 6-2. The Tribe took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Jim Norris doubled home Gary Alexander and scored on a single by Ted Cox.

Andre Thornton made it 3-0 with a homer in the third inning. The Indians added two more in the fourth on a triple by Duane Kuiper and groundout by Buddy Bell. Kuiper singled home Horace Speed in the eighth for the Indians' final run. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2

Game Played on Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 12 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 5 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .261 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Kuiper 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .287 Bailor 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .267 Bell 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .293 Velez rf 4 1 4 1 0 0 .283 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1 1 2 .275 Horton dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .255 Carbo dh 4 0 1 0 1 1 .279 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Alexander c 5 1 1 0 0 3 .228 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Norris rf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .286 Cerone c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Blanks ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 A. Woods lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Cox lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .235 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Speed lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .232 G. Woods ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 6 12 6 5 6 Totals 32 2 5 2 1 2 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 11,060 Left on Base: Indians 9, Blue Jays 4 DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Kuiper Doubles: Norris (9), Carbo (10), Velez (14) Triples: Kuiper (6) Home Runs: Thornton (29), Velez (8) Caught Stealing: Norris (7) GIDP: Bell (21), Gomez (9) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(11-13) 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 33 3.01 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 2 1 33 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kirkwood L(3-3) 2.1 5 3 3 2 0 1 14 4.11 Willis 5 7 3 3 3 3 0 24 4.89 Buskey 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.00 Cruz 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1.06 Totals 9 12 6 6 5 6 1 42 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Kuiper made an out to shortstop; Bell singled to shortstop; Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti popped to second in foul territory; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez singled to center; Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander singled to right; Norris doubled to left [Alexander scored]; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first) [Norris to third]; Cox singled to center [Norris scored]; Manning flied out to center; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); McKay flied out to right; Cerone made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Thornton homered; Carbo walked; WILLIS REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING); Alexander struck out; Norris walked [Carbo to second]; Blanks singled [Carbo to third, Norris to second]; Cox flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods singled to left; Gomez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [A. Woods out at second]; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 4TH: Manning singled to center; Kuiper tripled to center [Manning scored]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Kuiper scored]; Thornton struck out; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Velez singled to right; Horton reached on a fielder's choice [Velez to second (error by Kuiper)]; Mayberry struck out; McKay forced Horton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 5TH: Alexander struck out; Norris singled; Norris was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Blanks walked; Cox flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: SPEED REPLACED COX (PLAYING LF); Cerone flied out to center; A. Woods flied out to center; Gomez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Bailor walked; Velez doubled to left [Bailor to third]; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bailor scored, Velez to third]; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 7TH: Thornton flied out to right; Carbo doubled to center; Alexander made an out to second; Norris lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: McKay grounded out (third to first); Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 8TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Speed singled to left; Manning walked [Speed to second]; Kuiper singled to right [Speed scored, Manning to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Bell grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kuiper out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: G. WOODS BATTED FOR GOMEZ; G. Woods was called out on strikes; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 1. INDIANS 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED G. WOODS (PLAYING SS); CRUZ REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Thornton struck out; Carbo struck out; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez homered; Horton grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry grounded out (catcher to first); McKay flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 2.

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