The Indians and Blue Jays split a twin bill, the Tribe capturing the opener, 6-4, and the Jays winning the nightcap, 7-1. The score was 4-4 in the first game when Wayne Cage drew a leadoff walk in the fifth inning and Gary Alexander followed with a home run.

In the second contest, Willie Horton drove in two runs and Don Kirkwood pitched a six-hitter to produce a Toronto victory. The Jays chased Tribe starter and loser Rick Wise with a three-run uprising after two were out in the fifth. A single by Al Woods, walk to Roy Howell and an RBI single sent Wise to the showers and brought on Don Hood. John Mayberry and Otto Velez greeted the reliever with RBI singles. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 4 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Blue Jays 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Indians 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 x - 6 9 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Manning cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 G. Woods rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .167 Bell 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .291 Bailor 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .268 Velez lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .282 Cage dh 2 1 1 0 2 1 .231 Alberts dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .313 Alexander c 4 1 2 3 0 0 .235 Ault 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .229 Carbo rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .282 McKay 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .249 Speed rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Cerone c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Norris lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Horton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Veryzer ss 4 2 1 0 0 0 .271 Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 4 2 3 Totals 32 6 9 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:09 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Indians 6 DP: Blue Jays 0, Indians 1 Errors: Jefferson Doubles: Bosetti (22), Alberts (1), Veryzer (16) Home Runs: Velez (9), Ault (3), McKay (7), Alexander (25), Thornton (30) Caught Stealing: Cage (1) GIDP: Bailor (5) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson L(7-13) 4 7 5 5 4 2 1 23 4.41 Coleman 4 2 1 1 0 1 1 13 3.50 Totals 8 9 6 6 4 3 2 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(12-13) 9 9 4 4 2 3 3 37 3.05 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 3 3 37 Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Joe Brinkman BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti was called out on strikes; G. Woods grounded out (third to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell walked; Bell was picked off first but was safe on an error by Jefferson [Bell to second]; Thornton was called out on strikes; Cage walked; Alexander singled to left [Bell scored, Cage to third, Alexander to second (on throw)]; Carbo grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Indians 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez homered; Alberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault lined to second; McKay grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Norris singled to center; Kuiper walked [Norris to second]; Veryzer forced Kuiper (shortstop to second) [Norris to third]; Manning reached on a fielder's choice [Norris out at home (pitcher to catcher to third), Veryzer to second]; Bell singled to right [Veryzer scored, Manning to third]; Thornton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone flied out to right; Gomez grounded out (third to first); Bosetti doubled to center; G. Woods walked; Bailor forced G. Woods (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 2. INDIANS 3RD: Cage struck out; Alexander grounded out (third to first); Carbo singled to left; Norris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Indians 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez grounded out (third to first); Alberts doubled to left; Ault homered [Alberts scored]; McKay homered; Cerone was called out on strikes; Gomez singled to center; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 2. INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer doubled to left; Manning singled to center [Veryzer scored]; Bell flied out to right; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: G. Woods singled to left; Bailor grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [G. Woods out at second]; Velez walked; Alberts flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 3. INDIANS 5TH: Cage walked; Alexander homered [Cage scored]; COLEMAN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); Norris grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: SPEED REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING RF); Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay singled to left; Cerone flied out to right; Gomez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Manning flied out to left; Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti flied out to right; G. Woods flied out to right; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 5. INDIANS 7TH: Thornton homered; Cage singled to left; Alexander flied out to left; Cage was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Speed struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez flied out to right; Alberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Ault struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. INDIANS 8TH: Norris grounded out (first unassisted); Kuiper popped to shortstop in foul territory; Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay grounded out (shortstop to first); Cerone made an out to shortstop; HORTON BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Horton singled to left; JOHNSON RAN FOR HORTON; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Indians 6.

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