Newly-acquired outfielder Champ Summers belted a homer, stroked two singles and scored twice to spark the Tigers to a 6-2 triumph over the Blue Jays. Summers ignited a three-run second inning with his round-tripper. A single by Lance Parrish, error by Jay center fielder Rick Bosetti and RBI singles by Aurelio Rodriguez and Lynn Jones capped the frame.

The Tigers added singletons in the third on an RBI single by Jason Thompson, in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Rodriguez and in the seventh on a run-scoring single by Rusty Staub. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Monday, May       28, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers       0  3  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   6 14  1
Blue Jays    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Jones cf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Ainge 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .318
Whitaker 2b           4   2   1   0     1   1   .305      Bailor rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Kemp lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .388      Howell 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .279
Staub dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .256      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Thompson 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .287
Summers rf            4   2   3   1     0   0   .235      Woods lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .273
Parrish c             4   1   3   0     0   0   .308      Bosetti cf            3   0   1   1     0   0   .226
Rodriguez 3b          3   1   2   2     0   0   .267      Cerone c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .199
Trammell ss           3   0   0   0     1   1   .257      Gomez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .385
Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6  14   6     2   2             Totals               32   2   7   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 10,740
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Blue Jays 6
DP: Tigers 3, Blue Jays 2
Errors: Whitaker, Bosetti
Doubles: Staub (8), Parrish (7), Whitaker (8), Rodriguez (6), Bosetti (8)
Triples: Woods (1)
Home Runs: Summers (1), Mayberry (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (1)
GIDP: Ainge (1), Howell (3), Carty (9)
Hit by Pitch: Bosetti (1,by Morris), Bailor (3,by Morris)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris W(2-1)           9     7   2   2   1   3   1  35   3.99
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   3   1  35

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(4-3)        6.2  13   6   6   2   1   1  32   3.10
Willis                  2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   7   6.05
Totals                  9    14   6   6   2   2   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Morris 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


TIGERS 1ST: Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitaker
flied out to left; Kemp flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Ainge grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell walked; Carty grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson made
an out to third; Summers homered; Parrish singled to center
[Parrish to third (error by Bosetti)]; Rodriguez singled to left
[Parrish scored]; Trammell walked [Rodriguez to second]; Jones
singled to center [Rodriguez scored, Trammell to third, Jones
out at second (center to catcher to shortstop)]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry homered; Woods singled to center;
Bosetti doubled to left [Woods scored]; Cerone struck out; Gomez
singled to right [Bosetti to third]; Ainge grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gomez out at
second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Whitaker walked; Kemp grounded out (second to first)
[Whitaker to second]; Staub flied out to right [Whitaker to
third]; Thompson singled to center [Whitaker scored]; Summers
singled to right [Thompson out at third (right to third)]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor flied out to left; Howell struck out;
Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Parrish singled to center; Rodriguez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Parrish to second]; Trammell grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Parrish to third]; Jones grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (third to first); Woods
tripled to right; Bosetti was hit by a pitch; Cerone made an out
to second; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Kemp flied
out to left; Staub doubled to center; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ainge struck out; Bailor was hit by a pitch;
Howell grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4,
Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Summers singled to right; Parrish doubled to right
[Summers to third]; Rodriguez sacrifice flied into a double play
to center [Summers scored, Parrish out at third (center to
third)]; Trammell was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty flied out to right; Mayberry singled to
left; Woods made an out to shortstop; Bosetti forced Mayberry
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Blue Jays
2.

TIGERS 7TH: Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitaker
doubled to center; Kemp grounded out (second to first) [Whitaker
to third]; Staub singled to right [Whitaker scored]; Thompson
singled to right [Staub to second]; WILLIS REPLACED LEMANCZYK
(PITCHING); Summers grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone flied out to left; Gomez grounded out
(third to first); Ainge grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez
doubled to center; Trammell flied into a double play (center to
second) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
6, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell
singled to center; Carty grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Howell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 6, Blue Jays 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker
struck out; Kemp popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 6, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry reached on an error by Whitaker; Woods
popped to third in foul territory; Bosetti flied out to left;
Cerone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Blue Jays 2.