Pat Underwood, making his major league debut against his brother Tom, combined with two relievers on a three-hitter to shut out the Blue Jays, 1-0, and give the Tigers their sixth straight victory. The only run of the game came in the eighth inning when Jerry Morales homered. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 1, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Thursday, May       31, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Griffin ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Jones cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Bailor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Whitaker 2b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .309      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .264
Kemp lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .362      Carty dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Staub dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Velez 1b,lf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .297      Bosetti cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Parrish c             3   0   1   0     1   1   .331      Ainge 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .324
Morales rf            3   1   2   1     0   0   .242      Cerone c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .196
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Woods lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Trammell ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Robertson ph,1b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     2   6             Totals               28   0   3   0     1   5

Time of Game: 1:52   Attendance: 12,423
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Blue Jays 3
DP: Tigers 0, Blue Jays 1
Doubles: Carty (9), Griffin (7)
Home Runs: Morales (4)
Caught Stealing: Whitaker (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (7)
GIDP: Kemp (4)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(1-0)        8.1   3   0   0   1   4   0  28   0.00
Tobik                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.93
Hiller SV(4)            0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.58
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   5   0  30

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(0-7)        9     6   1   1   2   6   1  33   4.80
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   6   1  33

Passed Balls: Cerone (4)

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


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Debut game for Pat
Underwood; Whitaker singled to center; Whitaker was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kemp struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin made an out to shortstop; Bailor lined to
right; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue
Jays 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub flied out to center; Thompson flied out to
left; Parrish singled to left; Morales singled to right [Parrish
to third]; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty made an out to second; Velez was called out
on strikes; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell made an out to second; LeFlore flied out to
right; Whitaker flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge flied out to center; Cerone made an out to
shortstop; Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub flied to
left in foul territory; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin flied out to left; Bailor lined to left;
Howell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish walked; Morales grounded out (third to
first) [Parrish to second]; Rodriguez struck out; Trammell lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Carty doubled to center; Velez grounded out
(third to first); Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first);
Ainge struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitaker
singled to center; Kemp grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Whitaker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Cerone walked; Woods struck out; Griffin out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Cerone to second]; Bailor
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub popped to first in foul territory; Thompson
was called out on strikes; Parrish was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell flied out to center; Carty flied out to
center; Velez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Morales homered; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore singled to
right; Cerone allowed a passed ball [LeFlore to second];
Whitaker struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays
0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: JONES REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING CF); Bosetti
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge singled to center;
Cerone grounded out (pitcher to first) [Ainge to second];
ROBERTSON BATTED FOR WOODS; Ainge was picked off second (pitcher
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.

TIGERS 9TH: ROBERTSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); VELEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Kemp grounded out (second to first);
Staub struck out; Thompson walked; Parrish forced Thompson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Robertson grounded out (catcher to first);
Griffin doubled to left; TOBIK REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING);
Bailor flied out to right; HILLER REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING);
Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Blue Jays 0.