Detroit Tigers 3 – 2 Toronto Blue Jays
1 August 1978 · TOR01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Roy Howell | 1 in 107 games |
| 13 | final score 3–2 | 1 in 17 games | |
| 5 | 9 innings pitched | Jim Slaton | 1 in 12 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
Detroit Tigers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron LeFlore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lou Whitaker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3B |
| Rusty Staub | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Thompson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kemp | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Milt May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Corcoran | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Mankowski | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Trammell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Detroit Tigers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Slaton | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Toronto Blue Jays batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Bosetti | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Bailor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roy Howell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rico Carty | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mayberry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alan Ashby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Woods | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tim Johnson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Gomez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Toronto Blue Jays pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Clancy | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |