Game #583 - Cleveland Indians, 6 @ Toronto Blue Jays, 5
The Blue Jays jumped to a quick two-run lead in the bottom of the first when Damaso Garcia launched his first homer of the season, plating Lloyd Moseby in the process. They scored two more in the fourth when Tony Fernandez tripled home Rance Mulliniks and Willie Aikens singled Fernandez home two batters later.
The score was 4-1 after seven, which was when Dave Stieb got lifted. So began the Cleveland comeback! Jimmy Key gave up three runs in the eighth, including a two-RBI double by George Vukovich. In the top of the ninth, with the score now tied, Dennis Lamp gave up three straight singles but it was a Jorge Bell outfield error that allowed Pat Tabler and Mike Hargrove to score on the third hit.
With a two-run lead Mike Jeffcoat came in to face the lefty heavy top of the Toronto lineup. But he too permitted three singles, the third scoring Garcia. Ernie Camacho had to come in and induce a double play from the bat of Garth Iorg to end the game.
Winning Pitcher - Luis Aponte
Losing Pitcher - Dennis Lamp
Save - Ernie Camacho
Player of the Game - George Vukovich, 2-5, 2B, 2RBI
Game #584 - Cleveland Indians, 9 @ Toronto Blue Jays, 10 (12 innings!!!)
A Cliff Johnson solo homer in the second and two more Toronto runs in the third gave the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead to start off game two of the doubleheader. But Cleveland literally walked back into the game when Doyle Alexander surrendered an uncharacteristic four walks in a four-run fourth.
Toronto tied the game in the seventh when Cliff Johnson drove home Damaso Garcia, who was one of two Blue Jays hitters to get plunked by Neal Heaton in the inning. The game stayed knotted 4-4 after nine, so it was on to extra innings - free baseball!!!
After two games and extra frames, Jim Gott was the last arm left in the Toronto bullpen. He promptly got TORCHED in the top of the tenth. Clevenad put five runs on the board, including home runs from Andre Thornton and Carmelo Castillo. With a five run lead, surely the Indians had secured victory, right....?
...WRONG! Cleveland gave up five runs in the bottom of the tenth! Everything went wrong. Roy Smith, appearing in his first game on the season, gave up five hits, a balk, and suffered a Julio Franco error that put the Blue Jays right back into the game. Pat Tabler had another error, allowing Rick Leach to score and tie things up. Unbelievable!!!
Jim Gott got out of both jams he created in the top of the eleventh and twelfth to bring Toronto up in the bottom half of inning number twelve. That's when George Frazier came in, also the last arm left for Cleveland. With one out, Dave Collins and late-inning replacement Fred Manrique both singled to bring up Lloyd Moseby with two on. And Moseby...DOUBLED! WALK OFF WIN AFTER COMING BACK FROM A FIVE RUN DEFICIT IN THE TENTH!!!
Winning Pitcher - Jim Gott (!)
Losing Pitcher - George Frazier
Player of the Game - Lloyd Moseby, 2-6, SAC, 2 2Bs, 2RBI, R
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