ALDS Game 1: 1987-TOR 11, 1979-CAL 6

California 6 Toronto 11

Exhibition Stadium
Frost (L) Clancy (W)

Clancy started off rough with a Miller single followed by a wild pitch. He got Downing to strikeout but Grich followed up with a single. To save the inning Clancy then struck out Baylor and Ford. Frost didn't start out to well either a single to Fernandez and a walk to McGriff. He got Bell to popup. Whitt grounded out and Rance Mulliniks singled. In the third Clancy ran into trouble again after getting out leadoff batter Campaneris as Miller tripled, Downing followed up with a single, Walks to Grich and Baylor and singles by Ford and Aikens by then end 4 runs scored. Things were looking up for the Angels but McGriff walked to leadoff the Blue Jays bottom of the third. Bell singled and Whitt advanced them on a groundout. Mulliniks followed up with a double scoring both followed by a Moseby single once again knotting up the score. Frost and Clancy settled down again in the 4th. In the 5th Baylor doubled with 1 out and with 2 out Aikens brought him home and Lansford brought him home with a single. Things were looking heavenly for the Angels. Frost walked Bell to leadoff the Blue Jays 5th by was tagged out when Whitt hit it back to him but Whitt beat the throw relay to 1st. Game MVP Rance Mulliniks singles and Moseby then walked. Bases were loaded and Upshaw struckout, then all hell broke loose as Barfield singled to right, Liriano doubled to right and Fernandez kept it going with his own single to right. The Blue Jays were now up 9-6. Angels Starter Frost was pulled in the seventh after Upshaw singled and Barlow got them out of the inning. In the 8th with Clancy tiring Wells was brought in with 1 out and got Carew to ground out and struck out Anderson. Fernandez lead off the 8th by doubling to the wall in right-center, McGriff moved him to third on a single, Bell singled scoring Fernandez. Whitt struck out and Mulliniks sacrificed to left center scoring McGriff. Wells held on getting the save. 

--submitted by Robert Chisholm--

Toronto lead series 1-0