Friday, January 31, 2014

1987 AL Game: Toronto at NY. Bell hits 61st hr

TORONTO AT NEW YORK
September 21, 1987

Blue Jays....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 6 7 1
Yankees......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0
Win:Key(22-7) Loss:Leiter(1-1)
Homeruns- G.Bell(61st), J.Barfield(29th), K.Gruber(16th), D.Mattingly(20th)

Kelly Gruber jacked one out of the ballyard and had 2 RBI while Jimmy Key
completed the game and picked up his 22nd win as the Toronto Blue Jays
topped the New York Yankees by a score of 6 to 2 at Yankee
Stadium. George Bell hit his 61st homerun for Toronto, tying him with Roger Maris for the all time single season homerun record

Key(22-7) gave Toronto a solid outing. He went 9 innings allowing 9 hits and
1 walk. Toronto finished with 7 hits in the victory.

Al Leiter(1-1) was the losing pitcher. He pitched 6 and 1/3 innings allowing
5 hits and 1 walk. The Toronto ballclub's record now stands at 90-59 and moves them within 3.5 games of Detroit in the AL East.

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