The 1993 Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of 2 errors, pulling ahead late and barely hanging on to top the 1994 Cleveland Indians 8-7 to take a 1-0 series lead in the Loser’s Bracket of the Best of the 1990s Tournament. A throwing error in the 2nd inning by Omar Vizquel led to two unearned runs. Roberto Alomar’s solo home run in the 5th helped Toronto to a 4-1 lead. Toronto starter Juan Guzmán left in the 1st inning after being struck by line drive. Carlos Baerga’s home run was the only run given up by Al Leiter over the next 3 innings. But Cleveland scored 3 runs off Mark Eichhorn in the bottom of the 5th, and another off Danny Cox in the 6th to take back a 5-4 lead. Paul Sorrento misplayed a ball to start the 8th, leading to another unearned run, as the Blue Jays scored 3 runs off a tiring Dennis Martínez to retake the lead, adding an insurance run off Eric Plunk in the 9th. They needed it. Baerga singled, and Albert Belle tripled to lead off the 9th against closer Duane Ward. Belle scored on a groundout by Wayne Kirby after Eddie Murray was injured batting. The Indians then loaded the bases with a Herbert Perry single sandwiched between walks to Manny Ramírez and Sorrento. With the infield in, Sandy Alomar grounded a shot right at Ed Sprague, who started a 5-2-3 double play to end the game. It was Cleveland’s 4th straight loss. Pat Borders was productive in the #9 spot for Toronto, going 2 for 5 with 3 RBI. He also threw out two baserunners. The teams combined for 31 hits.