Rookie lefthander Jerry Garvin scattered eight hits and gained his third straight victory as the Blue Jays defeated the Yankees, 8-3. The Blue Jays scored four runs in the fourth inning and knocked out Gil Patterson, who was making his major league debut. Ex-Yankee Otto Velez singled a run home during the outburst and batted in another with a double in the sixth. The defeat was the fifth straight and eighth in 10 games for the Yankees. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 8, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Tuesday, April     19, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue Jays    0  0  0    4  2  1    1  0  0  -   8 11  2
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   3  8  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garcia 2b             5   1   1   0     0   1   .204      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Mason ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .111      White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .205
Bailor lf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .310      Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .189
Fairly dh             5   2   2   0     0   1   .240      Wynn dh               4   2   2   0     0   1   .360
Ault 1b               3   3   3   1     2   0   .349      Piniella 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .222
Velez rf              3   0   2   2     1   0   .381      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .143
  Bowling rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .125      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   1     0   1   .286
G. Woods cf           3   1   1   1     0   1   .178      Blair rf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .500
McKay 3b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .205      Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Ashby c               3   0   0   1     0   1   .290      Patterson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Guidry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  11   6     3   7             Totals               36   3   8   2     0   6

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  9,954
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Yankees 6
DP: Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1
Errors: G. Woods, Ashby, Munson 2
Doubles: Bailor (5), Fairly (4), G. Woods (2), Velez (2), Nettles (1)
Triples: Garcia (1), Wynn (1), Blair (1), Randolph (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (1)
Hit by Pitch: G. Woods (1,by Patterson)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin W(3-0)           9     8   3   2   0   6   0  36   2.08
Totals                  9     8   3   2   0   6   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Patterson L(0-1)        3.1   4   4   4   2   3   0  17  10.80
Guidry                  2.2   5   4   3   1   2   0  15   4.26
Tidrow                  3     2   0   0   0   2   0  10   2.53
Totals                  9    11   8   7   3   7   0  42

Passed Balls: Munson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Patterson (1)
Wild Pitches: Patterson (1), Guidry (1)
Balks: Garvin (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first);
Debut game for Gil Patterson; Mason struck out; Bailor flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); White
grounded out (third to first); Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Fairly made an out to shortstop; Ault walked;
Patterson threw a wild pitch [Ault to second]; Velez walked; G.
Woods was called out on strikes; McKay grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Wynn struck out; Piniella flied out to right; Ashby
dropped a foul fly hit by Nettles for an error; Nettles doubled
to right; Randolph flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby struck out; Garcia made an out to
shortstop; Mason grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Blair made an out to shortstop; Dent flied out to
left; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor doubled to left; Fairly singled to right
[Bailor to third]; Ault singled to right [Bailor scored, Fairly
to second]; Munson allowed a passed ball [Fairly to third, Ault
to second]; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); G. Woods was
hit by a pitch; Fairly was picked off third but was safe on an
error by Munson [Fairly scored, Ault to third, G. Woods to
second]; McKay singled to right [Ault scored, G. Woods to
third]; GUIDRY REPLACED PATTERSON (PITCHING); Ashby out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [G. Woods scored, McKay to
second]; Garcia flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: White flied out to center; Munson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynn tripled to left; Garvin balked [Wynn
scored]; Lou Piniella had hit a double on the pitch that was
called a balk by 3B umpire Dave Phillips; the Yankees protested
the game; Piniella struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mason flied out to left; Bailor made an out to
first; Fairly doubled to right; Ault walked; Velez singled to
right [Fairly scored, Ault to third]; G. Woods doubled to left
[Ault scored, Velez to third]; McKay struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles made an out to shortstop; Randolph struck
out; Blair tripled to center; Dent grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ashby made an out to shortstop; Garcia tripled to
left; On a bunt Mason reached on a fielder's choice [Garcia
scored (error by Munson) (unearned)]; Bailor forced Mason (third
to second); Fairly was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Rivers flied out to center; White grounded out
(third to first); Munson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 7, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ault singled to center; Guidry threw a wild pitch
[Ault to third]; TIDROW REPLACED GUIDRY (PITCHING); Velez
doubled to left [Ault scored]; G. Woods made an out to second;
McKay lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Velez out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: BOWLING REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Wynn flied out
to center; Piniella singled to center; Nettles forced Piniella
(second to shortstop); Randolph tripled to center [Nettles
scored]; Blair struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 8,
Yankees 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Garcia
struck out; Mason grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Dent made an out to third; Rivers flied out to
center; White singled to left; Munson forced White (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Yankees 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Fairly
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ault singled to center; Bowling
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Wynn singled to left; Piniella struck out; Nettles
reached on an error by G. Woods [Wynn to second]; Randolph flied
out to right; Blair singled to left [Wynn scored (unearned),
Nettles to second]; Dent forced Blair (shortstop to second); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 8, Yankees 3.