The A's got only two hits off lefty Tom Underwood but that was all they needed to gain a 2-1 triumph over the Blue Jays. Bill North doubled to lead off the fourth inning, went to third on a sacrifice and scored while Mitchell Page bounced into a double play. Gary Alexander then hit a home run, his fourth game-winning circuit clout of the season.

The Blue Jays got their run in the fifth on a walk to Luis Gomez and triple by Rick Bosetti. North, playing out his option, was reinstated to the lineup by A's owner Charlie O. Finley after being kept on the bench since the start of the season. [The Sporting News]

Oakland Athletics 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Tuesday, May 2, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 A's 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 2 2 0 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .276 North cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .250 Bailor rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .338 Edwards 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .294 Howell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Page lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .310 Carty dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .266 Murphy lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .259 Alexander dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .254 Upshaw lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .296 Guerrero ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .326 Cerone c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Revering 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Iorg 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Staggs pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Hutton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Perez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gross 3b,1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .246 Gomez ss 2 1 0 0 1 0 .193 Essian c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dilone rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 1 5 1 3 3 Totals 23 2 2 1 4 5 Time of Game: 2:03 Attendance: 5,663 Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, A's 2 DP: Blue Jays 3, A's 3 Errors: Underwood 2 Doubles: North (3) Triples: Bosetti (1) Home Runs: Alexander (7) Stolen Bases: Dilone (7) Caught Stealing: Carty (1), Dilone (5), Staggs (2) Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (1) GIDP: Upshaw (1), Hutton (2), Essian (4), Page (3) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood L(0-3) 8 2 2 2 4 5 1 28 4.56 Totals 8 2 2 2 4 5 1 28 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough W(2-0) 6 5 1 1 3 2 0 24 2.01 Sosa SV(4) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0.79 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 3 0 32 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled; Bailor forced Bosetti (shortstop to second); Howell struck out; Carty forced Bailor (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Edwards flied out to right; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Upshaw walked; Cerone flied out to center; Iorg forced Upshaw (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero struck out; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross walked; Essian grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gross out at second]; Dilone reached on an error by Underwood; Dilone stole second; Dilone was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty singled; Mayberry singled [Carty to second]; Upshaw grounded into a double play (second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: North doubled; Edwards reached on an error by Underwood on a sacrifice bunt [North to third]; Page grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [North scored, Edwards out at second]; Alexander homered; Guerrero flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Iorg made an out to third; Gomez walked; Bosetti tripled [Gomez scored]; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross made an out to third; Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty walked; Mayberry struck out while Carty was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone grounded out (pitcher to first); North walked; Edwards walked [North to second]; Page flied out to left; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Upshaw singled; SOSA REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); MURPHY REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING LF); Cerone made an out to second; HUTTON BATTED FOR IORG; Hutton grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Upshaw out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED HUTTON (PLAYING 2B); Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering walked; STAGGS RAN FOR REVERING; Gross struck out while Staggs was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PEREZ REPLACED STAGGS (PLAYING 3B); Gomez made an out to first; Bosetti struck out; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Essian flied out to center; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); North made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell flied out to left; Carty flied out to center; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

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