The Yankees swept a doubleheader from the Blue Jays, winning the opener, 2-1, on Cliff Johnson's two-run homer and pounding three pitchers for 14 hits in a 9-1 rout in the nightcap. Johnson, who has eight homers off Toronto pitching since coming into the league last season, blasted his round-tripper following a one-out single by Chris Chambliss in the second inning.

In the nightcap, Thurman Munson sparked the Yankee attack with a single, double and homer, driving in four runs. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Yankees 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Randolph 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Bailor rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Munson dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Howell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Jackson rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .230 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .348 Kirkwood pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .312 Hutton lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .254 Ewing dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Johnson c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .150 Velez ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Dent ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .225 Cerone c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .220 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ault ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McKay 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .230 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gomez ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .219 Upshaw ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 9 2 1 3 Totals 32 1 8 0 2 3 Time of Game: 2:18 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Blue Jays 6 DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0 Doubles: Randolph (5), Howell (7) Home Runs: Johnson (2) Stolen Bases: Randolph (10), Rivers (3), Jackson (8) Caught Stealing: Dent (1), Gomez (2) GIDP: Gomez (4) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(5-1) 8 8 1 1 1 1 0 30 2.92 Lyle 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3.73 Gossage SV(6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1.99 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 3 0 34 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood L(1-4) 7 7 2 2 1 3 1 28 3.40 Murphy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.22 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 3 1 36 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller YANKEES 1ST: Rivers made an out to catcher; Randolph doubled to center; Randolph stole third; Munson grounded out (third to first); Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to left; Bosetti was picked off first (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Chambliss singled to right; Nettles struck out; Johnson homered [Chambliss scored]; Dent singled to left; Rivers struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Hutton grounded out (second to first); Ewing grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0. YANKEES 3RD: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson struck out; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone singled to right; McKay singled to center [Cerone to third]; Gomez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cerone scored, McKay out at second]; Bosetti lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 4TH: Piniella made an out to shortstop; Chambliss lined to first; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell doubled to left; Mayberry walked; Hutton flied out to center [Howell to third]; Ewing flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 5TH: Johnson walked; Dent made an out to catcher; Rivers singled to left [Johnson to second]; Randolph flied out to right [Johnson to third]; Rivers stole second; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone flied out to right; McKay struck out; Gomez singled to right; Gomez was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 6TH: Jackson flied out to center; Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss singled to shortstop; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti popped to first in foul territory; Bailor flied out to center; Howell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 7TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Dent singled to right; Rivers flied out to center; Dent was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Hutton flied out to center; Ewing singled to right; Cerone forced Ewing (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson singled to center; Jackson stole second; Piniella grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: McKay lined to shortstop; UPSHAW BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Upshaw singled to center; Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED UPSHAW (PLAYING SS); Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles singled to left; Johnson flied out to left; Dent grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell singled to pitcher; LYLE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); Mayberry walked [Howell to second]; KIRKWOOD RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Hutton struck out; GOSSAGE REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); VELEZ BATTED FOR EWING; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Howell to third, Kirkwood to second]; AULT BATTED FOR CERONE; Ault struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 1.

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