Sunday May 21, 1978
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New York Yankees 9, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game 2)

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

Yankees 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 9 14 1 Blue Jays 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .291 Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .288 Blair ph,cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .280 Bailor rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Randolph 2b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .283 Howell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Munson c 5 1 3 4 0 1 .282 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Jackson rf 5 0 0 1 0 2 .265 Hutton lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Piniella lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .330 Velez ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Chambliss 1b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .322 Ewing dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Nettles 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .260 Ault ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Johnson dh 3 2 1 0 1 0 .159 McKay 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .231 Dent ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .226 Ashby c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .146 Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gomez ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .220 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 9 14 8 2 4 Totals 36 1 9 0 0 3 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 41,308 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Blue Jays 8 DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Chambliss, McKay Doubles: Munson (9), Chambliss (6) Triples: Gomez (1) Home Runs: Munson (1) GIDP: Nettles (5) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clay W(1-2) 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 29 3.12 Holtzman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.08 Lyle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.62 Totals 9 9 1 0 0 3 0 36 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin L(2-2) 3.2 8 7 6 2 2 1 21 6.80 Moore 3.1 4 2 2 0 2 0 14 6.04 Kirkwood 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.77 Totals 9 14 9 8 2 4 1 43 Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph walked; Munson homered [Randolph scored]; Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to left; Nettles singled to right [Chambliss to second]; Johnson singled to third [Chambliss to third, Nettles to second]; Dent singled to left [Chambliss scored, Nettles to third, Johnson to second]; Rivers reached on an error by McKay [Nettles scored, Johnson scored (no RBI), Dent to third]; Randolph forced Rivers (shortstop to second) [Dent scored (unearned)]; Munson struck out; Jackson forced Randolph (second to shortstop); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Hutton popped to catcher in foul territory; Ewing singled to right [Mayberry to second]; McKay popped to shortstop; Ashby was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0. YANKEES 3RD: Piniella made an out to second; Chambliss singled to center; Nettles grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez tripled to right; Bosetti reached on an error by Chambliss [Gomez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bosetti to second]; Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell flied out to center [Bosetti to third]; Mayberry flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 6, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 4TH: Johnson walked; Dent flied out to center; Rivers singled to right [Johnson to second]; Randolph flied out to center; Munson singled to right [Johnson scored, Rivers to second]; MOORE REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); Ewing flied out to center; McKay singled to center; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 5TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss struck out; Nettles singled to right; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti singled to right; Bailor singled to right [Bosetti to second]; Howell grounded out (first unassisted) [Bosetti to third, Bailor to second]; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 6TH: Dent flied out to center; BLAIR BATTED FOR RIVERS; Blair singled to left; Randolph singled to right [Blair to second]; Munson doubled to left [Blair scored, Randolph to third]; Jackson grounded out (second to first) [Randolph scored, Munson to third]; Piniella flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Hutton singled to left; Ewing struck out; McKay lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Hutton out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles flied out to left; Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ashby singled to right; Gomez popped to second; Bosetti struck out; Bailor flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 8TH: KIRKWOOD REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair flied out to right; Randolph singled to center; Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: HOLTZMAN REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Howell grounded out (second to first); Mayberry flied out to right; VELEZ BATTED FOR HUTTON; Velez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 9TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Jackson made an out to shortstop; Piniella flied to right in foul territory; Chambliss doubled to center; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); AULT BATTED FOR EWING; Ault singled to center; McKay popped to second; Ashby flied out to center; Gomez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

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