In a game akin to married men playing single men at a company picnic, the Blue Jays thrashed the Orioles, 24-10, as John Mayberry hit two homers and drove in seven runs to pace the attack. The run and hit totals were the most ever recorded against the Orioles and the most in the brief history of the Blue Jays.

Dave McKay and Otto Velez each hit two doubles in one inning, matching a feat last achieved by Baltimore's Mark Belanger in 1969. The Blue Jays batted around in three different innings. Bird manager Earl Weaver was forced to use catcher Elrod Hendricks and outfielder Larry Harlow as pitchers. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 24, Baltimore Orioles 10

Game Played on Monday, June 26, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Orioles 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 - 10 12 0 Blue Jays 0 9 4 6 5 0 0 0 x - 24 24 2 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garcia ss 5 0 1 2 0 1 .333 Upshaw lf 5 1 2 1 1 2 .286 Dauer 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .269 Bailor cf 5 4 2 1 2 0 .243 Murray 1b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .268 Howell 3b 5 3 2 4 1 1 .296 Singleton rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Carty dh 6 2 2 3 0 0 .285 May dh 5 2 4 3 0 0 .264 Velez rf 3 4 3 2 3 0 .271 Mora lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Ault 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .227 xLopez cf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .000 Mayberry ph,1b 5 3 3 7 0 0 .255 Smith 2b 4 2 1 2 1 1 .254 McKay 2b 5 1 3 3 1 1 .247 Dempsey c 2 2 1 0 2 0 .218 Gomez ss 2 1 1 1 0 0 .219 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson ss 4 1 2 0 0 2 .200 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milner c 5 3 3 2 0 0 .444 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashby c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Harlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hendricks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 10 12 9 5 3 Totals 47 24 24 24 8 6 Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 16,184 Left on Base: Orioles 7, Blue Jays 8 DP: Orioles 0, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Bailor, Milner Doubles: Murray (12), May (11), Garcia (4), Bailor (13), Velez 2 (6), McKay 2 (10), Howell (15), Mayberry (9) Triples: Howell (2), Milner (1) Home Runs: May 2 (15), Smith (4), Mayberry 2 (12) Sacrifice Flies: Upshaw (2) GIDP: Garcia (2) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan L(11-5) 1 6 6 6 1 1 0 10 3.39 Kerrigan 1.1 9 7 7 0 0 1 13 7.76 T. Martinez 1.2 5 6 6 2 3 0 12 6.56 Harlow 0.2 2 5 5 4 1 1 8 67.50 Hendricks 2.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.00 Stanhouse 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.00 Totals 8 24 24 24 8 6 2 56 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood W(4-7) 5 6 6 5 4 0 1 26 4.00 Murphy 4 6 4 4 1 3 2 18 3.91 Totals 9 12 10 9 5 3 3 44 Passed Balls: Milner (1) Wild Pitches: Harlow (1), Underwood (4), Murphy (4) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia flied out to center; Dauer singled to center; Murray doubled to right [Dauer to third]; Singleton walked; May singled [Dauer scored, Murray to third, Singleton to second]; Mora popped to first in foul territory; Lopez flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Upshaw struck out; Bailor doubled to left; Howell flied out to center [Bailor to third]; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Smith lined to shortstop; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez doubled to left; Ault singled to second [Velez stayed at second]; McKay doubled to left [Velez scored, Ault to third]; Gomez singled to center [Ault scored, McKay to third]; Milner singled to right [McKay scored, Gomez to third]; Upshaw walked [Milner to second]; KERRIGAN REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Bailor forced Upshaw (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Gomez scored, Milner to third]; Howell tripled to right [Milner scored, Bailor scored]; Carty grounded out (third to first) [Howell scored]; Velez doubled to left; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR AULT; Mayberry homered [Velez scored]; McKay doubled to center; Gomez grounded out (second to first); 9 R, 9 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Blue Jays 9. ORIOLES 3RD: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Dauer walked; Murray grounded out (third to first) [Dauer to second]; Underwood threw a wild pitch [Dauer to third]; Singleton flied out to right; Milner allowed a passed ball [Dauer scored]; May doubled; Mora flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 9. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Milner singled to right; Upshaw singled to center [Milner to second]; Bailor singled to center [Milner to third, Upshaw to second]; Howell doubled to right [Milner scored, Upshaw scored, Bailor to third]; Carty grounded out (second to first); Velez singled to center [Bailor scored, Howell scored]; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to left; McKay was called out on strikes; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 13. ORIOLES 4TH: JOHNSON REPLACED GOMEZ (PLAYING SS); Lopez reached on catcher's interference by Milner; Smith walked [Lopez to second]; Dempsey walked [Lopez to third, Smith to second]; Garcia doubled to left [Lopez scored (unearned), Smith scored, Dempsey to third]; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dempsey scored]; Murray grounded out (third to first); Singleton grounded out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Blue Jays 13. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Johnson singled to left; Milner tripled [Johnson scored]; Upshaw hit a sacrifice fly to center [Milner scored]; Bailor walked; Howell was called out on strikes; Carty singled to right [Bailor to second]; Velez walked [Bailor to third, Carty to second]; Mayberry doubled to right [Bailor scored, Carty scored, Velez to third]; McKay singled [Velez scored, Mayberry scored]; Johnson was called out on strikes; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 5, Blue Jays 19. ORIOLES 5TH: May homered; Mora lined to third; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 19. BLUE JAYS 5TH: HARLOW REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Milner grounded out (second to first); Upshaw struck out; Bailor walked; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; Harlow threw a wild pitch [Bailor to third, Howell to second]; Carty singled to center [Bailor scored, Howell scored]; Velez walked [Carty to second]; Mayberry homered [Carty scored, Velez scored]; McKay walked; HENDRICKS REPLACED HARLOW (PITCHING); Johnson singled to center [McKay to second]; Milner flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24. ORIOLES 6TH: MURPHY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Dempsey walked; Garcia grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Dempsey out at second]; Dauer singled to left; Murray struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Upshaw flied out to left; Bailor flied out to left; Howell lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24. ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton flied out to right; May flied out to right; ASHBY REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING C ); Mora flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty flied out to left; Velez walked; Mayberry forced Velez (first to shortstop); McKay flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24. ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez singled; Smith homered [Lopez scored]; Dempsey singled to left; Murphy threw a wild pitch [Dempsey to second]; Garcia struck out; Dauer grounded out (third to first); Murray singled to center [Dempsey scored, Murray to second (error by Bailor)]; Singleton popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 9, Blue Jays 24. BLUE JAYS 8TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED HENDRICKS (PITCHING); Johnson struck out; Ashby grounded out (second to first); Upshaw singled to left; Bailor forced Upshaw (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 9, Blue Jays 24. ORIOLES 9TH: May homered; Mora flied out to right; Lopez grounded out (third to first); Smith was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Blue Jays 24.

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