A suicide squeeze bunt by Rick Cerone keyed a four-run fifth inning that led the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the A's. With runners on first and third and one out, Cerone's bunt caught the A's by surprise and scored John Mayberry to tie the game at 1-1. Luis Gomez followed with an RBI single to send A's starter John Henry Johnson to the showers.

Reliever Dave Heaverlo got Rick Bosetti to ground into a fielder's choice but then surrendered RBI singles to Bob Bailor and Roy Howell. The Jays broke the game open in the seventh, scoring three times on an RBI single by Bosetti, an RBI triple by Bailor and a wild pitch by A's reliever Bob Lacey. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 7, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Saturday, July 22, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

A's 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 x - 7 11 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wallis cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Bosetti cf 4 2 1 1 0 0 .261 Duncan 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .253 Bailor rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .264 Page lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .296 Howell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .287 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Revering 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .274 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .262 Guerrero ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .284 A. Woods lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .185 Newman c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .248 McKay 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .239 Edwards 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Cerone c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .222 Burke rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Gomez ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .209 Murphy ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 9 3 4 2 Totals 33 7 11 6 1 2 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 21,028 Left on Base: A's 9, Blue Jays 4 DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 0 Doubles: Revering (12), Page 2 (17) Triples: Bailor (3) Home Runs: Newman (6) Stolen Bases: Edwards (13) Caught Stealing: Newman (2), Mayberry (2) Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (5), A. Woods (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson L(7-6) 4.1 4 4 4 1 0 0 18 2.76 Heaverlo 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.84 Sosa 1.2 4 3 3 0 2 0 8 3.01 Lacey 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.82 Totals 8 11 7 7 1 2 0 35 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clancy W(7-7) 9 9 3 3 4 2 1 39 4.38 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 2 1 39 Wild Pitches: Lacey (3) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Duncan singled to left; Page walked [Duncan to second]; Horton struck out; Revering singled to left [Duncan to third, Page to second]; Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti lined to second; Bailor lined to second; Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (third to first); Edwards singled to right; Edwards stole second; Burke struck out; Wallis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to center; A. Woods singled; McKay flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan walked; Page forced Duncan (second to shortstop); Horton made an out to shortstop; Revering doubled to right [Page scored]; Guerrero flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone made an out to shortstop; Gomez flied out to left; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman walked; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Newman to second]; Burke grounded out (third to first); Newman was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor lined to shortstop; Howell flied out to left; Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Wallis lined to second; Duncan grounded out (second to first); Page doubled; Horton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry walked; A. Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Mayberry to second]; McKay singled to left [Mayberry to third]; Cerone singled [Mayberry scored, McKay to second]; Gomez singled to left [McKay scored, Cerone to third, Gomez to second (on throw)]; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Bosetti reached on a fielder's choice [Cerone out at home (third to catcher), Gomez stayed at second]; Bailor singled to right [Gomez scored, Bosetti to second]; Howell singled [Bosetti scored, Bailor to second]; SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Carty forced Howell (shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering made an out to shortstop; Guerrero walked; Newman homered [Guerrero scored]; Edwards flied out to center; Burke lined to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry singled to right; A. Woods struck out; McKay struck out; Mayberry was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Duncan singled to left; Page doubled to right [Duncan to third]; Horton reached on a fielder's choice [Duncan out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Revering made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone singled to center; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cerone to second]; Bosetti singled to right [Cerone scored]; Bailor tripled to center [Bosetti scored]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Lacey threw a wild pitch [Bailor scored]; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7. ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Newman grounded out (third to first); Edwards singled; MURPHY BATTED FOR BURKE; Murphy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7. BLUE JAYS 8TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); McKay singled; Cerone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: Wallis flied out to center; Duncan flied out to center; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7.

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