After the Blue Jays bunted their way to a tie in the ninth inning, Dave McKay smashed a homer in the 10th to defeat the Twins, 4-3. In the ninth, Bob Bailor singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Otto Velez. Bailor took third after the catch on a fly by Willie Horton and scored when Al Woods beat out a bunt down the third base line. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 26, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 10 0 Blue Jays 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 4 15 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Bosetti cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 .263 Smalley ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Bailor 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .268 Carew 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .338 Velez rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .282 Ford cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .292 Horton dh 3 0 2 1 1 0 .270 Cubbage 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .285 A. Woods lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .269 Adams dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .248 Ault 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .203 Wilfong pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .252 McKay 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .246 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .248 Cerone c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .230 Norwood lf 3 0 1 1 2 0 .267 Gomez ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .234 Randall 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .286 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 3 10 3 5 4 Totals 37 4 15 4 3 2 Time of Game: 2:54 Attendance: 25,601 Left on Base: Twins 12, Blue Jays 12 DP: Twins 0, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Cerone, Gomez Doubles: Adams (15), Bosetti (20), Horton (18) Triples: Ault (1) Home Runs: McKay (5) Stolen Bases: Powell (9), Carew (23) Caught Stealing: Norwood (10), Gomez (9), Bosetti (9) Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (19), Wynegar (8), Wilfong (13), Ault (2), Velez (3) Sacrifice Flies: Horton (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(9-13) 9 15 4 4 3 2 1 43 3.36 Totals 9 15 4 4 3 2 1 43 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson 9 9 3 2 4 3 0 40 4.06 Cruz W(5-1) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0.98 Totals 10 10 3 2 5 4 0 45 Wild Pitches: Jefferson (4) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Joe Sawchuk TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Powell stole second; Smalley struck out; Carew singled to left [Powell to third]; Carew stole second; Ford struck out; Cubbage flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to left; Bailor singled to right [Bosetti to third]; Velez struck out; Horton lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Bosetti scored]; A. Woods flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (second to first); Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Norwood walked; Norwood was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault tripled to right; McKay grounded out (third to first); Cerone singled to left [Ault scored]; Gomez singled to left [Cerone to second]; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cerone to third, Gomez to second]; Bailor lined to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to left; Powell grounded out (second to first); Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Velez grounded out (third to first); Horton walked; A. Woods flied out to center; Ault singled to left [Horton to second]; McKay flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Ford walked; Ford was picked off first but was safe on an error by Cerone [Ford to second]; Cubbage flied out to center; Adams doubled to right [Ford scored]; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone flied out to right; On a bunt Gomez singled to pitcher; Gomez was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bosetti doubled to left; Bailor walked; Velez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 5TH: Norwood flied out to left; Randall singled to right; Powell popped to shortstop; Smalley singled to center [Randall to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Horton singled to center; A. Woods walked [Horton to second]; Ault out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Horton to third, A. Woods to second]; McKay reached on a fielder's choice [Horton out at home (third to catcher), A. Woods to third]; Cerone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 6TH: Ford struck out; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Adams reached on an error by Gomez; Jefferson threw a wild pitch [Adams to second]; Wynegar walked; Norwood singled to left [Adams scored (unearned), Wynegar to second]; Randall flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Gomez grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Bosetti singled to pitcher; Bailor flied out to right; Bosetti was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 7TH: Powell singled to center; Smalley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Powell to second]; Carew was walked intentionally; Ford grounded out (second to first) [Powell to third, Carew to second]; Cubbage grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez flied out to center; Horton doubled to right; A. Woods grounded out (third to first); Ault flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 8TH: Adams singled to center; WILFONG RAN FOR ADAMS; Wynegar out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wilfong to second]; Norwood grounded out (third to first); Randall singled to right [Wilfong scored, Randall to second (on throw to home)]; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); McKay grounded out (third to first); Cerone grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Gomez singled to third; Bosetti forced Gomez (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 2. TWINS 9TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew lined to shortstop; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor singled to left; Velez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bailor to second]; Horton lined to center [Bailor to third]; On a bunt A. Woods singled to third [Bailor scored]; Ault grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 3. TWINS 10TH: CRUZ REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Cubbage singled to left; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cubbage to second]; Wynegar was called out on strikes; Norwood walked; Randall lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 10TH: McKay homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Blue Jays 4.

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