A homer by Willie Horton in the second inning spoiled an overwise perfect game by Chris Knapp, who pitched the Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays. Knapp set down the side in the first inning and after Horton's drive as the leadoff man in the second, the Angels' righthander retired the last 24 batters in succession.

Bobby Grich homered to tie the score in the third and the Angels then added their deciding run in the sixth on a triple by Ron Jackson and single by Brian Downing. Jackson laid down a safe bunt in the ninth to score Don Baylor with an insurance run. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Sunday, September 3, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Angels 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 13 0 Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Miller cf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .263 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Lansford 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Bailor 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Bostock rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .294 A. Woods lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Baylor dh 3 1 1 0 2 2 .257 Horton dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .258 Rudi lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .250 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Jackson 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .301 Velez rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .269 Downing c 4 0 2 1 1 0 .261 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Chalk ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .260 McKay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Anderson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Grich 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .229 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .178 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 3 13 3 4 3 Totals 28 1 1 1 0 5 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 20,054 Left on Base: Angels 13, Blue Jays 0 DP: Angels 0, Blue Jays 0 Doubles: Rudi (19) Triples: Jackson (6) Home Runs: Grich (5), Horton (10) Caught Stealing: Baylor (7) Sacrifice Hits: Chalk (11), Anderson (4) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp W(14-7) 9 1 1 1 0 5 1 28 4.11 Totals 9 1 1 1 0 5 1 28 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood L(6-12) 6.2 10 2 2 3 3 1 32 4.13 Buskey 2.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 11 3.86 Totals 9 13 3 3 4 3 1 43 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller singled to right; Lansford forced R. Miller (shortstop to second); Bostock popped to shortstop in foul territory; Baylor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti lined to third; Bailor flied out to center; A. Woods flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Blue Jays 0. ANGELS 2ND: Rudi flied out to center; Jackson grounded out (third to first); Downing walked; Chalk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Horton homered; Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Velez was called out on strikes; Ashby flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 3RD: Grich homered; R. Miller singled to left; Lansford singled to shortstop [R. Miller to second]; Bostock grounded out (second to first) [R. Miller to third, Lansford to second]; Baylor was walked intentionally; Rudi popped to right; Jackson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay made an out to shortstop; Gomez flied out to center; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 4TH: Downing grounded out (third to first); Chalk singled to center; Grich singled to left [Chalk to second]; R. Miller flied out to center; Lansford flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (second to first); A. Woods flied out to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 5TH: Bostock flied out to left; Baylor struck out; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Velez struck out; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 6TH: Jackson tripled to right; Downing singled to right [Jackson scored]; Chalk out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Downing to second]; Grich flied out to right; R. Miller walked; Lansford lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: ANDERSON REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING SS); McKay flied out to right; Gomez grounded out (second to first); Bosetti made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 7TH: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Baylor singled to right; Baylor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Rudi doubled to left; BUSKEY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor flied out to center; A. Woods flied out to left; Horton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 8TH: Downing singled to center; Anderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Downing to second]; Grich grounded out (second to first) [Downing to third]; R. Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Velez flied out to right; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Blue Jays 1. ANGELS 9TH: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock flied out to left; Baylor walked; Rudi singled to center [Baylor to third]; Jackson singled to third [Baylor scored, Rudi to second]; Downing forced Jackson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay flied out to center; EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing struck out; Bosetti made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Blue Jays 1.

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