The Orioles pulled off a triple play in support of Scott McGregor's six-hit pitching and defeated the Blue Jays, 4-0. In the sixth inning, Doug Ault and Dave McKay hit consecutive singles to put Blue Jay runners on first and second.

Rick Cerone followed with a hard grounder to Doug DeCinces, who stepped on third for the first out and then threw to Rich Dauer for another forceout at second. Dauer, in turn, fired to first baseman Eddie Murray, beating Cerone by four steps to complete the triple play. Murray and Ken Singleton hit homers for the Orioles. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 4, Toronto Blue Jays 0

Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 13 2 Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garcia ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Bosetti cf 3 0 0 0 2 0 .256 Dauer 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .271 G. Woods rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .133 Singleton rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .290 Bailor 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Harlow cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Velez lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .281 Murray 1b 3 1 3 1 1 0 .285 Alberts dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .269 Ault 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .228 May dh 4 1 3 0 0 0 .254 McKay 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .247 Mora lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Cerone c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .103 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Lopez cf,rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .244 Horton ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Dempsey c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .262 Johnson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 13 4 2 6 Totals 31 0 6 0 6 1 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 29,255 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Blue Jays 10 DP: Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Garcia 2, Bailor Doubles: Dempsey 2 (18), G. Woods (1) Home Runs: Murray (27), Singleton (20) Caught Stealing: Garcia (1) GIDP: Cerone (6) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGregor W(14-12) 9 6 0 0 6 1 0 37 3.32 Totals 9 6 0 0 6 1 0 37 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore L(6-7) 7 10 4 4 2 3 2 31 4.86 Lemanczyk 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 8 6.03 Totals 9 13 4 4 2 6 2 39 Wild Pitches: McGregor (3) Balks: McGregor (3) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Dauer grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Singleton singled to right; Murray walked [Singleton to second]; DeCinces singled to left [Singleton out at home (left to catcher), Murray to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti walked; G. Woods forced Bosetti (third to second) [G. Woods to first]; McGregor balked [G. Woods to second]; Bailor flied out to right; Velez walked; McGregor threw a wild pitch [G. Woods to third, Velez to second]; Alberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 2ND: May singled to left; Mora flied out to right; Lopez struck out; Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault singled to left; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first) [Ault to second]; Cerone popped to first; Gomez walked; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia walked; Garcia was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton reached on an error by Bailor [Singleton out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: G. Woods reached on an error by Garcia [G. Woods to first]; Bailor forced G. Woods (third to second); Velez flied out to center; Alberts singled to center [Bailor to second]; Ault forced Alberts (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Murray homered; DeCinces struck out; May singled to left; Mora struck out; Lopez singled to left [May to second]; Dempsey doubled to left [May scored, Lopez scored]; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay walked; Cerone grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McKay out at second]; Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray singled to left; DeCinces forced Murray (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); G. Woods doubled to left; Bailor popped to shortstop [G. Woods to third (error by Garcia)]; Velez walked; Alberts grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 6TH: May grounded out (third to first); Mora flied out to left; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ault singled to third; McKay singled to center [Ault to second]; Cerone grounded into a triple play (third to second to first) [Ault out at third, McKay out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Garcia grounded out (third to first); Dauer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez flied out to center; Bosetti walked; G. Woods flied out to center; Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton homered; Murray singled to center; LEMANCZYK REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); DeCinces singled to center [Murray to second]; May singled to center [Murray out at home (center to catcher), DeCinces to second]; Mora flied out to center; Lopez struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 8TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); ANDERSON REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Velez grounded out (third to first); Alberts flied out to right; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0. ORIOLES 9TH: Dempsey doubled; Garcia struck out; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dempsey to third]; Harlow struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay flied out to left; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); HORTON BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Horton singled to center; JOHNSON RAN FOR HORTON; Bosetti popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0.

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