Continuing their drive toward the East division championship, the Yankees defeated the Blue Jays, 7-1, as Catfish Hunter got credit for his ninth victory in his last 11 decisions. The Yankees got rolling with three runs in the fifth inning. A walk to Bucky Dent, double by Mickey Rivers and walk to Willie Randolph loaded the bases before a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson scored Dent. A double by Reggie Jackson then produced two more tallies.

The Yankees added four markers in the seventh on a walk to Rivers, triple by Randolph, single by Munson and doubles by Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 7, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Yankees 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 - 7 10 0 Blue Jays 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .268 Bosetti cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .258 Johnstone rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 A. Woods lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .249 Randolph 2b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .273 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Doyle 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Munson c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .296 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Jackson rf 3 0 1 2 0 0 .278 Velez rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .275 Blair rf,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .174 McKay 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .246 Piniella lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .313 Ashby c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Thomasson lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .223 Chambliss 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .281 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spencer 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .273 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .186 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .246 Stanley ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 7 10 7 4 7 Totals 31 1 5 1 1 7 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 28,653 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Blue Jays 4 DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0 Doubles: Munson (26), Rivers 2 (23), Jackson (12), Piniella (32), Chambliss (25), Bosetti (24) Triples: Randolph (6) Home Runs: Bosetti (5) Stolen Bases: Rivers (23) Sacrifice Flies: Munson (10) GIDP: McKay (15) Hit by Pitch: Jackson (9,by Moore) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(11-5) 6 4 1 1 1 5 1 22 3.44 Gossage SV(24) 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 1.97 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 7 1 32 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore L(6-8) 6.1 6 5 5 3 5 0 29 5.08 Buskey 0.1 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 4.70 Cruz 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1.58 Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.07 Totals 9 10 7 7 4 7 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Moore (5) Wild Pitches: Cruz (2) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson doubled to left; Jackson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti homered; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Howell grounded out (second to first); Horton struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss singled to right; Nettles struck out; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first); McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers flied out to left; Randolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 4TH: Munson made an out to second; Jackson was hit by a pitch; Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss singled to center [Jackson to second]; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods struck out; Howell flied out to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 5TH: Johnson struck out; Dent walked; Rivers doubled to right [Dent to third]; Randolph walked; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Dent scored]; Jackson doubled to left [Rivers scored, Randolph scored, Jackson to third (on throw to home)]; Piniella flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Velez singled to right; McKay grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Velez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ashby flied out to right; Gomez singled to right; Bosetti doubled to left [Gomez to third]; A. Woods popped to catcher in foul territory; Howell walked; Horton forced Howell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 7TH: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers walked; Rivers stole second; Randolph tripled to center [Rivers scored]; BUSKEY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Munson singled to left [Randolph scored]; Jackson flied out to right; Piniella doubled to left [Munson scored]; Chambliss doubled to center [Piniella scored]; CRUZ REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Cruz threw a wild pitch [Chambliss to third]; Nettles walked; Johnson flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); GOSSAGE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to center; Velez struck out; McKay singled to center; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 8TH: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Rivers doubled to left; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING RF); DOYLE REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); BLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); SPENCER REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); STANLEY REPLACED DENT (PLAYING SS); Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (second to first); A. Woods struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. YANKEES 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Blair struck out; Thomasson struck out; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell flied out to center; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

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