Maintaining a one-game lead in the East division, the Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5-1, as Catfish Hunter picked up his ninth victory in 10 decisions. In his last 79 innings, the righthander had a 1.71 earned run average.

With one out in the second inning, Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss singled and Roy White reached first safely on an error by third baseman Roy Howell. A sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent drove in one run and Willie Randolph followed with a two-run single. Nettles hit a homer in the third and Reggie Jackson added another in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Yankees 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 10 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Rivers cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .267 Bailor rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .271 Blair cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Howell 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .272 Randolph 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .280 Mayberry dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Munson c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Upshaw 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Jackson dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .278 A. Woods lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Piniella rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .314 Ashby c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Nettles 3b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .275 McKay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .223 White lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Dent ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .249 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wiley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 4 Totals 34 5 10 5 1 2 Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 20,052 Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Yankees 7 DP: Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1 Errors: Howell, Dent Doubles: Piniella (33) Home Runs: Howell (7), Nettles (27), Jackson (25) Sacrifice Flies: Dent (5) GIDP: Ashby (9) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Willis L(3-7) 3.1 7 4 1 1 0 1 19 4.47 Murphy 2.2 3 1 1 0 0 1 11 3.93 Wiley 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 4.66 Totals 8 10 5 2 1 2 2 36 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(12-5) 9 6 1 1 1 4 1 34 3.25 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 4 1 34 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor singled to center; Howell forced Bailor (third to second); Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph flied out to center; Munson singled to left; Jackson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Upshaw flied out to center; A. Woods reached on an error by Dent (assist by Hunter); Ashby grounded out (first unassisted) [A. Woods to second]; McKay grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to center; Nettles singled to right; Chambliss singled to right [Nettles to second]; White reached on an error by Howell [Nettles to third, Chambliss to second]; Dent hit a sacrifice fly to left [Nettles scored (unearned)]; Rivers walked [Chambliss to third, White to second]; Randolph singled to center [Chambliss scored (unearned), White scored (unearned), Rivers to second]; Munson forced Randolph (shortstop to second); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 3. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosetti flied out to center; Bailor made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Jackson flied out to center; Piniella flied out to right; Nettles homered; Chambliss flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell homered; Mayberry flied out to center; Upshaw struck out; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: White singled to center; Dent flied out to left; Rivers singled to right [White to second]; MURPHY REPLACED WILLIS (PITCHING); Randolph flied out to center; Munson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby flied out to right; McKay grounded out (first to pitcher); Gomez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Jackson homered; Piniella doubled to left; Nettles made an out to shortstop; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor singled to third; Howell flied out to center; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: Dent singled to right; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted) [Dent to second]; Randolph flied out to right; Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Upshaw flied out to right; A. Woods singled to center; Ashby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [A. Woods out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: WILEY REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Jackson struck out (catcher to first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); McKay made an out to pitcher; EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing made an out to second; Bosetti singled to left; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED EWING (PLAYING SS); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); White struck out; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: THOMASSON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Howell walked; Mayberry flied out to right; Upshaw made an out to catcher; A. Woods singled to center [Howell to third]; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5.

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