The Blue Jays set an attendance record for an expansion club and marked the occasion by defeating the Twins, 6-2. The crowd of 23,450 brought the Blue Jays' total to 1,219,551, surpassing the previous first-year mark of 1,212,608 by the Expos in 1969.

Jesse Jefferson limited the Twins to four hits. The Blue Jays opened the scoring with three runs in the second inning on a walk to Otto Velez, doubles by Sam Ewing and Al Woods and a single by Steve Staggs. Roy Howell homered in the third and Doug Ault added a round-tripper in the fourth when the Blue Jays counted their final two runs. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 6, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Tuesday, August    9, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  0
Blue Jays    0  3  1    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  3


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     1   2   .243      Staggs 2b             2   0   1   1     2   0   .272
Carew 1b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .383      Bailor cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .317
Wynegar c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .274      Howell 3b             4   1   2   1     0   2   .293
Bostock cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .340      Fairly 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Adams lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .335      Velez rf              1   1   0   0     3   1   .269
Chiles dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .242        Bowling pr,rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .119
Cubbage 3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .273      Ewing dh              1   1   1   1     0   0   .293
Ford rf               2   1   0   0     2   1   .269        Ault ph,dh          3   1   1   1     0   1   .255
Randall 2b            3   0   1   1     1   1   .209      A. Woods lf           4   1   1   1     0   2   .274
Thormodsgard p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Torres ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .244
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ashby c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .199
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   4   2     5   7             Totals               29   6   9   5     5   7

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 23,450
Left on Base: Twins 8, Blue Jays 4
DP: Twins 2, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Fairly, Jefferson 2
Doubles: Randall (8), Ewing (5), A. Woods (13), Ashby (14)
Home Runs: Howell (3), Ault (9)
Caught Stealing: Staggs (8), Bowling (2)
GIDP: Chiles (3), Ault (13)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thormodsgard L(9-9)     2.1   4   4   4   2   2   1  12   4.02
Burgmeier               1.1   3   2   2   0   2   1   6   4.22
Schueler                4.1   2   0   0   3   3   0  16   4.86
Totals                  8     9   6   6   5   7   2  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson W(7-12)       9     4   2   2   5   7   0  37   4.39
Totals                  9     4   2   2   5   7   0  37

Wild Pitches: Schueler (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Bill Kunkel


TWINS 1ST: Twins Manager Gene Mauch ejected by HP umpire Bill
Deegan sometime in game; Smalley singled to left; Smalley
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Jefferson
[Smalley to third]; Carew struck out; Wynegar struck out;
Bostock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs walked; Bailor forced Staggs (second
unassisted); Howell struck out; Fairly popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Chiles lined
to second; Cubbage flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez walked; Ewing doubled to left [Velez
scored]; A. Woods doubled [Ewing scored]; Torres flied out to
left [A. Woods to third]; Ashby popped to shortstop; Staggs
singled to center [A. Woods scored]; Staggs was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue
Jays 3.

TWINS 3RD: Ford walked; Randall walked [Ford to second]; Smalley
struck out; Carew forced Ford (third unassisted) [Randall to
second]; Wynegar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
0, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor struck out; Howell homered; BURGMEIER
REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Fairly grounded out (first
unassisted); Velez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Blue Jays 4.

TWINS 4TH: Bostock grounded out (second to first); Adams
grounded out (pitcher to first); Chiles flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: AULT BATTED FOR EWING; Ault homered; A. Woods was
called out on strikes; Torres singled; Ashby doubled to left
[Torres out at home (left to shortstop to catcher), Ashby to
third (on throw to home)]; SCHUELER REPLACED BURGMEIER
(PITCHING); Schueler threw a wild pitch [Ashby scored]; Staggs
walked; Bailor singled to right [Staggs to second]; Howell
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 5TH: Cubbage walked; Ford walked [Cubbage to second];
Randall doubled to left [Cubbage scored, Ford to third]; Smalley
struck out; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ford
scored]; Wynegar struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Velez
walked; Ault grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Velez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 6TH: Bostock flied out to left; Adams reached on an error
by Fairly; Chiles singled to center [Adams to second]; Cubbage
forced Chiles (second to shortstop) [Adams to third]; Ford was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays
6.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: A. Woods struck out; Torres grounded out (third
to first); Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 7TH: Randall popped to first; Smalley walked; Carew
grounded out (second to first) [Smalley to second]; Wynegar
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Staggs grounded out (second to first); Bailor
grounded out (third to first); Howell singled to center; Fairly
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 8TH: Bostock grounded out (shortstop to first); Adams
reached on an error by Jefferson; Chiles grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Adams out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez walked; BOWLING RAN FOR VELEZ; Ault struck
out while Bowling was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 6.

TWINS 9TH: BOWLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cubbage singled
to center; Ford flied out to center; Randall struck out; Smalley
lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 6.