Roy Howell batted in nine runs with two homers, two doubles and a single and the Blue Jays piled up a team record 20 hits while walloping the Yankees, 19-3. Doubles by Al Woods and Howell and a single by Ron Fairly started the Blue Jays' scoring in the first inning. Fairly's RBI was the 1,000th of his career.

Howell and Fairly hit homers in the third. Howell drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth, hit his second homer of the game with two men on base in the seventh and climaxed his great day with a two-run double in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 19, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 10, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue Jays    2  0  2    2  0  5    5  0  3  -  19 20  0
Yankees      0  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  8  4


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             5   3   3   1     1   0   .256      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .326
A. Woods lf           6   4   4   2     0   0   .280        Blair cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Howell 3b             6   4   5   9     0   0   .301      Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Fairly dh             6   1   4   2     0   0   .289        Klutts 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Ault 1b               6   0   0   2     0   1   .249      Munson c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .292
G. Woods cf           6   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Hendricks c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Bowling rf            4   3   2   0     1   0   .203      Jackson dh            4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Cerone c              5   1   0   0     0   0   .161      Chambliss 1b          2   1   1   0     1   1   .297
Nordbrook ss          5   3   2   1     0   0   .220        Zeber 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Piniella rf           3   1   2   0     0   1   .327
                                                            May rf              1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
                                                          White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
                                                          Randolph 2b           2   0   2   1     0   0   .290
                                                            Bergman ph,1b       1   0   0   1     0   0   .000
                                                          Dent ss               2   1   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                            Alston ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .355
                                                            Stanley ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .205
                                                          Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clay p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCall p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Holtzman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               49  19  20  17     2   1             Totals               34   3   8   2     1   3

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 20,296
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, Yankees 6
DP: Blue Jays 0, Yankees 2
Errors: Nettles, Chambliss, Randolph, McCall
Doubles: A. Woods (17), Howell 2 (14), Staggs (10), White (20)
Home Runs: Howell 2 (6), Fairly (18)
Stolen Bases: Nordbrook (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bergman (1)
GIDP: Howell (13), G. Woods (6)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy W(3-6)           9     8   3   3   1   3   0  36   5.43
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   3   0  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(9-9)           3.1   7   6   6   1   1   2  18   4.71
Clay                    1.2   5   5   2   1   0   0  11   5.22
Thomas                  1.1   3   3   1   0   0   0   8   6.03
McCall                  0.2   2   2   1   0   0   1   5  13.50
Holtzman                2     3   3   2   0   0   0   9   5.78
Totals                  9    20  19  11*  2   1   3  51

Passed Balls: Hendricks (1)
Wild Pitches: Clancy (3)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Dale Ford


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs made an out to shortstop; A. Woods doubled
to right; Howell doubled to right [A. Woods scored]; Fairly
singled to center [Howell scored]; Ault struck out; G. Woods
made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Nettles flied out to
center; Munson made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bowling made an out to shortstop; Cerone flied
out to center; Nordbrook singled to right; Nordbrook stole
second; Staggs flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Chambliss walked; Piniella
struck out; White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods flied out to center; Howell homered;
Fairly homered; Ault made an out to second; G. Woods flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph singled to right; Dent forced Randolph
(shortstop to second); Rivers grounded out (first unassisted)
[Dent to second]; Nettles singled to shortstop [Dent to third];
Clancy threw a wild pitch [Dent scored, Nettles to second];
Munson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 4, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bowling walked; Cerone grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Bowling to second]; Nordbrook singled to center [Bowling
scored]; CLAY REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Staggs doubled to
right [Nordbrook to third]; A. Woods singled to left [Nordbrook
scored, Staggs to third]; Howell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [A. Woods out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Chambliss
singled to center; Piniella singled to right [Chambliss to
second]; White made an out to catcher; Randolph singled to right
[Chambliss scored, Piniella to second]; Dent flied out to right;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Fairly singled to left; Ault made an out to
pitcher; G. Woods grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers singled to right; Nettles flied out to
center; Munson grounded out (third to first) [Rivers to second];
Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Yankees 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bowling singled to right; Cerone reached on a
fielder's choice [Bowling to third]; Nordbrook reached on an
error by Randolph [Bowling scored (no RBI), Cerone to third];
Staggs walked [Nordbrook to second]; A. Woods singled to left
[Cerone scored, Nordbrook to third, Staggs to second]; THOMAS
REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Howell singled to right [Nordbrook
scored (unearned), Staggs scored (unearned), A. Woods to third];
Fairly made an out to third; Ault grounded out (third to first)
[A. Woods scored (unearned), Howell to second]; G. Woods
grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 11, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss struck out; Piniella singled to right;
White doubled to right [Piniella to third]; BERGMAN BATTED FOR
RANDOLPH; Bergman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella
scored]; ALSTON BATTED FOR DENT; Alston grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 11, Yankees 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: BERGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ZEBER
REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 2B); STANLEY REPLACED ALSTON
(PLAYING SS); HENDRICKS REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); MAY
REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING RF); Bowling singled to center;
Cerone flied out to right; Nordbrook reached on an error by
Nettles [Bowling to second]; Staggs singled to right [Bowling
scored, Nordbrook to second]; MCCALL REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING);
A. Woods reached on an error by McCall [Nordbrook scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Staggs to third]; Debut game for Larry
McCall; Howell homered (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher) [Staggs scored (unearned), A. Woods scored (unearned)];
Fairly singled to right; Ault forced Fairly (third to second);
G. Woods flied out to left; 5 R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 16, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Rivers made an out to shortstop; Nettles flied out
to center; Hendricks made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Blue Jays 16, Yankees 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); KLUTTS
REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 3B); HOLTZMAN REPLACED MCCALL
(PITCHING); Bowling grounded out (third to first); Cerone
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nordbrook made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 16, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson made an out to shortstop; Zeber flied out
to center; May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 16, Yankees 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Staggs singled to center; A. Woods singled to
left [Staggs to second]; Howell doubled to right [Staggs scored,
A. Woods scored]; Hendricks allowed a passed ball [Howell to
third]; Fairly flied out to right; Ault grounded out (third to
first) [Howell scored (unearned)]; G. Woods grounded out (third
to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 19, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: White flied out to center; Bergman made an out to
catcher; Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 19, Yankees 3.