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Sunday September 11, 1977
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Toronto Blue Jays 6, New York Yankees 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, September 11, 1977 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Blue Jays    0  0  0    2  0  0    3  1  0  -   6 10  0
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  9  3


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Staggs 2b             4   1   1   0     1   2   .255      Rivers cf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .324
Howell dh             4   2   0   0     1   2   .300      White lf              4   0   0   0     1   0   .281
Ault 1b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .251      Nettles 3b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .240
Velez rf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .251      Jackson rf            4   1   1   1     1   3   .279
  A. Woods lf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .284      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .296
Rader 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .249      Piniella dh           3   1   2   1     1   0   .326
G. Woods cf           5   0   1   1     0   1   .225      Johnson c             4   0   1   2     0   1   .294
Bowling lf,rf         3   0   2   0     2   0   .207      Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .290
Torres ss             4   0   0   1     1   1   .249      Dent ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Cerone c              4   1   1   0     1   1   .167        Munson ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .290
Murphy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gullett p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  10   5     7   8             Totals               35   4   9   4     5   6

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 40,905
Left on Base: Blue Jays 12, Yankees 9
DP: Blue Jays 1, Yankees 0
Errors: Randolph 2, Gullett
Doubles: Velez 2 (17), Randolph (27), Piniella (17)
Triples: Nettles (3), Piniella (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rader (4)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy W(2-2)           6     6   1   1   3   4   0  27   5.13
Vuckovich               1     3   3   3   1   1   0   7   3.67
Johnson SV(5)           2     0   0   0   1   1   0   6   4.42
Totals                  9     9   4   4   5   6   0  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett L(11-4)         6     6   5   5   5   6   0  29   3.85
Lyle                    3     4   1   1   2   2   0  16   1.81
Totals                  9    10   6   6   7   8   0  45

Passed Balls: Johnson (1)
Wild Pitches: Lyle (8)

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


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs flied out to center; Howell struck out;
Ault grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); White
grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles tripled to center;
Jackson singled to left [Nettles scored]; Chambliss forced
Jackson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez made an out to shortstop; Rader flied out
to center; G. Woods struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella walked; Johnson struck out; Randolph made
an out to first; Dent singled to right [Piniella to second];
Rivers forced Dent (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bowling singled to pitcher; Torres forced Bowling
(third to second); Cerone singled to right [Torres to third,
Cerone out at second (right to shortstop to first to second)];
Staggs struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: White made an out to second; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell struck out; Ault made an out to third;
Velez doubled to right; Rader walked; G. Woods singled to left
[Velez scored, Rader to second]; Bowling walked [Rader to third,
G. Woods to second]; Torres walked [Rader scored, G. Woods to
third, Bowling to second]; Cerone struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss struck out; Piniella tripled to center;
Johnson made an out to catcher; Randolph walked; Dent grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Staggs struck out; Howell flied out to left; Ault
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Rivers singled to third; White walked [Rivers to
second]; Nettles forced White (second to shortstop) [Rivers to
third]; Jackson struck out; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez singled to shortstop; Rader reached on an
error by Gullett on a sacrifice bunt [Velez to second]; G. Woods
forced Rader (shortstop to second) [Velez to third]; Bowling
made an out to catcher; Torres made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph doubled to left;
Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone walked; Staggs singled to second [Cerone
to third, Staggs to second (error by Randolph)]; Howell walked;
LYLE REPLACED GULLETT (PITCHING); Ault reached on an error by
Randolph [Cerone scored, Staggs scored (no RBI), Howell to
third, Ault to second]; Velez doubled to left [Howell scored,
Ault to third]; Rader struck out; G. Woods reached on a
fielder's choice [Ault out at home (pitcher to shortstop to
catcher)]; Johnson allowed a passed ball [Velez to third, G.
Woods to second]; Bowling walked; Torres forced Bowling (third
to second); 3 R, 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: BOWLING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); A. WOODS
REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING LF); VUCKOVICH REPLACED MURPHY
(PITCHING); Rivers struck out; White flied out to right; Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
5, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Staggs
walked; Howell forced Staggs (second to shortstop); Ault singled
to left [Howell to second]; A. Woods singled to right [Howell
scored, Ault to second]; Rader flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Jackson walked; Chambliss singled to right [Jackson
to second]; Piniella doubled to left [Jackson scored, Chambliss
to third]; Johnson singled to center [Chambliss scored, Piniella
scored]; JOHNSON REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Randolph made an
out to shortstop; MUNSON BATTED FOR DENT; Munson walked [Johnson
to second]; Rivers hit into a double play (first unassisted)
[Munson out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Yankees 4.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: STANLEY REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING SS); G. Woods
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowling singled to center;
Lyle threw a wild pitch [Bowling to second]; Torres struck out;
Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 9TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
grounded out (first to pitcher); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 4.



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