The Yankees shut out the Blue Jays in both ends of a doubleheader, 15-0 and 2-0, to go three games ahead of the Red Sox in the East Division race with seven games left to play. While Ron Guidry scattered seven hits and struck out 10 in the lidlifter, the Yankees pounded out 20 hits, including two homers by Cliff Johnson and one each by Reggie Jackson, Lou Piniella and Dave Kingman. Jackson smashed his round-tripper with two men on base in the first inning and drove in another run with a double in the second.

Ed Figueroa and Sparky Lyle combined to pitch a five-hitter in the nightcap. The Yankees scored their initial run in the fourth inning on singles by Thurman Munson and Jackson, a pass to Chris Chambliss and single by Graig Nettles. The Yankees' other run in the ninth was unearned on a wild throw by Jim Clancy. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 15, Toronto Blue Jays 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, September 25, 1977 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees      3  3  0    1  0  1    3  0  4  -  15 20  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .325      G. Woods cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .218
  Blair cf            1   1   0   0     1   1   .271      Bailor lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .313
Nettles 3b            6   2   3   2     0   1   .247      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .297
Munson c              5   0   2   2     0   0   .298      Velez dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .256
  Hendricks c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Ault 1b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Jackson rf            5   1   3   4     0   0   .288      Bowling rf            3   0   0   0     1   2   .208
Piniella lf           5   1   2   1     0   1   .334      Cerone c              4   0   3   0     0   0   .225
Kingman dh            4   2   1   1     1   2   .223      McKay 2b,ss           3   0   1   0     0   2   .195
Johnson 1b            4   2   2   3     0   0   .299      Nordbrook ss          2   0   0   0     0   2   .174
  Bergman 1b          1   1   1   0     0   0   .500        Staggs ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Randolph 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dent ss               4   2   3   0     0   0   .253        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ss          1   1   1   1     0   0   .225        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45  15  20  14     3   5             Totals               33   0   7   0     1  10

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 35,117
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Blue Jays 7
DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: McKay
Doubles: Jackson (38), Dent (17), Munson (25), Bailor (21)
Triples: Nettles (4)
Home Runs: Jackson (31), Johnson 2 (12), Piniella (12), Kingman (6)
GIDP: Johnson (2), Howell (15)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(16-6)          9     7   0   0   1  10   0  34   2.69
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1  10   0  34

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(10-17)         1.1   5   5   5   0   1   2   9   4.06
Murphy                  4.2   9   3   2   1   1   0  22   4.95
Johnson                 1     2   3   3   1   1   2   6   4.64
Willis                  2     4   4   4   1   2   1  11   4.39
Totals                  9    20  15  14   3   5   5  48

Wild Pitches: Murphy (4), Willis (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Al Clark


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Nettles singled to center
[Rivers to second]; Munson flied out to left [Rivers to third];
Jackson homered [Rivers scored, Nettles scored]; Piniella popped
to catcher in foul territory; Kingman struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Johnson homered; Randolph flied out to right; Dent
singled to left; MURPHY REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Rivers
walked [Dent to second]; Nettles forced Rivers (shortstop to
second) [Dent to third]; Munson singled to right [Dent scored,
Nettles to second]; Jackson doubled to right [Nettles scored,
Munson out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez struck out; Ault made an out to first;
Bowling struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Blue Jays
0.

YANKEES 3RD: Piniella singled to right; Kingman struck out;
Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone singled to shortstop; McKay singled to
left [Cerone to third]; Nordbrook struck out; G. Woods struck
out; Bailor flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
6, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Dent
doubled to left; Rivers grounded out (third to first); Murphy
threw a wild pitch [Dent to third]; Nettles reached on an error
by McKay [Dent scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Munson forced
Nettles (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
7, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell flied out to center; Velez flied out to
right; Ault flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
7, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson singled to right; Piniella forced Jackson
(second to shortstop); Kingman flied out to left; Johnson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bowling struck out; Cerone singled to left; McKay
struck out; Nordbrook struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
7, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Dent
singled to center; Rivers singled to left [Dent to second];
Nettles singled to center [Dent out at home (center to catcher),
Rivers to second]; Munson doubled to left [Rivers scored,
Nettles to third]; Jackson flied out to left; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 8, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: BLAIR REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); G. Woods
singled to center; Bailor singled to left [G. Woods to second];
Howell grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [G. Woods to third, Bailor out at second]; Velez flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 8, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Piniella
homered; Kingman walked; Johnson homered [Kingman scored];
Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent flied out to
left; Blair struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: BERGMAN REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); Ault flied
out to left; Bowling flied out to right; Cerone singled to left;
McKay struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 8TH: WILLIS REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Nettles struck
out; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: HENDRICKS REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); STANLEY
REPLACED DENT (PLAYING SS); STAGGS BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; Staggs
struck out; G. Woods made an out to shortstop; Bailor doubled to
left; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 9TH: MCKAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); STAGGS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Piniella struck out; Kingman homered;
Bergman singled to right; Willis threw a wild pitch [Bergman to
second]; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Stanley
singled to left [Bergman scored]; Blair walked [Stanley to
second]; Nettles tripled to right [Stanley scored, Blair
scored]; Hendricks grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 15, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez flied out to center; Ault grounded out
(second to first); Bowling walked; Cerone popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 15, Blue Jays 0.