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Sunday May 21, 1978
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New York Yankees 9, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 21, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Yankees      2  4  0    1  0  2    0  0  0  -   9 14  1
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  9  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .291      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
  Blair ph,cf         2   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Bailor rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Randolph 2b           4   2   2   1     1   0   .283      Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Munson c              5   1   3   4     0   1   .282      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Jackson rf            5   0   0   1     0   2   .265      Hutton lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Piniella lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .330        Velez ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Chambliss 1b          5   1   3   0     0   1   .322      Ewing dh              3   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Nettles 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .260        Ault ph,dh          1   0   1   0     0   0   .292
Johnson dh            3   2   1   0     1   0   .159      McKay 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Dent ss               4   1   1   1     0   0   .226      Ashby c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .146
Clay p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .220
  Holtzman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garvin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kirkwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   9  14   8     2   4             Totals               36   1   9   0     0   3

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 41,308
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Blue Jays 8
DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Chambliss, McKay
Doubles: Munson (9), Chambliss (6)
Triples: Gomez (1)
Home Runs: Munson (1)
GIDP: Nettles (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clay W(1-2)             7     8   1   0   0   3   0  29   3.12
Holtzman                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.08
Lyle                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.62
Totals                  9     9   1   0   0   3   0  36

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garvin L(2-2)           3.2   8   7   6   2   2   1  21   6.80
Moore                   3.1   4   2   2   0   2   0  14   6.04
Kirkwood                2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.77
Totals                  9    14   9   8   2   4   1  43

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
walked; Munson homered [Randolph scored]; Jackson struck out;
Piniella grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
grounded out (third to first); Howell flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss singled to left; Nettles singled to right
[Chambliss to second]; Johnson singled to third [Chambliss to
third, Nettles to second]; Dent singled to left [Chambliss
scored, Nettles to third, Johnson to second]; Rivers reached on
an error by McKay [Nettles scored, Johnson scored (no RBI), Dent
to third]; Randolph forced Rivers (shortstop to second) [Dent
scored (unearned)]; Munson struck out; Jackson forced Randolph
(second to shortstop); 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; Hutton popped to
catcher in foul territory; Ewing singled to right [Mayberry to
second]; McKay popped to shortstop; Ashby was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Piniella made an out to second; Chambliss singled
to center; Nettles grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 6, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez tripled to right; Bosetti reached on an
error by Chambliss [Gomez scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bosetti to
second]; Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell flied out
to center [Bosetti to third]; Mayberry flied out to right; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Johnson walked; Dent flied out to center; Rivers
singled to right [Johnson to second]; Randolph flied out to
center; Munson singled to right [Johnson scored, Rivers to
second]; MOORE REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Jackson struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Hutton grounded out (first unassisted); Ewing
flied out to center; McKay singled to center; Ashby flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss struck out;
Nettles singled to right; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez flied out to right; Bosetti singled to
right; Bailor singled to right [Bosetti to second]; Howell
grounded out (first unassisted) [Bosetti to third, Bailor to
second]; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent flied out to center; BLAIR BATTED FOR RIVERS;
Blair singled to left; Randolph singled to right [Blair to
second]; Munson doubled to left [Blair scored, Randolph to
third]; Jackson grounded out (second to first) [Randolph scored,
Munson to third]; Piniella flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Hutton singled
to left; Ewing struck out; McKay lined into a double play (first
unassisted) [Hutton out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles flied out to
left; Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ashby singled to right; Gomez popped to second;
Bosetti struck out; Bailor flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 8TH: KIRKWOOD REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Dent grounded
out (shortstop to first); Blair flied out to right; Randolph
singled to center; Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: HOLTZMAN REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Howell
grounded out (second to first); Mayberry flied out to right;
VELEZ BATTED FOR HUTTON; Velez made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 9TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Jackson made an
out to shortstop; Piniella flied to right in foul territory;
Chambliss doubled to center; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: LYLE REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); AULT BATTED
FOR EWING; Ault singled to center; McKay popped to second; Ashby
flied out to center; Gomez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1.



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