In a game akin to married men playing single men at a company picnic, the Blue Jays thrashed the Orioles, 24-10, as John Mayberry hit two homers and drove in seven runs to pace the attack. The run and hit totals were the most ever recorded against the Orioles and the most in the brief history of the Blue Jays.

Dave McKay and Otto Velez each hit two doubles in one inning, matching a feat last achieved by Baltimore's Mark Belanger in 1969. The Blue Jays batted around in three different innings. Bird manager Earl Weaver was forced to use catcher Elrod Hendricks and outfielder Larry Harlow as pitchers. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 24, Baltimore Orioles 10
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Orioles      1  0  1    3  1  0    0  3  1  -  10 12  0
Blue Jays    0  9  4    6  5  0    0  0  x  -  24 24  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garcia ss             5   0   1   2     0   1   .333      Upshaw lf             5   1   2   1     1   2   .286
Dauer 3b              4   2   2   1     1   0   .269      Bailor cf             5   4   2   1     2   0   .243
Murray 1b             5   0   2   1     0   1   .268      Howell 3b             5   3   2   4     1   1   .296
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Carty dh              6   2   2   3     0   0   .285
May dh                5   2   4   3     0   0   .264      Velez rf              3   4   3   2     3   0   .271
Mora lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Ault 1b               1   1   1   0     0   0   .227
xLopez cf             4   2   1   0     0   0   .000        Mayberry ph,1b      5   3   3   7     0   0   .255
Smith 2b              4   2   1   2     1   1   .254      McKay 2b              5   1   3   3     1   1   .247
Dempsey c             2   2   1   0     2   0   .218      Gomez ss              2   1   1   1     0   0   .219
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Johnson ss          4   1   2   0     0   2   .200
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Milner c              5   3   3   2     0   0   .444
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ashby c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .202
  Harlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hendricks p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  10  12   9     5   3             Totals               47  24  24  24     8   6

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 16,184
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Blue Jays 8
DP: Orioles 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Bailor, Milner
Doubles: Murray (12), May (11), Garcia (4), Bailor (13), Velez 2 (6), McKay 2 (10), Howell (15), Mayberry (9)
Triples: Howell (2), Milner (1)
Home Runs: May 2 (15), Smith (4), Mayberry 2 (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Upshaw (2)
GIDP: Garcia (2)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan L(11-5)        1     6   6   6   1   1   0  10   3.39
Kerrigan                1.1   9   7   7   0   0   1  13   7.76
T. Martinez             1.2   5   6   6   2   3   0  12   6.56
Harlow                  0.2   2   5   5   4   1   1   8  67.50
Hendricks               2.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   9   0.00
Stanhouse               1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.00
Totals                  8    24  24  24   8   6   2  56

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(4-7)        5     6   6   5   4   0   1  26   4.00
Murphy                  4     6   4   4   1   3   2  18   3.91
Totals                  9    12  10   9   5   3   3  44

Passed Balls: Milner (1)
Wild Pitches: Harlow (1), Underwood (4), Murphy (4)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips


ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia flied out to center; Dauer singled to
center; Murray doubled to right [Dauer to third]; Singleton
walked; May singled [Dauer scored, Murray to third, Singleton to
second]; Mora popped to first in foul territory; Lopez flied out
to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Upshaw struck out; Bailor doubled to left; Howell
flied out to center [Bailor to third]; Carty grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Smith lined to shortstop; Dempsey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez doubled to left; Ault singled to second
[Velez stayed at second]; McKay doubled to left [Velez scored,
Ault to third]; Gomez singled to center [Ault scored, McKay to
third]; Milner singled to right [McKay scored, Gomez to third];
Upshaw walked [Milner to second]; KERRIGAN REPLACED FLANAGAN
(PITCHING); Bailor forced Upshaw (pitcher to shortstop to
second) [Gomez scored, Milner to third]; Howell tripled to right
[Milner scored, Bailor scored]; Carty grounded out (third to
first) [Howell scored]; Velez doubled to left; MAYBERRY BATTED
FOR AULT; Mayberry homered [Velez scored]; McKay doubled to
center; Gomez grounded out (second to first); 9 R, 9 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 1, Blue Jays 9.

ORIOLES 3RD: MAYBERRY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Dauer walked;
Murray grounded out (third to first) [Dauer to second];
Underwood threw a wild pitch [Dauer to third]; Singleton flied
out to right; Milner allowed a passed ball [Dauer scored]; May
doubled; Mora flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 2, Blue Jays 9.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Milner singled to right; Upshaw singled to center
[Milner to second]; Bailor singled to center [Milner to third,
Upshaw to second]; Howell doubled to right [Milner scored,
Upshaw scored, Bailor to third]; Carty grounded out (second to
first); Velez singled to center [Bailor scored, Howell scored];
T. MARTINEZ REPLACED KERRIGAN (PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to
left; McKay was called out on strikes; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 2, Blue Jays 13.

ORIOLES 4TH: JOHNSON REPLACED GOMEZ (PLAYING SS); Lopez reached
on catcher's interference by Milner; Smith walked [Lopez to
second]; Dempsey walked [Lopez to third, Smith to second];
Garcia doubled to left [Lopez scored (unearned), Smith scored,
Dempsey to third]; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Dempsey scored]; Murray grounded out (third to first);
Singleton grounded out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 5, Blue Jays 13.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Johnson singled to left; Milner tripled [Johnson
scored]; Upshaw hit a sacrifice fly to center [Milner scored];
Bailor walked; Howell was called out on strikes; Carty singled
to right [Bailor to second]; Velez walked [Bailor to third,
Carty to second]; Mayberry doubled to right [Bailor scored,
Carty scored, Velez to third]; McKay singled [Velez scored,
Mayberry scored]; Johnson was called out on strikes; 6 R, 5 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 5, Blue Jays 19.

ORIOLES 5TH: May homered; Mora lined to third; Lopez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 19.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: HARLOW REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Milner
grounded out (second to first); Upshaw struck out; Bailor
walked; Howell walked [Bailor to second]; Harlow threw a wild
pitch [Bailor to third, Howell to second]; Carty singled to
center [Bailor scored, Howell scored]; Velez walked [Carty to
second]; Mayberry homered [Carty scored, Velez scored]; McKay
walked; HENDRICKS REPLACED HARLOW (PITCHING); Johnson singled to
center [McKay to second]; Milner flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24.

ORIOLES 6TH: MURPHY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Dempsey
walked; Garcia grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Dempsey out at second]; Dauer singled to left; Murray
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Upshaw flied out to left; Bailor flied out to
left; Howell lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6,
Blue Jays 24.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton flied out to right; May flied out to
right; ASHBY REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING C ); Mora flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Carty flied out to left; Velez walked; Mayberry
forced Velez (first to shortstop); McKay flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 24.

ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez singled; Smith homered [Lopez scored];
Dempsey singled to left; Murphy threw a wild pitch [Dempsey to
second]; Garcia struck out; Dauer grounded out (third to first);
Murray singled to center [Dempsey scored, Murray to second
(error by Bailor)]; Singleton popped to shortstop; 3 R, 4 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Blue Jays 24.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED HENDRICKS (PITCHING); Johnson
struck out; Ashby grounded out (second to first); Upshaw singled
to left; Bailor forced Upshaw (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Blue Jays 24.

ORIOLES 9TH: May homered; Mora flied out to right; Lopez
grounded out (third to first); Smith was called out on strikes;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, Blue Jays 24.