A suicide squeeze bunt by Rick Cerone keyed a four-run fifth inning that led the Blue Jays to a 7-3 victory over the A's. With runners on first and third and one out, Cerone's bunt caught the A's by surprise and scored John Mayberry to tie the game at 1-1. Luis Gomez followed with an RBI single to send A's starter John Henry Johnson to the showers.

Reliever Dave Heaverlo got Rick Bosetti to ground into a fielder's choice but then surrendered RBI singles to Bob Bailor and Roy Howell. The Jays broke the game open in the seventh, scoring three times on an RBI single by Bosetti, an RBI triple by Bailor and a wild pitch by A's reliever Bob Lacey. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 7, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      22, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
A's          0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  4  0    3  0  x  -   7 11  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wallis cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Bosetti cf            4   2   1   1     0   0   .261
Duncan 3b             4   0   2   0     1   0   .253      Bailor rf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .264
Page lf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .296      Howell 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .287
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Revering 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .274      Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .262
Guerrero ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .284      A. Woods lf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .185
Newman c              3   1   1   2     1   0   .248      McKay 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .239
Edwards 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .286      Cerone c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .222
Burke rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Gomez ss              3   1   1   1     0   0   .209
  Murphy ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     4   2             Totals               33   7  11   6     1   2

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 21,028
Left on Base: A's 9, Blue Jays 4
DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 0
Doubles: Revering (12), Page 2 (17)
Triples: Bailor (3)
Home Runs: Newman (6)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (13)
Caught Stealing: Newman (2), Mayberry (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Edwards (5), A. Woods (1)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(7-6)          4.1   4   4   4   1   0   0  18   2.76
Heaverlo                0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.84
Sosa                    1.2   4   3   3   0   2   0   8   3.01
Lacey                   1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.82
Totals                  8    11   7   7   1   2   0  35

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy W(7-7)           9     9   3   3   4   2   1  39   4.38
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   2   1  39

Wild Pitches: Lacey (3)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Ron Luciano


ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Duncan
singled to left; Page walked [Duncan to second]; Horton struck
out; Revering singled to left [Duncan to third, Page to second];
Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti lined to second; Bailor lined to second;
Howell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (third to first); Edwards
singled to right; Edwards stole second; Burke struck out; Wallis
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics
0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to
center; A. Woods singled; McKay flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan walked; Page forced Duncan (second to
shortstop); Horton made an out to shortstop; Revering doubled to
right [Page scored]; Guerrero flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone made an out to shortstop; Gomez flied out
to left; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman walked; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Newman to second]; Burke grounded out (third
to first); Newman was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor lined to shortstop; Howell flied out to
left; Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Wallis lined to second; Duncan grounded out
(second to first); Page doubled; Horton flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry walked; A. Woods out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Mayberry to second]; McKay singled to left
[Mayberry to third]; Cerone singled [Mayberry scored, McKay to
second]; Gomez singled to left [McKay scored, Cerone to third,
Gomez to second (on throw)]; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON
(PITCHING); Bosetti reached on a fielder's choice [Cerone out at
home (third to catcher), Gomez stayed at second]; Bailor singled
to right [Gomez scored, Bosetti to second]; Howell singled
[Bosetti scored, Bailor to second]; SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO
(PITCHING); Carty forced Howell (shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering made an out to shortstop; Guerrero
walked; Newman homered [Guerrero scored]; Edwards flied out to
center; Burke lined to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry singled to right; A. Woods struck out;
McKay struck out; Mayberry was caught stealing second (catcher
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Duncan
singled to left; Page doubled to right [Duncan to third]; Horton
reached on a fielder's choice [Duncan out at home (shortstop to
catcher)]; Revering made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone singled to center; Gomez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cerone to second]; Bosetti singled to
right [Cerone scored]; Bailor tripled to center [Bosetti
scored]; LACEY REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Lacey threw a wild
pitch [Bailor scored]; Howell grounded out (pitcher to first);
Carty flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Blue Jays 7.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Newman
grounded out (third to first); Edwards singled; MURPHY BATTED
FOR BURKE; Murphy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MURPHY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Mayberry
grounded out (first to pitcher); A. Woods grounded out (second
to first); McKay singled; Cerone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Wallis flied out to center; Duncan flied out to
center; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 3, Blue Jays 7.