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Saturday August 26, 1978
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After the Blue Jays bunted their way to a tie in the ninth inning, Dave McKay smashed a homer in the 10th to defeat the Twins, 4-3. In the ninth, Bob Bailor singled and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Otto Velez. Bailor took third after the catch on a fly by Willie Horton and scored when Al Woods beat out a bunt down the third base line. [The Sporting News]


Toronto Blue Jays 4, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 26, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  0    0  -   3 10  0
Blue Jays    1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  -   4 15  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .254      Bosetti cf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .263
Smalley ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .283      Bailor 3b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .268
Carew 1b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .338      Velez rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .282
Ford cf               4   1   0   0     1   2   .292      Horton dh             3   0   2   1     1   0   .270
Cubbage 3b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .285      A. Woods lf           4   0   1   1     1   0   .269
Adams dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .248      Ault 1b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .203
  Wilfong pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .252      McKay 2b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .246
Wynegar c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .248      Cerone c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .230
Norwood lf            3   0   1   1     2   0   .267      Gomez ss              4   0   3   0     0   0   .234
Randall 2b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .286      Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   3  10   3     5   4             Totals               37   4  15   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 25,601
Left on Base: Twins 12, Blue Jays 12
DP: Twins 0, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Cerone, Gomez
Doubles: Adams (15), Bosetti (20), Horton (18)
Triples: Ault (1)
Home Runs: McKay (5)
Stolen Bases: Powell (9), Carew (23)
Caught Stealing: Norwood (10), Gomez (9), Bosetti (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Smalley (19), Wynegar (8), Wilfong (13), Ault (2), Velez (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Horton (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(9-13)            9    15   4   4   3   2   1  43   3.36
Totals                  9    15   4   4   3   2   1  43

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               9     9   3   2   4   3   0  40   4.06
Cruz W(5-1)             1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   0.98
Totals                 10    10   3   2   5   4   0  45

Wild Pitches: Jefferson (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Joe Sawchuk


TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to right; Powell stole second; Smalley
struck out; Carew singled to left [Powell to third]; Carew stole
second; Ford struck out; Cubbage flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to left; Bailor singled to right
[Bosetti to third]; Velez struck out; Horton lined out on a
sacrifice fly to right [Bosetti scored]; A. Woods flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 1.

TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
grounded out (shortstop to first); Norwood walked; Norwood was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault tripled to right; McKay grounded out (third
to first); Cerone singled to left [Ault scored]; Gomez singled
to left [Cerone to second]; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Cerone to third, Gomez to second]; Bailor lined to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 3RD: Randall flied out to left; Powell grounded out
(second to first); Smalley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Velez grounded out (third to first); Horton
walked; A. Woods flied out to center; Ault singled to left
[Horton to second]; McKay flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 0, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Ford walked; Ford was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Cerone [Ford to second];
Cubbage flied out to center; Adams doubled to right [Ford
scored]; Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Cerone flied out to right; On a bunt Gomez
singled to pitcher; Gomez was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Bosetti doubled to left; Bailor walked; Velez struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 5TH: Norwood flied out to left; Randall singled to right;
Powell popped to shortstop; Smalley singled to center [Randall
to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Horton singled to center; A. Woods walked [Horton
to second]; Ault out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Horton to third, A. Woods to second]; McKay reached on a
fielder's choice [Horton out at home (third to catcher), A.
Woods to third]; Cerone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 6TH: Ford struck out; Cubbage grounded out (second to
first); Adams reached on an error by Gomez; Jefferson threw a
wild pitch [Adams to second]; Wynegar walked; Norwood singled to
left [Adams scored (unearned), Wynegar to second]; Randall flied
out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Gomez grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Bosetti singled to pitcher; Bailor flied out to right; Bosetti
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 7TH: Powell singled to center; Smalley out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Powell to second]; Carew was walked
intentionally; Ford grounded out (second to first) [Powell to
third, Carew to second]; Cubbage grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez flied out to center; Horton doubled to
right; A. Woods grounded out (third to first); Ault flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 8TH: Adams singled to center; WILFONG RAN FOR ADAMS;
Wynegar out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wilfong to
second]; Norwood grounded out (third to first); Randall singled
to right [Wilfong scored, Randall to second (on throw to home)];
Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); McKay
grounded out (third to first); Cerone grounded out (third to
first); On a bunt Gomez singled to third; Bosetti forced Gomez
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 2.

TWINS 9TH: Smalley grounded out (first unassisted); Carew lined
to shortstop; Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Bailor singled to left; Velez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Bailor to second]; Horton lined to
center [Bailor to third]; On a bunt A. Woods singled to third
[Bailor scored]; Ault grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Blue Jays 3.

TWINS 10TH: CRUZ REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Cubbage singled
to left; Wilfong out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Cubbage to second]; Wynegar was called out on strikes; Norwood
walked; Randall lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: McKay homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Blue Jays 4.



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