The Orioles pulled off a triple play in support of Scott McGregor's six-hit pitching and defeated the Blue Jays, 4-0. In the sixth inning, Doug Ault and Dave McKay hit consecutive singles to put Blue Jay runners on first and second.

Rick Cerone followed with a hard grounder to Doug DeCinces, who stepped on third for the first out and then threw to Rich Dauer for another forceout at second. Dauer, in turn, fired to first baseman Eddie Murray, beating Cerone by four steps to complete the triple play. Murray and Ken Singleton hit homers for the Orioles. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Toronto Blue Jays 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  0  -   4 13  2
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garcia ss             4   0   0   0     1   1   .286      Bosetti cf            3   0   0   0     2   0   .256
Dauer 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .271      G. Woods rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .133
Singleton rf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .290      Bailor 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Harlow cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .234      Velez lf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .281
Murray 1b             3   1   3   1     1   0   .285      Alberts dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .333
DeCinces 3b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .269      Ault 1b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .228
May dh                4   1   3   0     0   0   .254      McKay 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .247
Mora lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Cerone c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .103      Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .222
Lopez cf,rf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .244        Horton ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Dempsey c             4   0   2   2     0   0   .262        Johnson pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moore p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  13   4     2   6             Totals               31   0   6   0     6   1

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 29,255
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Blue Jays 10
DP: Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0
Errors: Garcia 2, Bailor
Doubles: Dempsey 2 (18), G. Woods (1)
Home Runs: Murray (27), Singleton (20)
Caught Stealing: Garcia (1)
GIDP: Cerone (6)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(14-12)       9     6   0   0   6   1   0  37   3.32
Totals                  9     6   0   0   6   1   0  37

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(6-7)            7    10   4   4   2   3   2  31   4.86
Lemanczyk               2     3   0   0   0   3   0   8   6.03
Totals                  9    13   4   4   2   6   2  39

Wild Pitches: McGregor (3)
Balks: McGregor (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller


ORIOLES 1ST: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Dauer
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Singleton singled
to right; Murray walked [Singleton to second]; DeCinces singled
to left [Singleton out at home (left to catcher), Murray to
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti walked; G. Woods forced Bosetti (third to
second) [G. Woods to first]; McGregor balked [G. Woods to
second]; Bailor flied out to right; Velez walked; McGregor threw
a wild pitch [G. Woods to third, Velez to second]; Alberts
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May singled to left; Mora flied out to right; Lopez
struck out; Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Ault singled to left; McKay grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Ault to second]; Cerone popped to first; Gomez
walked; Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia walked; Garcia was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first);
Singleton reached on an error by Bailor [Singleton out at second
(left to second)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: G. Woods reached on an error by Garcia [G. Woods
to first]; Bailor forced G. Woods (third to second); Velez flied
out to center; Alberts singled to center [Bailor to second];
Ault forced Alberts (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray homered; DeCinces struck out; May singled to
left; Mora struck out; Lopez singled to left [May to second];
Dempsey doubled to left [May scored, Lopez scored]; Garcia
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3,
Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: McKay walked; Cerone grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [McKay out at second]; Gomez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
3, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray singled to left;
DeCinces forced Murray (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); G.
Woods doubled to left; Bailor popped to shortstop [G. Woods to
third (error by Garcia)]; Velez walked; Alberts grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: May grounded out (third to first); Mora flied out
to left; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ault singled to third; McKay singled to center
[Ault to second]; Cerone grounded into a triple play (third to
second to first) [Ault out at third, McKay out at second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dempsey grounded out (third to first); Garcia
grounded out (third to first); Dauer grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Gomez flied out to center; Bosetti walked; G.
Woods flied out to center; Bailor grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton homered; Murray singled to center;
LEMANCZYK REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); DeCinces singled to center
[Murray to second]; May singled to center [Murray out at home
(center to catcher), DeCinces to second]; Mora flied out to
center; Lopez struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); ANDERSON
REPLACED MORA (PLAYING LF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Velez grounded out (third to first); Alberts flied out to
right; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: Dempsey doubled; Garcia struck out; Dauer grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Dempsey to third]; Harlow struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: McKay flied out to left; Cerone grounded out
(shortstop to first); HORTON BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Horton singled to
center; JOHNSON RAN FOR HORTON; Bosetti popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Blue Jays 0.