New York Yankees 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Wednesday, September 20, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 6 0 Blue Jays 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 .266 Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .274 A. Woods lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Munson c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 Howell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .277 Jackson rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .277 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 4 .258 Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Piniella lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .313 Upshaw pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Blair pr,rf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .175 Velez rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .275 Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .277 McKay 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .245 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .274 Ashby c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .277 Johnson dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .190 Gomez ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .222 Dent ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Ewing ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .192 White ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Underwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 6 3 3 9 Totals 33 2 6 2 3 9 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 38,080 Left on Base: Yankees 7, Blue Jays 7 DP: Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0 Errors: A. Woods Doubles: McKay (19), Ashby (14) Triples: Johnson (1) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clay 6 4 2 2 1 5 0 23 4.28 Gossage W(10-10) 3 2 0 0 2 4 0 13 2.02 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 9 0 36 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Underwood 8.1 3 2 2 2 7 0 31 4.08 Cruz L(7-3) 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 1.62 Buskey 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 2.45 Totals 9 6 3 3 3 9 0 37 Wild Pitches: Clay (4) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jim Evans YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph made an out to second; Munson walked; Jackson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Woods singled to center; Howell flied out to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Chambliss grounded out (third to first); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry made an out to third; Velez singled to center; McKay doubled to left [Velez scored]; Clay threw a wild pitch [McKay to third]; Ashby walked; Gomez grounded out (first unassisted) [McKay scored, Ashby to second]; Bosetti made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 3RD: Johnson flied out to right; Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods flied out to right; Howell struck out; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph struck out; Munson singled to right; Jackson struck out; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Velez popped to first in foul territory; McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss lined to shortstop; Nettles flied out to left; Johnson tripled to right; Dent struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby made an out to shortstop; Gomez grounded out (third to first); Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 6TH: Rivers struck out; Randolph flied out to right; Munson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: A. Woods grounded out (second to first); Howell singled to center; Horton struck out; Mayberry made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 7TH: Jackson grounded out (third to first); Piniella grounded out (second to first); Chambliss reached on an error by A. Woods [Chambliss to second]; Nettles made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Velez struck out; McKay flied out to center; Ashby doubled to left; Gomez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 8TH: Johnson struck out; WHITE BATTED FOR DENT; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: STANLEY REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING SS); Bosetti flied out to right; A. Woods made an out to shortstop; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Blue Jays 2. YANKEES 9TH: Randolph singled to right; Munson flied out to left; Jackson walked [Randolph to second]; CRUZ REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Piniella singled to right [Randolph scored, Jackson to third]; BLAIR RAN FOR PINIELLA; Chambliss singled to center [Jackson scored, Blair to second]; Nettles singled to right [Blair scored, Chambliss to third, Nettles to second (on throw)]; BUSKEY REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Johnson was walked intentionally; Stanley struck out; Rivers struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING LF); Horton struck out; Mayberry singled to center; UPSHAW RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Velez walked [Upshaw to second]; McKay grounded out (second to first) [Upshaw to third, Velez to second]; Ashby walked; EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".