Continuing their drive toward the East division championship, the Yankees defeated the Blue Jays, 7-1, as Catfish Hunter got credit for his ninth victory in his last 11 decisions. The Yankees got rolling with three runs in the fifth inning. A walk to Bucky Dent, double by Mickey Rivers and walk to Willie Randolph loaded the bases before a sacrifice fly by Thurman Munson scored Dent. A double by Reggie Jackson then produced two more tallies.

The Yankees added four markers in the seventh on a walk to Rivers, triple by Randolph, single by Munson and doubles by Lou Piniella and Chris Chambliss. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1978 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  3  0    4  0  0  -   7 10  0
Blue Jays    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   2   2   0     1   1   .268      Bosetti cf            4   1   2   1     0   1   .258
  Johnstone rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .223      A. Woods lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .249
Randolph 2b           4   2   1   1     1   0   .273      Howell 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .275
  Doyle 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .255
Munson c              4   1   2   2     0   0   .296      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Jackson rf            3   0   1   2     0   0   .278      Velez rf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .275
  Blair rf,cf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .174      McKay 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Piniella lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .313      Ashby c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Thomasson lf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Gomez ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .223
Chambliss 1b          4   0   3   1     0   0   .281      Moore p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spencer 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   2   .273        Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Johnson dh            4   0   0   0     0   2   .186        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dent ss               3   1   0   0     1   0   .246
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  10   7     4   7             Totals               31   1   5   1     1   7

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 28,653
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Blue Jays 4
DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0
Doubles: Munson (26), Rivers 2 (23), Jackson (12), Piniella (32), Chambliss (25), Bosetti (24)
Triples: Randolph (6)
Home Runs: Bosetti (5)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (23)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (10)
GIDP: McKay (15)
Hit by Pitch: Jackson (9,by Moore)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(11-5)          6     4   1   1   1   5   1  22   3.44
Gossage SV(24)          3     1   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.97
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   7   1  32

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(6-8)            6.1   6   5   5   3   5   0  29   5.08
Buskey                  0.1   3   2   2   0   0   0   4   4.70
Cruz                    1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   1.58
Murphy                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4.07
Totals                  9    10   7   7   4   7   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Moore (5)
Wild Pitches: Cruz (2)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; Randolph grounded out (third to
first); Munson doubled to left; Jackson made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti homered; A. Woods grounded out (second to
first); Howell grounded out (second to first); Horton struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
singled to right; Nettles struck out; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Velez grounded out
(shortstop to first); McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
flied out to left; Randolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Gomez flied
out to right; Bosetti struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson made an out to second; Jackson was hit by a
pitch; Piniella flied out to center; Chambliss singled to center
[Jackson to second]; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: A. Woods struck out; Howell flied out to center;
Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Johnson struck out; Dent walked; Rivers doubled to
right [Dent to third]; Randolph walked; Munson hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Dent scored]; Jackson doubled to left [Rivers
scored, Randolph scored, Jackson to third (on throw to home)];
Piniella flied out to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Velez singled to
right; McKay grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Velez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue
Jays 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); Johnson grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ashby flied out to right; Gomez singled to right;
Bosetti doubled to left [Gomez to third]; A. Woods popped to
catcher in foul territory; Howell walked; Horton forced Howell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue
Jays 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivers
walked; Rivers stole second; Randolph tripled to center [Rivers
scored]; BUSKEY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Munson singled to
left [Randolph scored]; Jackson flied out to right; Piniella
doubled to left [Munson scored]; Chambliss doubled to center
[Piniella scored]; CRUZ REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Cruz threw a
wild pitch [Chambliss to third]; Nettles walked; Johnson flied
out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); THOMASSON
REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); GOSSAGE REPLACED HUNTER
(PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to center; Velez struck out;
McKay singled to center; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Dent popped to first in foul territory; Rivers
doubled to left; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first);
Munson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: JOHNSTONE REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING RF); DOYLE
REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); BLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); SPENCER REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); STANLEY REPLACED
DENT (PLAYING SS); Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bosetti grounded out (second to first); A. Woods struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 9TH: MURPHY REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Blair struck out;
Thomasson struck out; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell flied out to center; Horton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 7, Blue Jays 1.