Maintaining a one-game lead in the East division, the Yankees beat the Blue Jays, 5-1, as Catfish Hunter picked up his ninth victory in 10 decisions. In his last 79 innings, the righthander had a 1.71 earned run average.

With one out in the second inning, Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss singled and Roy White reached first safely on an error by third baseman Roy Howell. A sacrifice fly by Bucky Dent drove in one run and Willie Randolph followed with a two-run single. Nettles hit a homer in the third and Reggie Jackson added another in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue Jays    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Yankees      0  3  1    0  1  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  1


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosetti cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Rivers cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .267
Bailor rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .271        Blair cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .169
Howell 3b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .272      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .280
Mayberry dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Upshaw 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Jackson dh            4   1   1   1     0   1   .278
A. Woods lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .248      Piniella rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Nettles 3b            4   2   2   1     0   0   .275
McKay 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .278
Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .223      White lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
  Ewing ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Thomasson lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Johnson ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Dent ss               3   0   1   1     0   0   .249
Willis p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wiley p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   6   1     1   4             Totals               34   5  10   5     1   2

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 20,052
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Yankees 7
DP: Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Howell, Dent
Doubles: Piniella (33)
Home Runs: Howell (7), Nettles (27), Jackson (25)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (5)
GIDP: Ashby (9)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Willis L(3-7)           3.1   7   4   1   1   0   1  19   4.47
Murphy                  2.2   3   1   1   0   0   1  11   3.93
Wiley                   2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   4.66
Totals                  8    10   5   2   1   2   2  36

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter W(12-5)          9     6   1   1   1   4   1  34   3.25
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   4   1  34

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Dave Phillips


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled to center; Howell forced Bailor (third to second);
Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph flied out to
center; Munson singled to left; Jackson flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Upshaw flied out to center; A. Woods reached on
an error by Dent (assist by Hunter); Ashby grounded out (first
unassisted) [A. Woods to second]; McKay grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to center; Nettles singled to
right; Chambliss singled to right [Nettles to second]; White
reached on an error by Howell [Nettles to third, Chambliss to
second]; Dent hit a sacrifice fly to left [Nettles scored
(unearned)]; Rivers walked [Chambliss to third, White to
second]; Randolph singled to center [Chambliss scored
(unearned), White scored (unearned), Rivers to second]; Munson
forced Randolph (shortstop to second); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 3.

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

YANKEES 3RD: Jackson flied out to center; Piniella flied out to
right; Nettles homered; Chambliss flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 4.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell homered; Mayberry flied out to center;
Upshaw struck out; A. Woods grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: White singled to center; Dent flied out to left;
Rivers singled to right [White to second]; MURPHY REPLACED
WILLIS (PITCHING); Randolph flied out to center; Munson made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ashby flied out to right; McKay grounded out
(first to pitcher); Gomez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson homered; Piniella doubled to left; Nettles
made an out to shortstop; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to
first); White flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti flied out to right; Bailor singled to
third; Howell flied out to center; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent singled to right; Rivers grounded out (first
unassisted) [Dent to second]; Randolph flied out to right;
Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Upshaw flied out to right; A. Woods singled to
center; Ashby grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [A. Woods out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: WILEY REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Jackson struck
out (catcher to first); Piniella grounded out (shortstop to
first); Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: BLAIR REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING CF); McKay made an
out to pitcher; EWING BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ewing made an out to
second; Bosetti singled to left; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED EWING (PLAYING SS); Chambliss
grounded out (second to first); White struck out; Dent flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: THOMASSON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING LF); Howell
walked; Mayberry flied out to right; Upshaw made an out to
catcher; A. Woods singled to center [Howell to third]; Ashby
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5.