Capping a brilliant regular season with his 24th victory, Ron Guidry tossed a four-hitter as the Yankees maintained their one-game lead in the East division by beating the Blue Jays, 3-1. Guidry raised his strikeout total to 243 for a new club record. New York Yankees 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1Game Played on Thursday, September 28, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IBlue Jays 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 3 4 2 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Bailor rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271 Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .252 Munson c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293 Velez lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .269 Jackson dh 3 1 0 0 1 2 .276 Ault 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .240 Piniella rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .313 McKay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .242 Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Cerone c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Gomez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 White lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 .269 Alberts ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Blair cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 Johnson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 0 1 9 Totals 30 3 4 1 3 6 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 30,480 Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Yankees 8 DP: Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1 Errors: Ault, Gomez, Randolph, Nettles Triples: Velez (2) GIDP: Bailor (7) Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (5,by Moore), Nettles (6,by Moore) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore L(6-9) 5 3 3 2 1 6 0 22 4.93 Buskey 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 3.38 Totals 8 4 3 2 3 6 0 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Guidry W(24-3) 9 4 1 1 1 9 0 32 1.72 Totals 9 4 1 1 1 9 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Moore 2 (7) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti reached on an error by Nettles; Bailor grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bosetti out at second]; Howell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Horton struck out; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); Ault grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Jackson struck out; Piniella singled to third; Nettles flied out to center; Chambliss was hit by a pitch [Piniella to second]; White singled to center [Piniella scored, Chambliss to second]; Dent made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: McKay struck out; Cerone flied out to center; Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 3RD: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph flied out to left; Munson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti struck out; Bailor made an out to catcher; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Jackson struck out; Piniella reached on an error by Gomez; Nettles was hit by a pitch [Piniella to second]; Chambliss struck out; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Horton struck out; Velez tripled to left [Velez scored (error by Randolph)]; Ault singled to left; McKay grounded out (third to first) [Ault to second]; Cerone singled to pitcher [Ault to third]; Gomez made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Dent struck out; Rivers flied out to center; Randolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti made an out to first; Bailor grounded out (third to first); Howell walked; Horton forced Howell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Munson singled to left; Jackson walked [Munson to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Piniella grounded out (third to first) [Munson to third, Jackson to second]; Nettles was walked intentionally; Chambliss reached on an error by Ault [Munson scored (no RBI), Jackson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Nettles to third, Chambliss to second]; White was walked intentionally; Dent forced Nettles (pitcher to catcher) [Chambliss to third, White to second]; Rivers flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez flied out to left; Ault flied out to right; McKay struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 7TH: Randolph flied out to left; Munson singled to left; Jackson flied out to center; Piniella forced Munson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Cerone struck out; ALBERTS BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Alberts made an out to second; Bosetti singled to right; Bailor forced Bosetti (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3. YANKEES 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED ALBERTS (PLAYING SS); Nettles grounded out (second to first); Chambliss flied out to center; White made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3. BLUE JAYS 9TH: THOMASSON REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING LF); BLAIR REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING CF); Howell made an out to shortstop; Horton struck out; Velez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3. |
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