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.

The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Lou Piniella singled, went to second when Chris Chambliss was hit by a pitch and scored on a single by Roy White. The Blue Jays tied the game in the fifth on an error by Willie Randolph before a Toronto error gave the Yankees their victory in the sixth.

A single by Thurman Munson and a walk to Reggie Jackson sent Jay starter Balor Moore to the showers in favor of Tom Buskey. Piniella grounded out and Graig Nettles was walked intentionally to load the bases. Munson and Jackson scored when first baseman Doug Ault committed a throwing error to home on a grounder by Chambliss. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 28, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue 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.