Paced by Al Woods, who drove in five runs, the Blue Jays routed the A's, 12-1. Woods plated a run with a grounder in the first inning and then stroked a two-run single in the sixth and two-run homer in the eighth. Otto Velez accounted for three RBIs with a triple and single. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 12, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Sunday, May 18, 1980 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 10 0 Blue Jays 1 0 0 2 3 2 0 4 x - 12 16 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Griffin ss 5 3 3 1 0 0 .254 Murphy cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .311 Bailor rf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .137 Newman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Woods lf 5 2 3 5 0 0 .348 Armas rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Velez dh 5 2 3 3 0 0 .352 Klutts 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Howell 3b 2 1 1 3 2 0 .264 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Essian dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .220 Bosetti cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .246 Heath c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Garcia 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .263 McKay 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Davis c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .209 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Souza p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lysander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 1 10 1 0 2 Totals 39 12 16 12 5 2 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 14,414 Left on Base: A's 8, Blue Jays 9 DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 1 Doubles: Murphy (3), Armas (2), Griffin (5), Bosetti (5), Velez (2) Triples: Griffin (5), Velez (1) Home Runs: Murphy (3), Woods (4), Howell (3) Sacrifice Flies: Howell (1) GIDP: Armas (1) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(3-2) 4.2 7 6 6 1 2 0 22 4.03 Hamilton 1.1 3 2 2 2 0 0 9 8.64 Souza 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7.71 Lysander 1 5 4 4 1 0 2 9 7.90 Totals 8 16 12 12 5 2 2 45 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Mirabella W(4-2) 9 10 1 1 0 2 1 36 2.28 Totals 9 10 1 1 0 2 1 36 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Larry Barnett ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Murphy doubled to right; Newman flied out to right; Armas flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin tripled to center; Bailor grounded out (third to first); Woods grounded out (shortstop to first) [Griffin scored]; Velez made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Klutts flied out to center; Guerrero struck out; Essian singled to right; Heath forced Essian (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell popped to third in foul territory; Mayberry struck out; Bosetti flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: McKay flied out to right; Henderson singled to center; Murphy forced Henderson (third to second); Newman grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Garcia flied out to left; Davis popped to first; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas flied out to center; Klutts grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Woods singled to right; Velez tripled to right [Woods scored]; Howell hit a sacrifice fly to left [Velez scored]; Mayberry made an out to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 5TH: Essian flied out to center; Heath singled to shortstop; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first) [Heath to second]; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti struck out; Garcia singled to center; Davis singled to left [Garcia to second]; Griffin doubled to right [Garcia scored, Davis to third]; Bailor walked; Woods made an out to second; Velez singled to left [Davis scored, Griffin scored, Bailor to second]; HAMILTON REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Howell walked [Bailor to third, Velez to second]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy struck out; Newman singled to center; Armas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Newman out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia singled to second; Davis flied out to center; Griffin singled to left [Garcia to second]; Bailor walked [Garcia to third, Griffin to second]; Woods singled to right [Garcia scored, Griffin scored, Bailor to second]; Velez flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 8. ATHLETICS 7TH: Klutts grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero singled to left; Essian singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Heath made an out to second; McKay grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 8. BLUE JAYS 7TH: SOUZA REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Howell walked; Mayberry forced Howell (second to shortstop); Bosetti doubled to left [Mayberry to third]; Garcia made an out to third; Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy homered; Newman grounded out (third to first); Armas doubled to right; Klutts singled to left [Armas to third]; Guerrero flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 8. BLUE JAYS 8TH: LYSANDER REPLACED SOUZA (PITCHING); Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor singled to center; Woods homered [Bailor scored]; Velez doubled to left; Howell homered [Velez scored]; Mayberry walked; Bosetti singled to right [Mayberry to second]; Garcia grounded out (first to pitcher) [Mayberry to third, Bosetti to second]; Davis grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 12. ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian flied out to right; Heath flied out to center; McKay flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 12.

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