Ruppert Jones homered in the first inning and Joe Lefebvre knocked in two runs with a single in the third to start the Yankees off to a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays. Lefebvre's hit drove in Jim Spencer, who had walked, and Graig Nettles, who had doubled. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       24, 1980 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees      1  0  2    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   6  8  0
Blue Jays    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .280      Griffin ss            5   0   1   0     0   2   .252
Brown lf              5   0   0   0     0   3   .292      Bailor rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .181
Jones cf              4   1   1   1     1   1   .213      Woods lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .352
Spencer 1b            3   1   1   1     2   0   .217      Howell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
Nettles 3b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .246      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .198
Lefebvre rf           3   0   1   2     0   1   .500      Garcia 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
  Piniella ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Moseby dh             4   0   2   0     0   1   .500
Murcer dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .176      Bosetti cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Cerone c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .227      Whitt c               2   1   1   1     0   0   .214
Dent ss               2   1   0   0     2   0   .230        Iorg ph             1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Davis c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .196
  May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bonnell ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .205
                                                          Clancy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   8   6     6   6             Totals               35   2   9   2     2   8

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 31,021
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Blue Jays 8
DP: Yankees 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Garcia
Doubles: Spencer (2), Nettles (3), Cerone (8), Randolph (8), Whitt (1), Moseby (1), Howell (4), Iorg (1)
Home Runs: Jones (5)
Stolen Bases: Bailor (5), Griffin (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (2)
GIDP: Brown (1), Garcia (2)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(3-2)            5     5   2   2   2   5   0  21   6.11
May SV(3)               4     4   0   0   0   3   0  16   2.92
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2   8   0  37

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clancy L(3-2)           6.2   6   5   3   6   4   1  32   2.95
Garvin                  2.1   2   1   1   0   2   0   9   3.65
Totals                  9     8   6   4   6   6   1  41

Wild Pitches: Tiant (1), Clancy (1)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry McCoy


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to center; Brown grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Randolph out at
second]; Jones homered; Spencer doubled to right; Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
1, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Bailor grounded out (pitcher
to first); Woods flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Lefebvre flied out to center; Murcer walked; Cerone
flied out to left; Dent walked [Murcer to second]; Randolph
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Blue Jays
0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell struck out; Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted); Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Brown struck out; Jones grounded out (pitcher to
first); Spencer walked; Nettles doubled to right [Spencer to
third]; Lefebvre singled to left [Spencer scored, Nettles
scored, Lefebvre to second (on throw)]; Murcer lined to second;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Moseby made an out to second; Debut game for
Lloyd Moseby; Bosetti singled to third; Tiant threw a wild
pitch [Bosetti to second]; Whitt doubled to left [Bosetti
scored]; Griffin struck out; Bailor singled to right [Whitt
scored]; Bailor stole second; Woods walked; Howell made an out
to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Dent flied
out to right; Randolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry walked; Garcia grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Mayberry out at second];
Moseby doubled to left; Bosetti flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Brown struck out; Jones lined to second; Spencer
walked; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Whitt made an out to shortstop; Griffin singled
to right; Bailor struck out; Griffin stole second; Woods struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Lefebvre struck out; Murcer was called out on
strikes; Cerone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: MAY REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Howell doubled to
left; Mayberry lined to second; Garcia was called out on
strikes; Moseby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Dent walked; Randolph reached on an error by Garcia
on a sacrifice bunt [Dent to second]; Clancy threw a wild pitch
[Dent to third, Randolph to second]; Brown flied out to right;
Jones was walked intentionally; Spencer forced Jones (third to
second) [Dent scored (unearned), Randolph to third]; Nettles
singled to right [Randolph scored (unearned), Spencer to third];
GARVIN REPLACED CLANCY (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR LEFEBVRE;
Piniella forced Nettles (shortstop unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Bosetti
flied out to center; IORG BATTED FOR WHITT; Iorg doubled to
left; Griffin flied out to center; Bailor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue
Jays 2.

YANKEES 8TH: DAVIS REPLACED IORG (PLAYING C ); Murcer flied out
to center; Cerone doubled to left; Dent grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Cerone to third]; Randolph doubled to center [Cerone
scored]; Brown was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Woods flied out to center; Howell made an out to
shortstop; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
6, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Jones was called out on strikes; Spencer made an
out to third; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Garcia flied out to center; Moseby singled to
center; Bosetti flied out to right; BONNELL BATTED FOR DAVIS;
Bonnell singled to left [Moseby to second]; Griffin popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 6,
Blue Jays 2.