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.

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