Capping a power show, Reggie Jackson hit the Yankees' fourth homer of the game, connecting after a single by Lou Piniella in the 11th inning, to defeat the Blue Jays, 8-6. Two-run raps by Bobby Brown and Joe Lefebvre helped the Yankees take a 5-0 lead before the Blue Jays rallied for four runs in the fifth and two in the seventh to go ahead, 6-5. The Yankees came back with a homer by Bobby Murcer in their half of the seventh to tie the score. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 8, Toronto Blue Jays 6
Game Played on Saturday, May       31, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue Jays    0  0  0    0  4  0    2  0  0    0  0  -   6 14  0
Yankees      0  2  3    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  -   8 13  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   1   3   0     0   0   .267      Randolph 2b           6   0   0   0     0   1   .300
Bailor lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Murcer lf,rf          6   2   2   1     0   1   .216
  Woods ph,lf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Lefebvre rf           3   1   1   2     0   0   .357
Howell 3b             5   2   2   1     1   3   .271        Piniella ph,lf      2   1   1   0     1   0   .218
Velez dh              5   2   3   1     1   1   .351      Jackson dh            6   1   1   2     0   2   .264
Bonnell rf            6   0   1   2     0   2   .234      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     1   1   .252
Garcia 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Spencer 1b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .222
Mayberry 1b           5   0   1   1     0   3   .203        Watson ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Bosetti cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .220      Brown cf              4   1   2   2     1   0   .330
Davis c               3   1   2   0     0   0   .235      Cerone c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .248
  Cannon pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   0   1   0     2   0   .260
  Whitt c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .224      John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               47   6  14   5     2  10             Totals               42   8  13   8     5   6

Time of Game: 3:22   Attendance: 25,158
Left on Base: Blue Jays 11, Yankees 10
DP: Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0
Errors: Randolph, Lefebvre
Doubles: Griffin 2 (8), Velez (3), Spencer (4), Brown (2)
Triples: Howell (3)
Home Runs: Brown (4), Lefebvre (3), Murcer (3), Jackson (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Cerone 2 (3)
Hit by Pitch: Griffin (2,by John)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson               2     6   4   4   0   0   2  12   4.97
Lemanczyk               4     3   2   2   2   1   1  17   5.40
Garvin                  1.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.70
McLaughlin L(1-3)       3     3   2   2   2   4   1  14   4.91
Totals                 10.1  13   8   8   5   6   4  49

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    5.2   9   4   4   1   4   0  28   3.26
Davis                   1     1   2   1   1   0   0   5   2.61
May W(3-1)              4.1   4   0   0   0   6   0  17   2.40
Totals                 11    14   6   5   2  10   0  50

Hit by Pitch: John (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Bill Deegan


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor
grounded out (third to first); Howell tripled to center; Velez
walked; Bonnell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Murcer
flied out to right; Lefebvre grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Garcia grounded out (second to first); Mayberry
flied out to left; Bosetti flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson flied out to center; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Spencer doubled to right; Brown homered
[Spencer scored]; Cerone singled to left; Dent singled to right
[Cerone to third]; Randolph flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Davis grounded out (third to first); Griffin
doubled to left; Bailor popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Howell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Murcer singled to right; Lefebvre homered [Murcer
scored]; LEMANCZYK REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Jackson
grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles walked; Spencer singled
to right [Nettles to second]; Brown forced Spencer (shortstop to
second) [Nettles to third]; Cerone singled to left [Nettles
scored, Brown to second]; Dent walked [Brown to third, Cerone to
second]; Randolph forced Cerone (third unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez singled to right; Bonnell struck out;
Garcia forced Velez (third to second) [Garcia to second (error
by Randolph)]; Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer made an out to shortstop; Lefebvre grounded
out (third to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); Davis
singled to left; Griffin singled to right [Davis to second];
Bailor flied out to right; Howell singled to right [Davis
scored, Griffin to third]; Velez doubled to right [Griffin
scored, Howell to third]; Bonnell singled to left [Howell
scored, Velez scored]; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 4
R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
made an out to shortstop; Brown popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Bosetti
grounded out (third to first); Davis singled to center; CANNON
RAN FOR DAVIS; Griffin was hit by a pitch [Cannon to second];
DAVIS REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); WOODS BATTED FOR BAILOR; Woods
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Blue Jays 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 6TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WHITT REPLACED
CANNON (PLAYING C ); Cerone flied out to left; Dent flied out to
center; Randolph flied out to right; 46 minute rain delay
(10:12pm to 10:58pm); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Yankees 5.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Howell walked; Velez singled to right [Howell to
second]; Bonnell made an out to pitcher; Garcia popped to third
in foul territory; MAY REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Mayberry
singled to right [Howell scored, Velez scored (error by
Lefebvre) (unearned) (no RBI), Mayberry to second]; Bosetti
flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: Murcer homered; GARVIN REPLACED LEMANCZYK
(PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR LEFEBVRE; Piniella made an out
to shortstop; Jackson struck out; Nettles singled to right;
WATSON BATTED FOR SPENCER; Watson grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MURCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); PINIELLA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WATSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
Whitt made an out to second; Griffin doubled to left; Woods made
an out to shortstop; Howell struck out (catcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Brown walked; Cerone out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Brown to second]; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED GARVIN
(PITCHING); Dent walked; Randolph struck out; Murcer struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Velez struck out; Bonnell struck out (catcher to
first); Garcia made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 9TH: Piniella walked; Jackson flied out to left; Nettles
struck out; Watson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

BLUE JAYS 10TH: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Bosetti
singled to left; Whitt singled to left [Bosetti to third (on
throw)]; Griffin flied out to left; Woods struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 10TH: Brown doubled to right; Cerone out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Brown to third]; Dent reached on a
fielder's choice [Brown out at home (third to catcher)];
Randolph forced Dent (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

BLUE JAYS 11TH: Howell struck out; Velez flied out to center;
Bonnell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Blue Jays 6, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 11TH: Murcer made an out to shortstop; Piniella singled
to center; Jackson homered [Piniella scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Yankees 8.