Dividing a twi-night doubleheader, the Blue Jays took the first game, 6-2, and the A's won the second, 5-1, as Mike Norris hurled a four-hitter. Otto Velez and Roy Howell hit homers in the second inning of the opener to spark the Jays' attack.

In the nightcap, the A's scored twice in the second inning on RBI singles by Mike Heath and Rickey Henderson. Two more runs came home in the fourth when Toronto pitcher Paul Mirabella threw away a sacrifice bunt with two men on base. Tony Armas drove in the final A's tally in the seventh with a single. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 6, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, July 22, 1980 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Blue Jays 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 8 0 A's 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 4 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Henderson lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .298 Woods lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Murphy cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .287 Mayberry 1b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .246 Davis 1b 1 0 0 1 1 0 .211 Velez dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .285 Essian ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Howell 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .265 Armas rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Bonnell cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Garcia 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .291 Page dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 .234 Moseby rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .233 Heath ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Whitt c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Newman c,1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .246 Jefferson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cox 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .219 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 8 4 2 6 Totals 31 2 6 2 4 4 Time of Game: 2:51 Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, A's 7 DP: Blue Jays 1, A's 1 Errors: Newman 3, Keough Doubles: Garcia (23), Whitt (3) Home Runs: Velez (16), Howell (5), Newman (9) Stolen Bases: Garcia (8), Murphy (16), Henderson (44) Sacrifice Hits: Moseby (3) Sacrifice Flies: Davis (1) GIDP: Bonnell (10), Armas (11) Hit by Pitch: Velez (2,by Keough) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jefferson W(3-6) 6.1 5 2 2 4 4 1 27 4.67 Garvin SV(5) 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.15 Totals 9 6 2 2 4 4 1 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(10-10) 9 8 6 4 2 6 2 38 3.28 Totals 9 8 6 4 2 6 2 38 Hit by Pitch: Keough (5) Wild Pitches: Keough (9) Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Durwood Merrill BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); Woods grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy singled to left [Henderson to third]; Murphy stole second; Davis hit a sacrifice fly to center [Henderson scored]; Armas struck out; Gross walked; Page struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez homered; Howell homered; Bonnell struck out; Garcia doubled to center; Moseby singled to center [Garcia scored]; Moseby was picked off first but was safe on an error by Newman [Moseby to second]; Moseby was picked off second but was safe on an error by Keough [Moseby to third]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Moseby scored (unearned)]; Whitt struck out; Griffin flied out to left; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman struck out; Guerrero singled to center; Cox forced Guerrero (third to second); Henderson singled to center [Cox to third]; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Woods flied out to left; Mayberry walked; Velez was hit by a pitch [Mayberry to second]; Howell singled to left [Mayberry scored, Velez to second]; Bonnell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Howell out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Davis walked; Armas grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Davis out at second]; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Garcia flied out to right; Moseby flied out to left; Whitt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page made an out to shortstop; Newman grounded out (third to first); Guerrero made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Griffin flied out to right; Woods flied out to center; Mayberry walked; Velez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Cox walked; Henderson forced Cox (pitcher to shortstop); Henderson stole second; Murphy flied out to center [Henderson to third]; Davis made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia singled to center; Garcia stole second [Garcia to third (error by Newman)]; Moseby was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas flied out to center; Gross flied out to center; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Whitt doubled to right; Griffin struck out; Woods grounded out (second to first) [Whitt to third]; Mayberry flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman homered; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Cox singled to center; GARVIN REPLACED JEFFERSON (PITCHING); Henderson made an out to shortstop; Murphy flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Velez was called out on strikes; Howell grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonnell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: ESSIAN BATTED FOR DAVIS; Essian popped to third in foul territory; Armas flied out to left; Gross singled to right; HEATH BATTED FOR PAGE; Heath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: HEATH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ESSIAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Garcia singled to left; Moseby out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Garcia to second]; Whitt flied out to center; Griffin reached on an error by Newman [Garcia scored (unearned), Griffin to second]; Woods grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman flied out to right; Guerrero flied out to center; Cox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Athletics 2.

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