A pinch-double by Steve Braun in the ninth inning lifted the Blue Jays to a 4-3 victory over the Twins. Roy Howell stroked a leadoff single and was forced at second by Al Woods. Braun then delivered the decisive blow. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 4, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    19, 1980 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  1  -   4  8  0
Twins        0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  2


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     1   1   .246      Powell rf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .256
Bailor rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .219        Morales ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .331
Mayberry 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Sofield cf            4   0   1   1     0   2   .261
  Ault pr,1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Adams lf              4   1   3   2     0   0   .325
Velez dh              3   1   0   0     1   1   .281        Rivera ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Garcia 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .291        Smalley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Howell 3b             3   0   2   2     1   0   .269      Cubbage 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Woods lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .304      Goodwin dh            3   0   0   0     1   0   .198
Ainge cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
  Braun ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .205      Castino ss            3   0   1   0     1   0   .293
  Cannon pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .059      R. Jackson 1b         4   1   2   0     0   1   .265
Davis c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .230      Mackanin 2b           3   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Stieb p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      D. Jackson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corbett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schrom p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   3     4   5             Totals               34   3  11   3     3   5

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance:  6,902
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Twins 9
DP: Blue Jays 1, Twins 1
Errors: Sofield, Wynegar
Doubles: Garcia (29), Howell (20), Braun (2), Powell (14)
Home Runs: Adams (4)
Caught Stealing: Garcia (11), Bailor (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Mackanin (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Sofield (7)
GIDP: Ainge (2), Adams (10)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stieb                   5.1   7   3   3   2   4   1  25   3.21
Barlow W(2-1)           3     4   0   0   0   0   0  11   3.23
Willis                  0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   3.18
Schrom SV(1)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.79
Totals                  9    11   3   3   3   5   1  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Jackson              7     6   3   2   4   3   0  29   3.97
Corbett L(8-5)          2     2   1   1   0   2   0   8   1.95
Totals                  9     8   4   3   4   5   0  37

Wild Pitches: Stieb (5)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Rich Garcia


BLUE JAYS 1ST: On a bunt Griffin singled to first; Bailor
singled to shortstop [Griffin to second]; Mayberry forced Bailor
(shortstop to second) [Griffin to third]; AULT RAN FOR MAYBERRY;
Velez struck out; Garcia grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: AULT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Powell flied out to
left; Sofield grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Adams
singled to pitcher; Cubbage flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Woods
flied out to left; Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Goodwin lined to shortstop; Wynegar grounded out
(second to first); Castino grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Davis flied out to center; Griffin walked; Bailor
singled to center [Griffin scored (error by Sofield) (unearned)
(no RBI), Bailor to third]; Ault reached on a fielder's choice
[Bailor out at home (pitcher to catcher to third)]; Velez
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: R. Jackson struck out; Mackanin flied out to left;
Powell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Garcia singled to right; Howell walked [Garcia to
second]; Woods flied out to center; Ainge forced Howell (third
to second) [Garcia to third]; Garcia was caught stealing home
(pitcher to first to catcher to third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Sofield struck out; Adams homered; Cubbage singled to
center; Goodwin walked [Cubbage to second]; Wynegar grounded out
(second to first) [Cubbage to third, Goodwin to second]; Castino
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Davis grounded out (third to first); Griffin was
called out on strikes; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: R. Jackson singled to center; Mackanin struck out;
Powell doubled to left [R. Jackson to third]; Sofield hit a
sacrifice fly to left [R. Jackson scored]; Adams singled to
center [Powell scored]; Cubbage flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Ault flied out to left; Velez walked; Garcia
doubled to left [Velez to third]; Howell doubled to right [Velez
scored, Garcia scored]; Woods walked; Ainge grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Woods out at
second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Goodwin grounded out (second to first); Wynegar
singled to right; Stieb threw a wild pitch [Wynegar to second];
Castino walked; BARLOW REPLACED STIEB (PITCHING); R. Jackson
forced Wynegar (third unassisted) [Castino to second]; Mackanin
forced R. Jackson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Blue Jays 3, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Davis struck out; Griffin popped to first in foul
territory; Bailor reached on an error by Wynegar [Bailor to
first]; Bailor was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Powell singled to shortstop [Powell out at second
(first to second)]; Sofield singled to center; Adams grounded
into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Sofield out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: CORBETT REPLACED D. JACKSON (PITCHING); Ault
grounded out (pitcher to first); Velez lined to first; Garcia
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Cubbage flied out to right; Goodwin grounded out
(second to first); Wynegar lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 3, Twins 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Howell singled to center; Woods forced Howell
(first to shortstop); BRAUN BATTED FOR AINGE; Braun doubled to
left [Woods scored]; CANNON RAN FOR BRAUN; Davis struck out;
Griffin lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Twins
3.

TWINS 9TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Castino singled
to center; R. Jackson singled to left [Castino to second];
Mackanin out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Castino to
third, R. Jackson to second]; WILLIS REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING);
MORALES BATTED FOR POWELL; Morales was walked intentionally;
Sofield struck out; RIVERA BATTED FOR ADAMS; SCHROM REPLACED
WILLIS (PITCHING); SMALLEY BATTED FOR RIVERA; Smalley flied out
to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Twins 3.