Driving in three runs with a triple and double, Ernie Whitt sparked the Blue Jays to a 10-4 triumph over the Twins. Whitt tripled home a fifth-inning run and doubled in two more to highlight a four-run eighth.

The Blue Jays scored twice in the seventh to overcome a 4-3 Minnesota lead. Bob Bailor drove in one run with a single and another scored when left fielder Glenn Adams misplayed the ball. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 10, Minnesota Twins 4

Game Played on Wednesday, August 20, 1980 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Blue Jays 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 1 - 10 11 0 Twins 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 10 2 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .246 Powell rf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Bailor rf,lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .223 Sofield cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Garcia 2b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .294 Adams lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .323 Velez dh 5 0 1 2 0 2 .280 Cubbage 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .257 Ault 1b 2 1 0 0 3 0 .224 Goodwin dh 3 1 2 0 1 0 .211 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Wynegar c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .253 Woods lf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .306 Castino ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .295 Moseby rf 2 2 0 1 0 0 .222 R. Jackson 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .265 Ainge cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .286 Mackanin 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 .275 Whitt c 3 2 2 3 1 1 .239 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinnunen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Corbett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 10 11 9 4 4 Totals 33 4 10 4 4 6 Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 4,198 Left on Base: Blue Jays 4, Twins 6 DP: Blue Jays 3, Twins 0 Errors: Adams, Zahn Doubles: Griffin (19), Whitt (7) Triples: Whitt (2), Velez (3) Home Runs: R. Jackson (3), Cubbage (7) Caught Stealing: Adams (4) Sacrifice Hits: Ainge (1) Sacrifice Flies: Griffin (5) GIDP: Wynegar (9), Castino (12), Powell (11) Hit by Pitch: Howell (3,by Kinnunen) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Todd W(1-0) 9 10 4 4 4 6 2 37 4.24 Totals 9 10 4 4 4 6 2 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(10-16) 7 6 5 3 3 4 0 29 4.73 Verhoeven 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 4.42 Kinnunen 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 5.74 Corbett 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.01 Totals 9 11 10 8 4 4 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Kinnunen (1) Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Dale Ford BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (second to first); Sofield grounded out (second to first); Adams was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez struck out; Ault made an out to first; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Goodwin walked; Wynegar grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Goodwin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Woods grounded out (first unassisted); Ainge grounded out (third to first); Whitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Castino grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jackson homered; Mackanin struck out; Powell walked; Sofield struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Twins 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin doubled to left; Bailor singled to first [Griffin to third]; Garcia singled to first [Griffin out at home (first to catcher), Bailor to third, Garcia to second]; Velez grounded out (second to first) [Bailor scored, Garcia to third]; Ault walked; Howell forced Ault (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Adams singled to right; Cubbage walked [Adams to second]; Adams was picked off and caught stealing third (catcher to shortstop to third) [Cubbage to second]; Goodwin grounded out (first unassisted) [Cubbage to third]; Wynegar lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Twins 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Woods singled to right; Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first) [Woods to second]; Whitt tripled to right [Woods scored]; Griffin hit a sacrifice fly to left [Whitt scored]; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Castino singled to shortstop; R. Jackson flied out to left; Mackanin struck out; Powell lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Garcia grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez struck out; Ault walked; Howell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MOSEBY REPLACED WOODS (PLAYING RF); Sofield singled to center; Adams struck out; Cubbage hit an inside the park homer to left [Sofield scored]; Goodwin singled to center; Wynegar walked [Goodwin to second]; Castino singled to shortstop [Goodwin to third, Wynegar to second]; R. Jackson forced Castino (shortstop to second) [Goodwin scored, Wynegar to third]; Mackanin was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Twins 4. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Moseby reached on an error by Zahn; Ainge out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Moseby to second]; Whitt walked; Griffin flied out to right; Bailor singled to left [Moseby scored (unearned), Whitt scored (error by Adams) (unearned), Bailor out at third (center to first to third)]; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Twins 4. TWINS 7TH: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Sofield flied out to center; Adams grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 5, Twins 4. BLUE JAYS 8TH: VERHOEVEN REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Garcia singled to third; Velez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Garcia to second]; Ault walked; KINNUNEN REPLACED VERHOEVEN (PITCHING); Howell was hit by a pitch [Garcia to third, Ault to second]; Moseby forced Howell (shortstop to second) [Garcia scored, Ault to third]; Ainge singled to left [Ault scored, Moseby to second]; Whitt doubled to center [Moseby scored, Ainge scored, Whitt out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: Cubbage grounded out (first to pitcher); Goodwin singled to center; Wynegar singled to right [Goodwin to second]; Castino grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wynegar out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 9, Twins 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: CORBETT REPLACED KINNUNEN (PITCHING); Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia singled to center; Velez tripled to right [Garcia scored]; Ault grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Twins 4. TWINS 9TH: R. Jackson grounded out (pitcher to first); Mackanin singled to left; Powell grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Mackanin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 10, Twins 4.

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