Sparked by Roy Howell, who hit a homer in the ninth inning to tie the score, the Blue Jays added another run on a double by Lloyd Moseby and pinch-single by Steve Braun to defeat the Twins, 3-2. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 3, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 30, 1980 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 9 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Powell rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .254 Wilfong 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Bailor lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Landreaux cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .276 Mayberry dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Adams dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .302 Howell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .264 Wynegar c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .251 Ault 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .200 Sofield lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Moseby rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .227 Cubbage 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Iorg 2b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .263 Castino ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .301 Ainge cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 R. Jackson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Braun ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .192 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitt c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Verhoeven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 2 9 2 1 1 Totals 34 3 9 3 1 6 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 18,376 Left on Base: Twins 7, Blue Jays 6 DP: Twins 1, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Iorg Doubles: Landreaux (21), Adams (7), Moseby (13) Triples: Griffin (15) Home Runs: Howell (7) GIDP: Mayberry (6) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson 8.1 7 2 2 0 5 1 31 3.15 Verhoeven L(2-4) 0.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 4.11 Totals 8.2 9 3 3 1 6 1 35 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Todd W(2-1) 9 9 2 2 1 1 0 36 3.86 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 1 0 36 Wild Pitches: Todd 2 (2) Balks: Erickson (2) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - John Shulock TWINS 1ST: Powell grounded out (third to first); Wilfong popped to first; Landreaux singled to center; Adams grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. TWINS 2ND: Wynegar grounded out (pitcher to first); Sofield reached on an error by Iorg [Sofield to second]; Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted) [Sofield to third]; Castino flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Ault struck out; Moseby singled to second; Erickson balked [Moseby to second]; Iorg singled to right [Moseby scored, Iorg to second (on throw)]; Ainge struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 3RD: R. Jackson flied out to left; Powell flied out to right; Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Whitt flied out to right; Griffin struck out; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 4TH: Landreaux flied out to center; Adams struck out; Wynegar walked; Sofield forced Wynegar (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry struck out; Howell singled to left; Ault popped to shortstop; Moseby popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 5TH: Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); Castino singled to third; R. Jackson popped to shortstop; Powell singled to second [Castino to second]; Todd threw a wild pitch [Castino to third, Powell to second]; Wilfong flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg singled to left; Ainge lined to right; Whitt flied out to center; Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 6TH: Landreaux doubled to left; Adams doubled to right [Landreaux scored]; Todd threw a wild pitch [Adams to third]; Wynegar singled to center [Adams scored]; Sofield flied out to right; Cubbage singled to left [Wynegar to second]; Castino flied out to center; R. Jackson flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor singled to shortstop; Mayberry grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Bailor out at second]; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 7TH: Powell singled to left; Powell was picked off first (pitcher to first); Wilfong flied out to right; Landreaux lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ault flied out to center; Moseby flied out to left; Iorg lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 8TH: Adams flied out to right; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); Sofield flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ainge flied out to left; Whitt grounded out (second to first); Griffin tripled to right; Bailor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. TWINS 9TH: Cubbage lined to left; Castino singled to second; R. Jackson hit into a double play (third to first) [Castino out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Howell homered; VERHOEVEN REPLACED ERICKSON (PITCHING); Ault struck out; Moseby doubled to right; Iorg walked; BRAUN BATTED FOR AINGE; Braun singled to right [Moseby scored, Iorg to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Blue Jays 3.

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