The Yankees rallied and won the completion of the suspended game, 8-7, in 13 innings but then collected only two hits off Luis Leal and lost the regularly-scheduled contest to the Blue Jays, 2-1. The previous night's game was halted by rain with two out in the 10th inning after the Blue Jays had taken a 5-3 lead on a three-base error by Reggie Jackson.

When play resumed, the Blue Jays counted twice more when Lloyd Moseby was safe on an error by Bucky Dent and Roy Howell got an inside-the-park homer on a drive that took a bad hop past center fielder Joe Lefebvre. The Yankees came back in their half with four runs, including three on a double by Willie Randolph, to tie the score and then won in the 13th when Johnny Oates singled and scored from first base on a double by Dent.

Leal, who was a last-second starter for the Blue Jays, defeated the Yankees for the second time this season with both his victories coming at the expense of Tommy John. The Yankees' lefthander committed an error to allow one run to score and then failed to cover first base on another play that led to the Blue Jays' winning tally on an error by Randolph. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 2, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 18, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  3


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Randolph 2b           2   0   0   0     2   1   .295
Bailor cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .243      Brown cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .243
Howell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .257      Gamble lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .259
Mayberry 1b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .248      Jackson rf            2   1   1   0     1   1   .287
  Upshaw pr,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .163        Lefebvre rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Garcia 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .282      Spencer dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .236
Moseby rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Watson 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .310
Ault dh               4   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Cannon pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .042      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .212
Hodgson lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .188      Oates c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Whitt c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Murcer ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Leal p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Robinson c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   8   0     0   4             Totals               27   1   2   0     5   4

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 20,129
Left on Base: Blue Jays 6, Yankees 5
DP: Blue Jays 1, Yankees 3
Errors: Griffin, Randolph 2, John
Stolen Bases: Randolph (27), Gamble (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lefebvre (1)
GIDP: Howell (12), Garcia (14), Hodgson (1)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leal W(2-4)             9     2   1   1   5   4   0  33   5.12
Totals                  9     2   1   1   5   4   0  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John L(21-8)            9     8   2   0   0   4   0  35   3.27
Totals                  9     8   2   0   0   4   0  35

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Durwood Merrill


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled to shortstop; Howell grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Bailor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Brown
struck out; Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first) [Randolph
to third]; Jackson walked; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); Garcia
grounded out (first to pitcher); Moseby grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Watson walked; Dent flied out to right; Rodriguez
struck out; Oates forced Watson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ault grounded out (second to first); Hodgson
singled to left; Whitt grounded out (first unassisted) [Hodgson
to second]; Griffin reached on an error by John (assist by
Watson) [Hodgson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Bailor forced
Griffin (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph flied out to center; Brown grounded out
(second to first); Gamble made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell grounded out (first unassisted); Mayberry
was called out on strikes; Garcia singled to left; Moseby
reached on an error by Randolph [Garcia to second]; Ault
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Jackson singled to left; Spencer singled to left
[Jackson scored (no RBI), Spencer out at second (left to third
to first to second)]; Watson flied out to left; Dent grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1,
Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Hodgson flied out to center; Whitt grounded out
(first to pitcher); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Rodriguez lined to right; Oates grounded out (first
to pitcher); Randolph struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bailor singled to left; Howell struck out;
Mayberry singled to first [Bailor to second]; Garcia forced
Mayberry (first to shortstop) [Bailor to third]; Moseby reached
on an error by Randolph [Bailor scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Garcia to second]; Ault grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Brown flied out to right; Gamble reached on an
error by Griffin; Gamble stole second; Jackson was called out on
strikes; Reggie Jackson ejected by HP umpire Derryl
Cousins; Spencer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: LEFEBVRE REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); Hodgson
grounded out (third to first); Whitt grounded out (second to
first); Griffin singled to left; Bailor lined to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent made
an out to second; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Howell struck out; Mayberry singled to center;
UPSHAW RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Garcia grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Upshaw out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: UPSHAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MURCER BATTED
FOR OATES; Murcer grounded out (second to first); Randolph
walked; Brown lined into a double play (second to first)
[Randolph out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Yankees 1.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: ROBINSON REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING C ); Moseby
struck out; Ault singled to center; CANNON RAN FOR AULT; Hodgson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cannon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Gamble walked;
Lefebvre out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gamble to
second]; Spencer flied out to right; Watson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Yankees
1.