The Blue Jays closed out their season on a winning note with a 4-1 triumph over the Red Sox. The Jays jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Al Woods and made it 2-0 in the fourth on Willie Upshaw's only homer of the season. Ernie Whitt drilled a two-run single in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Toronto Blue Jays 4, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Sunday, October 5, 1980 (Day game) at Fenway Park

Blue Jays 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 11 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Fisk dh 3 0 1 0 1 2 .289 Moseby cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Stapleton 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .321 Howell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .269 Hancock cf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .287 Woods dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Rice lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Ault ph,dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .194 Perez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .275 Bonnell rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .268 Evans rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Upshaw 1b 3 1 3 1 0 0 .213 Rader c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .328 Hodgson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Hoffman 3b,ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .285 Mayberry ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Valdez ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .263 Cannon pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .080 Gedman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Iorg 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 Wolfe 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Whitt c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .237 MacWhorter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Remmerswaal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 11 4 2 3 Totals 30 1 6 1 3 5 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 16,562 Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 6 DP: Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 2 Errors: Valdez Doubles: Upshaw (3) Triples: Howell (9) Home Runs: Upshaw (1) Caught Stealing: Moseby (6), Fisk (5) Sacrifice Hits: Upshaw (1) GIDP: Moseby (11), Bonnell (14), Hoffman (8), Rice (16) Hit by Pitch: Valdez (1,by Todd) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Todd W(5-2) 9 6 1 1 3 5 0 34 4.02 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 5 0 34 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA MacWhorter L(0-3) 8.1 11 4 4 2 3 1 36 5.53 Remmerswaal 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.58 Totals 9 11 4 4 2 3 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Todd (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Jim McKean BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (first unassisted); Moseby grounded out (pitcher to first); Howell tripled; Woods singled [Howell scored]; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Fisk struck out; Stapleton grounded out (third to first); Hancock singled; Rice forced Hancock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Upshaw singled to right; Hodgson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Upshaw to second]; Iorg struck out; Whitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Perez struck out; Evans lined to right; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Griffin reached on an error by Valdez; Moseby grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Griffin out at second]; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hoffman flied out to center; Valdez flied out to left; Fisk walked; Fisk was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: AULT BATTED FOR WOODS; Ault grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonnell flied out to left; Upshaw homered; Hodgson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Stapleton grounded out (second to first); Hancock singled to right; Rice forced Hancock (third to second); Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Iorg grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt Whitt grounded out (catcher to first); Griffin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Evans walked; Rader popped to third in foul territory; Hoffman grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Moseby singled to right; Moseby was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Howell singled to shortstop; Ault walked [Howell to second]; Bonnell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ault out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Valdez was hit by a pitch; Fisk singled [Valdez to second]; On a bunt Stapleton made an out to catcher [Valdez stayed at second, Fisk stayed at first]; Dave Stapleton called for interference; Hancock singled [Valdez scored, Fisk to third]; Rice grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hancock out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Upshaw doubled; On a bunt Hodgson reached on a fielder's choice [Upshaw out at third (pitcher to third)]; Iorg forced Hodgson (third to second); Whitt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 7TH: Perez struck out; Evans grounded out (third to first); Rader singled; Hoffman walked [Rader to second]; GEDMAN BATTED FOR VALDEZ; Gedman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: WOLFE REPLACED GEDMAN (PLAYING 3B); HOFFMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Griffin grounded out (third to first); Moseby grounded out (second to first); Howell singled to center; Ault was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 8TH: Fisk was called out on strikes; Stapleton singled; Hancock forced Stapleton (first to shortstop); Rice forced Hancock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: On a bunt Bonnell singled to pitcher; Upshaw out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bonnell to second]; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR HODGSON; Mayberry was walked intentionally; CANNON RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Iorg singled to center [Bonnell to third, Cannon to second]; Whitt singled to center [Bonnell scored, Cannon scored, Iorg to second]; REMMERSWAAL REPLACED MACWHORTER (PITCHING); Griffin popped to third in foul territory; Moseby flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 9TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1.

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