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.