Yankees 8, Blue Jays 10 Box Score, May 20, 1978

May 20, 1978 · 3:33 AM EDT

New York YankeesNYY · 100-63NYY100-638

Final

Toronto Blue JaysTOR · 59-102TOR59-102

W: Dave LemanczykL: Ken Clay

Top performers

WRWillie Randolph2B2-3H-AB1 RBI · 3 RTop hitterJMJohn Mayberry Sr.1B1-3H-ABHR · 3 RBI · 2 R
Winning pitcherDLDave LemanczykP8.0IP7 ER · 1 K · W
KCKen ClayP2.1IP1 ER · 1 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

TOR100%50%100%NYY

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Biggest lead NYY by 2 · TOR by 6 · 2 lead changes

Key plays

T3 +11% NYYGraig Nettles singles on a to right fielder Bob Bailor. Thurman Munson scores. Chris Chambliss to 2nd.NYY 4 · TOR 2
B4 +18% TORJohn Mayberry hits a home run (5). Roy Howell scores.NYY 4 · TOR 4
B4 +12% NYYRick Cerone grounds into a double play, shortstop Bucky Dent to first baseman Jim Spencer. Tom Hutton to 3rd. Sam Ewing out at 2nd. Rick Cerone out at 1st.NYY 4 · TOR 4
B6 +10% TORTom Hutton singles on a to third baseman Graig Nettles. John Mayberry to 3rd.NYY 4 · TOR 4
B6 +15% TORRick Cerone reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Graig Nettles. John Mayberry scores. Tom Hutton scores. Otto Velez to 2nd.NYY 4 · TOR 6

Team stats

NYY

TOR

15Hits9
8Runs10
1Home runs1
3Walks4
1Strikeouts1
3Errors1

2Stolen bases1
.366Batting average.281
.409On-base %.378
.561Slugging.563
9.00ERA8.00
17Left on base10

1978 AL East Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	100	63	.613	—
2BORed Sox	99	64	.607	1.0
3MIBrewers	93	69	.574	6.5
4BAOrioles	90	71	.559	9.0
5DETigers	86	76	.531	13.5
6CLGuardians	69	90	.434	29.0
7TOBlue Jays	59	102	.366	40.0

Game info

Venue: Exhibition Stadium

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0
WRWillie Randolph2B	3	3	2	1	0	2	0
TMThurman MunsonC	5	2	2	1	0	0	0
RJReggie JacksonRF	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
CCChris ChamblissDH	5	1	3	2	0	0	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	5	1	2	2	1	0	0
LPLou PiniellaLF	5	0	2	1	0	0	1
JSJim Spencer1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
BDBucky DentSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
RGRon GuidryPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DADell AlstonPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
FSFred StanleySS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CJCliff JohnsonPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	41	8	15	8	1	3	1

2B: Munson, Chambliss, Spencer

3B: Rivers

HR: Nettles

RBI: Randolph, Munson, Jackson, Chambliss 2, Nettles 2, Piniella

SB: Chambliss, Nettles

LOB: 17

Pitching


JBJim Beattie	3.0	4	4	2	0	1	21
KCKen ClayL	2.1	0	1	1	1	0	12
KHKen Holtzman	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	11
SLSparky Lyle	0.2	4	3	0	0	0	8
Totals	8.0	9	8	4	1	1	52

Blue Jays

Batting


RBRick BosettiCF	5	1	2	1	0	0	1
BBBob BailorRF	4	1	1	2	0	0	0
RHRoy Howell3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
JMJohn Mayberry Sr.1B	3	2	1	3	1	1	0
THTom Hutton1B	3	1	2	0	0	1	0
SESam EwingDH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
RCRick CeroneC	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
DMDave McKay2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0
LGLuis GómezSS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0
WUWillie UpshawLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OVOtto VelezPH	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	32	10	9	9	1	4	1

2B: Howell, McKay

3B: Bosetti, Bailor

HR: Mayberry Sr.

RBI: Bosetti, Bailor 2, Mayberry Sr. 3, Cerone, McKay, Gómez

SB: Bosetti

LOB: 10

Pitching


DLDave LemanczykW	8.0	12	7	3	1	0	50
TMTom Murphy	1.0	3	1	0	0	1	6
Totals	9.0	15	8	3	1	1	56

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1978 AL East Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Blue Jays

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 0–2 TOR · TOR leads 2–0

Blue Jays beat Yankees 10-8 as Mayberry goes 1-for-3

Players mentioned

New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1978 AL East Standings

Game info

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

Blue Jays

Batting

Pitching

1 · NYY 0–2 TOR · TOR leads 2–0

Blue Jays beat Yankees 10-8 as Mayberry goes 1-for-3

Players mentioned