Blue Jays 1, Yankees 5 Box Score, Sep 27, 1978 | StatPro

September 27, 1978 · 7:05 PM EDT

Toronto Blue JaysTOR · 59-102TOR59-1021

Final

5

New York YankeesNYY · 100-63NYY100-63

W: Catfish HunterL: Mike Willis

Top performers

RHRoy Howell3B1-3H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 1 RTop hitterGNGraig Nettles3B2-4H-ABHR · 1 RBI · 2 R
Winning pitcherCHCatfish HunterP9.0IP1 ER · 4 K · W
MWMike WillisP3.1IP1 ER · 0 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

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Biggest lead NYY by 4

Key plays

B2 +6% NYYRoy White reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Roy Howell. Graig Nettles to 3rd. Chris Chambliss to 2nd.TOR 0 · NYY 0
B2 +13% NYYWillie Randolph singles on a to center fielder Rick Bosetti. Chris Chambliss scores. Roy White scores. Mickey Rivers to 2nd.TOR 0 · NYY 3
T4 +5% TORRoy Howell hits a home run (7).TOR 1 · NYY 4

Team stats

6Hits10
1Runs5
1Home runs2
1Walks1
4Strikeouts2
1Errors1

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.182Batting average.294
.206On-base %.314
.273Slugging.500
2.25ERA1.00
12Left on base16

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: Yankee Stadium I

Blue Jays

Batting


RBRick BosettiCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
BBBob BailorRF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
RHRoy Howell3B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
JMJohn Mayberry Sr.DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
WUWillie Upshaw1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
AWAl WoodsLF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
AAAlan AshbyC	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
DMDave McKay2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
LGLuis GómezSS	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
SESam EwingPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TJTim JohnsonSS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	1	6	1	1	1	4

HR: Howell

RBI: Howell

LOB: 12

Pitching


MWMark Wiley	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	10
MWMike WillisL	3.1	7	1	1	0	1	22
TMTom Murphy	2.2	3	1	0	0	1	11
Totals	8.0	10	2	1	2	2	43

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
WRWillie Randolph2B	4	0	1	2	0	0	0
TMThurman MunsonC	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
RJReggie JacksonDH	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
LPLou PiniellaRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	4	2	2	1	1	0	0
CCChris Chambliss1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
RWRoy WhiteLF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
BDBucky DentSS	3	0	1	1	0	0	0
PBPaul BlairCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GTGary ThomassonLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	5	10	5	2	1	2

2B: Piniella

HR: Jackson, Nettles

RBI: Randolph 2, Jackson, Nettles, Dent

LOB: 16

Pitching


CHCatfish HunterW	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	45
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	45