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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 27, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on May 27, 1978 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 27, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 27, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Clancy |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ed Figueroa |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 56,078 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Vic Voltaggio 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Ron Luciano 3B: Rich Garcia |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
| Bob Bailor | Right Fielder |
| Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Willie Upshaw | DH |
| Tom Hutton | Left Fielder |
| Dave McKay | Second Baseman |
| Luis Gomez | Shortstop |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | DH |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Lou Piniella | Left Fielder |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
May 27, 1978
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Figueroa
Bosetti hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Figueroa
Bailor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Figueroa
Howell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailor moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mayberry vs. Figueroa
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Clancy
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Clancy
Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor. Randolph reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Munson vs. Clancy
Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Clancy
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Gomez. Randolph scores. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chambliss vs. Clancy
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upshaw vs. Figueroa
Upshaw hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Figueroa
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Figueroa
McKay hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Clancy
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Clancy
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clancy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Clancy
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Figueroa
Gomez strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Figueroa
Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. Figueroa
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. Figueroa
There goes Bosetti. The throw from Munson and he is safe. Bosetti steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bailor vs. Figueroa
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Clancy
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dent for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Clancy
Rivers strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Clancy
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Figueroa
Howell strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Figueroa
Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upshaw vs. Figueroa
Upshaw hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Clancy
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blair vs. Clancy
Paul Blair pinch hits for Reggie Jackson.
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Clancy
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hutton vs. Figueroa
Paul Blair now playing right field.
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Figueroa
McKay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Figueroa
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Figueroa
Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosetti vs. Figueroa
Bosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gomez scores. Ashby moves to third. Bosetti moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bailor vs. Figueroa
Bailor hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Clancy
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Clancy
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clancy fields it and throws to first for the out. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Clancy
Spencer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dent vs. Clancy
Dent hits a fly ball into left field. Hutton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivers vs. Clancy
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Figueroa
Howell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Figueroa
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upshaw vs. Figueroa
Upshaw hits a fly ball into right field. Blair settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hutton vs. Figueroa
Hutton hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Clancy
Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Clancy
Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Clancy
Blair hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Clancy
Chambliss takes first base on ball four. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Clancy
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Figueroa
McKay strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Figueroa
Gomez hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Munson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Figueroa
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosetti vs. Figueroa
Bosetti strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bailor vs. Figueroa
Bailor hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Clancy
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Clancy
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dent vs. Clancy
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Clancy
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clancy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Figueroa
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Figueroa
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upshaw vs. Figueroa
Upshaw hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hutton vs. Figueroa
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Clancy
Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Clancy
Munson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blair vs. Clancy
Blair hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKay vs. Figueroa
McKay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Figueroa
Gomez bunts towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. McKay moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashby vs. Figueroa
Ashby is walked intentionally. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bosetti vs. Figueroa
Bosetti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Blair who is chasing the ball. Bosetti reaches third base with a triple. McKay scores. Ashby goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bailor vs. Figueroa
Bailor bunts between the mound and first base. Figueroa scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailor for the out. Bosetti scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Figueroa
Howell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Clancy
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Clancy
Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Clancy
Piniella hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Murphy
Tom Murphy now pitching.
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alston vs. Murphy
Dell Alston pinch hits for Bucky Dent.
Alston strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/27/1978 -- Toronto at New York (D)
Toronto AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Bosetti R, cf 5 1 2 3 Rivers M, cf 4 0 0 0
Bailor B, rf 4 0 1 1 Randolph W, 2b 4 1 1 0
Howell R, 3b 5 0 2 0 Munson T, c 3 0 1 0
Mayberry J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Jackson R, rf 1 0 1 1
Upshaw W, dh 4 0 0 0 Blair P, ph-rf 3 0 0 0
Hutton T, lf 4 0 0 0 Chambliss C, dh 3 0 0 0
McKay D, 2b 4 1 1 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 0 1 0
Gomez L, ss 3 1 1 0 Piniella L, lf 4 0 1 0
Ashby A, c 3 1 3 0 Spencer J, 1b 2 0 0 0
Dent B, ss 3 0 0 0
Alston D, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 4 10 4 31 1 5 1
Toronto 000 010 003 -- 4
New York 100 000 000 -- 1
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy J (W) 8.1 5 1 1 5 1
Murphy T (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa E (L) 9.0 10 4 3 2 5
E -- Gomez L, Nettles G
DP -- Toronto 1, New York 1
LOB -- Toronto 8, New York 8
2B -- Randolph W
3B -- Bosetti R
SB -- Bosetti R
SH -- Gomez L, Bailor B
T -- 2:22
A -- 56078
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