New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays
May 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1978 at Exhibition Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 11, Toronto Blue Jays 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 3 0
Randolph 2b 5 2 3 1
Munson c 3 0 0 0
  Johnson c 0 0 0 0
Jackson rf 1 2 0 0
  Blair rf 2 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 2 2 4
Nettles 3b 5 1 1 1
Piniella lf 4 1 2 2
Spencer dh 5 0 0 0
Dent ss 5 2 3 2
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 14 10
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bosetti cf 5 0 0 0
Bailor rf 5 0 2 0
Howell 3b 5 0 1 0
Carty dh 5 1 2 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0
Hutton lf 4 0 1 1
McKay 2b 4 1 2 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 3 2
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 12 3
New York 006 310 10011140
Toronto 020 100 0003121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tidrow  W (2-3) 7.0 9 3 3 0 2
  Eastwick   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
1
3
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson  L (2-5) 2.1 3 5 5 4 1
  Willis   2.0 5 5 5 2 0
  Wallace   4.2 6 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
14
11
11
7
4

  E–Bailor (1).  DP–Toronto 2.  2B–New York Piniella (5,off Willis); Rivers (4,off Wallace), Toronto Carty (4,off Tidrow); Gomez (1,off Tidrow).  HR–New York Chambliss (2,4th inning off Willis 2 on, 1 out); Dent (1,5th inning off Willis 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Jackson (3,by Jefferson).  BK–Willis (1).  HBP–Jefferson (2,Jackson).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:47.  A–26,025.
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