Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
May 31, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1980 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 6, New York Yankees 8

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 1 3 0
Bailor lf 3 0 0 0
  Woods ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Howell 3b 5 2 2 1
Velez dh 5 2 3 1
Bonnell rf 6 0 1 2
Garcia 2b 5 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 1
Bosetti cf 5 0 1 0
Davis c 3 1 2 0
  Cannon pr 0 0 0 0
  Whitt c 2 0 1 0
Jefferson p 0 0 0 0
  Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Garvin p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 14 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 6 0 0 0
Murcer lf,rf 6 2 2 1
Lefebvre rf 3 1 1 2
  Piniella ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Jackson dh 6 1 1 2
Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0
Spencer 1b 3 1 2 0
  Watson ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Brown cf 4 1 2 2
Cerone c 3 0 2 1
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
John p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 13 8
Toronto 000 040 200 006140
New York 023 000 100 028132
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Jefferson   2.0 6 4 4 0 0
  Lemanczyk   4.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Garvin   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  McLaughlin  L (1-3) 3.0 3 2 2 2 4
Totals
10.1
13
8
8
5
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John   5.2 9 4 4 1 4
  Davis   1.0 1 2 1 1 0
  May  W (3-1) 4.1 4 0 0 0 6
Totals
11.0
14
6
5
2
10

  E–Randolph (9), Lefebvre (1).  2B–Toronto Griffin 2 (8,off John,off May); Velez (3,off John), New York Spencer (4,off Jefferson); Brown (2,off McLaughlin).  3B–Toronto Howell (3,off John).  HR–New York Brown (4,2nd inning off Jefferson 1 on, 2 out); Lefebvre (3,3rd inning off Jefferson 1 on, 0 out); Murcer (3,7th inning off Lemanczyk 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (9,11th inning off McLaughlin 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Griffin (2,by John).  SH–Cerone 2 (3,off Garvin,off McLaughlin).  HBP–John (2,Griffin).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–3:22.  A–25,158.
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