New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1980 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees 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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New York Yankees 4, Toronto Blue Jays 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Brown cf 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre lf 4 0 0 0
  Piniella ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Murcer dh 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 3 0 1 0
Spencer 1b 4 2 1 1
Cerone c 4 2 3 1
Dent ss 4 0 2 1
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 0 0 0 0
  Wilborn pr 0 0 0 0
  Soderholm 3b 1 0 0 0
Doyle 2b 2 0 0 0
  Watson ph 0 0 0 1
  Stanley 2b 0 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
  Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Bailor ss 5 0 2 0
Iorg lf 5 2 1 0
Moseby rf 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 2
Howell 3b 4 1 1 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonnell cf 4 1 2 0
Upshaw dh 2 0 1 1
  Ault ph,dh 1 0 0 0
  Braun ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Whitt c 3 0 1 0
Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Kucek p 0 0 0 0
  Willis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 5
New York 011 000 200472
Toronto 104 000 10x6121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (9-11) 2.2 7 5 3 1 4
  Guidry   4.1 4 1 1 0 4
  Bird   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
12
6
4
2
10
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Todd  W (4-1) 6.2 7 4 4 6 3
  Kucek   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Willis  SV (1) 2.1 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
9
4

  E–Brown (7), Dent (9), Todd (2).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–New York Dent (23,off Todd), Toronto Moseby 2 (17,off Perry,off Guidry); Bonnell (17,off Guidry).  HR–New York Cerone (12,2nd inning off Todd 0 on, 0 out); Spencer (12,7th inning off Todd 0 on, 2 out), Toronto Mayberry (22,3rd inning off Perry 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Gamble (3,by Willis).  CS–Bailor (6,2nd base by Guidry/Cerone).  HBP–Willis (1,Gamble).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:56.  A–22,471.
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