Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
April 26, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1981 at Yankee 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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Toronto Blue Jays 2, New York Yankees 1

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Moseby cf 4 1 1 1
Garcia 2b 4 0 3 0
Ainge 3b 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
  Upshaw pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Velez dh 2 0 1 0
Woods lf 3 0 0 0
  Bonnell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Whitt c 4 1 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 3 1 2 0
Winfield lf 3 0 1 1
Jackson dh 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 3 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 2 0
Spencer 1b 4 0 0 0
Oates c 2 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Werth c 0 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
  Piniella ph 1 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Toronto 002 000 000270
New York 000 000 010170
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  W (1-3) 9.0 7 1 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood  L (0-2) 7.2 7 2 2 2 9
  Bird   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Toronto 1.  PB–Werth (1).  2B–Toronto Whitt (2,off Underwood); Moseby (4,off Underwood), New York Randolph (1,off Stieb); Nettles (2,off Stieb); Winfield (4,off Stieb).  IBB–Velez (1,by Underwood).  SB–Ainge (1,2nd base off Underwood/Oates); Moseby (3,Home off Underwood/Oates); Garcia 2 (3,2nd base off Underwood/Oates,2nd base off Underwood/Werth).  BK–Stieb (1).  IBB–Underwood (1,Velez).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:38.  A–37,306.
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