Blue Jays @ Twins
August 20, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Blue Jays 6 16 2
Twins 2 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Blue Jays 6 16 2
Twins 2 6 1

Bombo Rivera Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .275
OBP .000 .371
At Bats 1 204
Hits 0 56
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 17

Tom Murphy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 9 6
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Metropolitan Stadium - August 20, 1978
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Tom Murphy
Alan Ashby
John Mayberry
Dave McKay
Roy Howell
Luis Gomez
Al Woods
Rick Bosetti
Bob Bailor
Bombo Rivera
Bob Randall
Craig Kusick
Willie Norwood

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Toronto Blue Jays 6 16 2 12
Minnesota Twins 2 6 1 8
Winning Pitcher Don Kirkwood
Losing Pitcher Stan Perzanowski
Save Tom Murphy
Game Winning RBI Luis Gomez
Attendance 11,685
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Tom Murphy now pitching. Rivera hits a line drive into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Randall takes first base on ball four. Kusick moves to second.
Bottom 9 Kusick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Norwood hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor who is chasing the ball. Norwood reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 9 Wynegar hits a line drive into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Willis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 McKay is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Ashby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Norwood. Ashby reaches second base with a double. Woods goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Woods hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Horton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cubbage hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jose Morales pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bailor hits a fly ball into center field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bombo Rivera now playing right field. Bob Randall now playing second base. Willie Norwood now playing left field. Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Hosken Powell. Ashby fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ashby. Randall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bob Randall pinch hits for Rob Wilfong. Randall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norwood scores.
Bottom 7 Kusick strikes out.
Bottom 7 Willie Norwood pinch hits for Rich Chiles. Norwood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Norwood reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Mike Willis now pitching. Wynegar hits a line drive towards third. Howell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 McKay hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashby moves to second.
Top 7 Ashby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Cubbage takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Powell. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Powell steals second.
Bottom 6 Powell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Horton strikes out.
Top 6 Howell strikes out.
Top 6 Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bosetti moves to second.
Top 6 John Sutton now pitching. Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Wilfong hits a popup towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Chiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Woods scores. Ashby moves to third. McKay moves to second.
Top 5 McKay takes first base on ball four. Ashby moves to second.
Top 5 Ashby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Woods moves to third.
Top 5 Woods hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Chiles. Woods reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ford hits a line drive into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cubbage moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cubbage hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor. Cubbage reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Adams hits a line drive towards third. Howell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Perzanowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out. Gomez scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Bosetti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McKay scores. Gomez moves to third.
Top 4 Gomez bunts towards first. Kusick juggles the ball. That's an error on Kusick. Ashby scores. McKay moves to second.
Top 4 McKay hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashby moves to third.
Top 4 Ashby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woods scores.
Top 4 Woods hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell who is chasing the ball. Woods reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Kirkwood covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilfong hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilfong for the out.
Top 3 Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Chiles. Howell reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Chiles hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Gomez hits a line drive towards the mound. Perzanowski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McKay strikes out.
Top 2 Ashby hits a fly ball into left field. Chiles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mayberry moves to third.
Top 2 Woods hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Ford strikes out.
Bottom 1 There go the runners. The throw from Ashby and McKay drops the ball. That's a double steal and an error.
Bottom 1 Cubbage takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McKay scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Powell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Smalley bunts towards the mound. Kirkwood fields it and throws to first for the out. Powell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Powell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Horton is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out. Bailor moves to second.
Top 1 Bailor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.