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Despite giving up 11 hits, Tommy John was able to gain his sixth straight victory when the Yankees scored on a sacrifice fly by Lou Piniella in the ninth inning to edge the A's 5-4. John fell behind, 3-0, before Reggie Jackson knocked in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth. New York Yankees 5, Oakland Athletics 4Game Played on Saturday, May 5, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium IA's 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 4 11 0
Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 - 5 7 1
A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Dilone rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .261 Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .202
Murray lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .211 Munson c 3 1 2 0 2 0 .292
Page dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Piniella lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .232
Revering 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .287 Johnson dh 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Guerrero ss 4 1 3 1 0 0 .270 Johnstone ph,dh,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .287
Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .324 Jackson rf 2 1 1 2 2 1 .256
Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .181 Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .273
Murphy cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .234 Rivers ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .262
Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 John p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .318
Dent ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .294
Totals 33 4 11 3 2 1 Totals 30 5 7 5 8 3
Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 30,167
Left on Base: A's 5, Yankees 9
DP: A's 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Piniella
Doubles: Dilone (1), Guerrero (1), Revering (7), Dent (3)
Home Runs: Rivers (1)
Caught Stealing: Dilone (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Murray (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (3)
GIDP: Essian (2), Edwards (1), Piniella (3)
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Johnson 6.2 4 2 2 6 3 0 29 5.15
Heaverlo L(2-1) 1.2 3 3 3 2 0 1 10 1.46
Totals 8.1 7 5 5 8 3 1 39
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
John W(6-0) 9 11 4 4 2 1 0 36 1.74
Totals 9 11 4 4 2 1 0 36
Umpires: HP - Harold Siroka, 1B - Mike Fitzpatrick, 2B - Bill Henry, 3B - Merrill Hadry
ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone doubled to left; Murray out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Dilone to third]; Page struck out;
Revering grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
singled to left; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Munson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 0, Yankees 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero doubled to left; Essian grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gross made an out to second; Edwards
walked; Murphy singled to center [Guerrero scored, Edwards to
third]; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Johnson flied out to right; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Jackson walked; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Murray flied out to right; Page grounded out
(shortstop to first); Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 3RD: Spencer walked; Dent flied out to left; Randolph
flied out to center; Munson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Yankees 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero flied out to right; Essian grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gross walked; Edwards forced Gross
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1,
Yankees 0.
YANKEES 4TH: Piniella struck out; Johnson walked; Nettles flied
out to right; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Dilone
singled to pitcher; Murray singled to left [Dilone scored (error
by Piniella) (no RBI), Murray to third]; Page flied out to left;
Revering singled to right [Murray scored, Revering out at second
(right to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3,
Yankees 0.
YANKEES 5TH: Beniquez flied out to right; Spencer grounded out
(first unassisted); Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Guerrero singled to left; Essian grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at
second]; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 6TH: Randolph singled to right; Munson walked [Randolph
to second]; Piniella flied out to left [Randolph to third];
Johnson flied out to left; Nettles walked [Munson to second];
Jackson singled to left [Randolph scored, Munson scored, Nettles
to third]; Beniquez forced Jackson (third to second); 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 2.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards made an out to second; Murphy flied out
to right; Dilone singled to first; Dilone was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3,
Yankees 2.
YANKEES 7TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Dent
singled to shortstop; Randolph flied out to center; Munson
walked [Dent to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Piniella made an out to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 2.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Murray made an out to third; Page flied out to
left; Revering doubled to center; Guerrero singled to center
[Revering scored]; Essian grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Yankees 2.
YANKEES 8TH: JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Johnstone grounded
out (shortstop to first); Nettles flied out to right; Jackson
walked; RIVERS BATTED FOR BENIQUEZ; Rivers homered [Jackson
scored]; Spencer flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Yankees 4.
ATHLETICS 9TH: JOHNSTONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); JOHN
REPLACED RIVERS (PITCHING); Gross singled to right; Edwards
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Gross out at second]; Murphy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Athletics 4, Yankees 4.
YANKEES 9TH: Dent doubled to right; Randolph was walked
intentionally; Munson singled to pitcher [Dent to third,
Randolph to second]; Piniella hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Dent scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Yankees 5.
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