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With Cy Young winner Ron Guidry sparkling in relief, the Yankees edged the A's, 6-5, in 10 innings. Chris Chambliss stroked a pinch-double with one out. Graig Nettles drew an intentional walk and Reggie Jackson got an infield hit to load the bases. One out later, Jim Spencer smacked a single to deliver Brian Doyle, pinch-running for Chambliss, wlth the winning marker. [The Sporting News] New York Yankees 6, Oakland Athletics 5Game Played on Sunday, May 6, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium IA's 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 9 1
Yankees 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 6 15 0
A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Dilone rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Randolph 2b 5 1 3 0 0 0 .222
Murray lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .238 Munson c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .297
Page dh 5 0 0 0 0 3 .196 Narron c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Revering 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .289 Piniella lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .233
Guerrero ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Johnson dh 2 3 2 1 2 0 .308
Gross 3b 3 1 1 2 1 1 .324 Chambliss ph,dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 .198
Murphy cf 2 2 2 1 1 0 .258 Doyle pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Newman c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .185 Nettles 3b 4 0 2 0 1 1 .297
Picciolo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Jackson rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .268
Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beniquez cf 3 0 0 1 0 2 .250
Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rivers ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spencer 1b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .306
Dent ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292
Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Guidry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 5 9 5 4 8 Totals 38 6 15 5 3 3
Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 46,750
Left on Base: A's 4, Yankees 9
DP: A's 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Guerrero
Doubles: Murray (3), Newman (2), Johnson (4), Chambliss (2)
Triples: Munson (1), Randolph (1)
Home Runs: Gross (6), Murphy (1), Piniella (3), Johnson (1)
Caught Stealing: Murray (2), Murphy (2), Randolph (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (2), Picciolo (3), Piniella (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Jackson (1), Beniquez (1)
GIDP: Beniquez (1)
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Minetto 5 7 5 4 1 1 2 22 3.98
Lacey 3.2 5 0 0 1 2 0 15 4.29
Heaverlo L(2-2) 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 1.75
Totals 9.2 15 6 5 3 3 2 44
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hunter 6.1 7 5 5 2 3 2 27 6.35
Guidry W(3-2) 3.2 2 0 0 2 5 0 12 2.40
Totals 10 9 5 5 4 8 2 39
Umpires: HP - Phil Lospitalier, 1B - Mike Fitzpatrick, 2B - Harold Siroka, 3B - Bill Henry
ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray
made an out to shortstop; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to left; Randolph was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Munson tripled to right;
Piniella reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double
play [Munson out at home (third to catcher to third), Piniella
out at second (third to second)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Yankees 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering walked; Guerrero flied out to center;
Gross homered [Revering scored]; Murphy homered; Newman made an
out to second; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Johnson doubled to left; Nettles grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Johnson to third]; Jackson hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Johnson scored]; Beniquez struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Yankees 1.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Dilone grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Murray
doubled to left; Page grounded out (pitcher to first) [Murray to
third]; Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3,
Yankees 1.
YANKEES 3RD: Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); Dent flied
out to right; Randolph tripled to center; Munson reached on an
error by Guerrero [Randolph scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
Piniella flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Yankees 2.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Guerrero singled to center; Gross walked
[Guerrero to second]; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Guerrero to third, Gross to second]; Newman
grounded out (second to first) [Guerrero scored, Gross to
third]; Picciolo struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4,
Yankees 2.
YANKEES 4TH: Johnson walked; Nettles singled to right [Johnson
to second]; Jackson flied out to right [Johnson to third];
Beniquez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Johnson scored]; Spencer
flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Yankees
3.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Dilone flied out to right; Murray singled to
right; Murray was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Page flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4,
Yankees 3.
YANKEES 5TH: Dent made an out to second; Randolph grounded out
(third to first); Munson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Athletics 4, Yankees 3.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering flied out to center; Guerrero flied out
to left; Gross made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Yankees 3.
YANKEES 6TH: Piniella homered; Johnson homered; LACEY REPLACED
MINETTO (PITCHING); Nettles singled to right; Jackson forced
Nettles (second to shortstop); Beniquez grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Jackson out at second]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 4, Yankees 5.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Murphy singled to right; Newman doubled to left
[Murphy scored]; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Newman to third]; GUIDRY REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Dilone struck out; Murray made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Athletics 5, Yankees 5.
YANKEES 7TH: Spencer flied out to center; Dent grounded out
(shortstop to first); Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Yankees 5.
ATHLETICS 8TH: Page struck out; Revering singled to right;
Revering was out trying to advance to second (catcher to
shortstop); Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 5, Yankees 5.
YANKEES 8TH: Munson singled to center; Piniella out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Munson to second]; Johnson
was walked intentionally; Nettles struck out; Jackson singled to
left [Munson out at home (left to catcher), Johnson to second];
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Yankees 5.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross struck out; Murphy walked; Murphy was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Newman flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Yankees 5.
YANKEES 9TH: Beniquez struck out; Spencer flied out to right;
Dent singled to right; Randolph singled to left [Dent to third];
HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Munson forced Randolph
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5,
Yankees 5.
ATHLETICS 10TH: NARRON REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C ); Picciolo
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone singled to left
[Dilone out at second (left to shortstop)]; Murray walked; Page
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Yankees 5.
YANKEES 10TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); CHAMBLISS
BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Chambliss doubled to right; DOYLE RAN FOR
CHAMBLISS; Nettles was walked intentionally; Jackson singled to
first [Doyle to third, Nettles to second]; RIVERS BATTED FOR
BENIQUEZ; Rivers flied out to left; Spencer singled to right
[Doyle scored, Nettles to third, Jackson to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB. Athletics 5, Yankees 6.
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