| Homers by Rick Bosetti and John Mayberry carried the Blue Jays to a 2-1 victory over the A's, who went down to their sixth straight defeat. The A's scored their run in the first inning on a double by Larry Murray and single by Jeff Newman. Bosetti tied the score with a homer in the second and Mayberry won the game with his smash in the ninth. [The Sporting News] |
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Friday, June 8, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 10 0 A's 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Murphy cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .288 Ainge 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Murray rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .183 Howell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Page dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .229 Carty dh 3 0 2 0 1 0 .264 Newman c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .234 Wilborn pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Revering 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .281 Velez lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Ramirez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .277 Dilone pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Bosetti cf 4 1 4 1 0 0 .246 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Bailor rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .234 Armas lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .147 Davis c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .097 Picciolo ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .215 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 10 2 2 2 Totals 31 1 6 1 3 8 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 2,022 Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, A's 8 DP: Blue Jays 0, A's 3 Errors: Picciolo Doubles: Murray (6), Revering (14) Home Runs: Bosetti (4), Mayberry (6) Stolen Bases: Bailor (5), Dilone (6) Caught Stealing: Griffin (5), Bosetti (2), Picciolo (1) Sacrifice Hits: Murphy (3) GIDP: Bailor (3) Hit by Pitch: Howell (2,by Johnson), Armas (1,by Moore) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore 7 5 1 1 3 4 0 29 5.40 Buskey W(2-1) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 2.76 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 8 0 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson 7.2 8 1 1 2 0 1 31 4.36 Heaverlo L(2-6) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 2.36 Lacey 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4.97 Totals 9 10 2 2 2 2 2 36 Hit by Pitch: Moore (3), Johnson (1) Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to left; Ainge grounded out (third to first); Howell was hit by a pitch; Carty singled [Howell to second]; Velez forced Carty (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Murray doubled; Page grounded out (second to first) [Murray to third]; Newman singled [Murray scored]; Revering flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to right; Bosetti homered; Bailor singled; Bailor stole second; Davis flied out to right; Griffin flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: Ramirez made an out to first; Gross flied out to right; Armas was hit by a pitch; Picciolo made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge singled; Howell flied out to center [Ainge to second]; Carty lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Ainge out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy struck out; Murray grounded out (third to first); Page walked; Newman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Velez flied out to right; Mayberry singled; Bosetti singled [Mayberry to second]; Bailor grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bosetti out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering walked; Ramirez grounded out (second to first) [Revering to second]; Gross grounded out (second to first) [Revering to third]; Armas made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Davis made an out to shortstop; Griffin walked; Griffin was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Ainge grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo singled; Murphy out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Picciolo to second]; Murray struck out; Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell flied out to center; Carty walked; Velez flied out to right; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman made an out to shortstop; Revering doubled; Ramirez flied out to center; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti singled; Bailor hit into a double play (catcher to second) [Bosetti out at second]; Davis reached on an error by Picciolo; Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas struck out (catcher to first); Picciolo singled; Picciolo was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Murphy walked; Murray made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Ainge flied out to right; Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty singled; WILBORN RAN FOR CARTY; HEAVERLO REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Velez made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: WILBORN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BUSKEY REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Page struck out; Newman flied out to center; Revering struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 1. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Mayberry homered; Bosetti singled; LACEY REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Bosetti was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bailor struck out; Davis struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Ramirez singled; DILONE RAN FOR RAMIREZ; Dilone stole second; Gross struck out; Armas struck out; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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