Bob Davis, John Mayberry and Rico Carty hit homers while Phil Huffman and Dyar Miller combined in a shutout as the Blue Jays defeated the A's, 5-0. Huffman allowed only four hits before leaving with two men on base in the ninth inning. Miller retired the last three straight batters to preserve the shutout.

Mayberry batted in a run with an infield out in the fourth inning before hitting his homer in the sixth. Davis homered in the fifth and added an RBI with a sacrifice bunt in the sixth. Carty's homer wrapped up the scoring in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 5, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      9, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays    0  0  0    1  1  2    0  1  0  -   5 11  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   0   2   0     0   1   .282      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .280
Ainge 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .297      Dilone rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Howell 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .251        Essian ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Carty dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .269        Murray rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   2     0   0   .277      Page dh               2   0   1   0     2   0   .232
Velez lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Newman c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Wilborn lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Revering 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Bosetti cf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .247      Gross 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .255
Bailor rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .234      Ramirez 2b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .216
Davis c               3   1   1   2     0   0   .118      Armas lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .158
Huffman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Picciolo ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .203
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  11   5     1   1             Totals               31   0   5   0     7   3

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  1,725
Left on Base: Blue Jays 5, A's 11
DP: Blue Jays 0, A's 1
Doubles: Ainge (2)
Home Runs: Davis (1), Mayberry (7), Carty (6)
Caught Stealing: Page (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Davis (2)
Hit by Pitch: Bosetti (2,by Keough)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Huffman W(3-6)          8     5   0   0   7   2   0  35   5.48
Miller                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.22
Totals                  9     5   0   0   7   3   0  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough L(0-8)           5.1  10   4   4   1   0   2  26   6.30
Todd                    2.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   8   7.96
Hamilton                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.96
Totals                  9    11   5   5   1   1   3  37

Hit by Pitch: Keough (4)

Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to right; Ainge singled; Howell
flied out to right; Carty flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy grounded out (second to first); Dilone
flied out to center; Page walked; Page was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Velez
made an out to second; Bosetti singled; Bosetti was picked off
first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman flied out to left; Revering singled; Gross
flied out to right; Ramirez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Davis
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin singled; Ainge flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Howell singled; Carty singled [Howell to third];
Mayberry forced Carty (second to shortstop) [Howell scored];
Velez flied out to left; Bosetti made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Page
singled; Newman flied out to right; Revering flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor grounded out (third to first); Davis
homered; Griffin singled; Griffin was picked off first (pitcher
to first); Ainge doubled; Howell walked; Carty flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross walked; Ramirez singled [Gross to second];
Armas forced Gross (first to third) [Ramirez to second];
Picciolo forced Armas (third to second) [Ramirez to third];
Murphy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2,
Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry homered; Velez flied out to center;
Bosetti was hit by a pitch; Bailor singled [Bosetti to third];
TODD REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); Davis hit into a double play
(first to pitcher) [Bosetti scored, Bailor out at third (pitcher
to third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Dilone flied out to right; Page walked; Newman
flied out to right; Revering flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Ainge
grounded out (second to first); Howell grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Gross walked; Ramirez walked [Gross to second];
Armas flied out to right; Picciolo flied out to center; Murphy
walked [Gross to third, Ramirez to second]; ESSIAN BATTED FOR
DILONE; Essian struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 4,
Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING RF); Carty
homered; Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher); Velez
grounded out (third to first); Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WILBORN REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING LF); Page made an
out to third; Newman flied out to center; Revering singled;
Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Athletics 0.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: HAMILTON REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Bailor flied
out to right; Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffin
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Ramirez walked; Armas singled [Ramirez to
second]; MILLER REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Picciolo struck
out; Murphy made an out to third; Murray grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Athletics 0.