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. Toronto Blue Jays 5, Oakland Athletics 0Game Played on Saturday, June 9, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumBlue 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. |
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