Ending a personal 13-game losing streak, Tom Underwood pitched the Blue Jays to a 6-0 victory over the A's. The lefthander's last victory was against the Orioles August 8, 1978. Rico Carty provided principal support for Underwood, driving in one run and scoring two. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 6, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Friday, June      15, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
Blue Jays    0  1  1    0  1  1    1  1  x  -   6 12  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Griffin ss            5   1   1   0     0   1   .277
Murray rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .193      Ainge 2b              5   1   1   1     0   1   .290
Newman c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .225      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .262
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Carty dh              3   2   2   1     1   1   .273
Armas lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .160        Cannon pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Page dh               3   0   1   0     0   0   .226      Mayberry 1b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .282
Edwards 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Bailor rf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .229
Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Woods lf              4   1   3   1     0   0   .260
Ramirez ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .170      Davis c               4   0   0   0     0   3   .113
Hamilton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .368
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     1   2             Totals               35   6  12   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 13,124
Left on Base: A's 5, Blue Jays 8
DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Gross, Ramirez
Doubles: Murphy (4), Bosetti (11), Gomez (1), Carty (11), Woods (12)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (9)
Caught Stealing: Bosetti (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Bailor (3)
GIDP: Revering (3)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamilton L(2-1)         5     7   4   4   1   4   0  23   2.82
Heaverlo                2     3   1   1   1   1   0  10   2.93
Todd                    1     2   1   0   0   1   0   5   7.49
Totals                  8    12   6   5   2   6   0  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood W(1-9)        9     5   0   0   1   2   0  32   4.48
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   2   0  32

Wild Pitches: Underwood (4)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Dan Morrison


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Murray
walked; Underwood threw a wild pitch [Murray to second]; Newman
struck out; Revering grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to center; Ainge grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Armas singled to center; Page grounded out
(second to first) [Armas to second]; Edwards grounded out (third
to first); Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty walked; Mayberry singled to right [Carty to
third]; Bailor hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carty scored];
Woods flied out to center; Davis struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Ramirez flied out to center; Murphy doubled to
left; Murray grounded out (third to first); Newman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue
Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez lined to third; Griffin singled; Griffin
stole second; Ainge struck out; Bosetti doubled to right
[Griffin scored]; Carty struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Blue Jays 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering made an out to third; Armas made an out
to second; Page popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Bailor flied out to
center; Woods singled to right; Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
made an out to third; Ramirez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez doubled to left; Griffin reached on an
error by Ramirez [Gomez to third]; Ainge forced Griffin
(shortstop to second) [Gomez scored]; Bosetti forced Ainge
(shortstop to second); Bosetti was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Murphy flied out to center; Murray made an out to
shortstop; Newman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Carty singled; Mayberry singled to right [Carty
to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING); Bailor flied
out to right; Woods singled to right [Carty scored, Mayberry to
third]; Davis struck out; Gomez forced Woods (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Revering lined to second; Armas flied out to
right; Page singled to right; Edwards singled to right [Page to
second]; Gross popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 4.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Ainge
singled; Bosetti popped to first in foul territory; Carty
doubled to right [Ainge scored]; CANNON RAN FOR CARTY; Mayberry
was walked intentionally; Bailor forced Mayberry (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Ramirez flied
out to center; Murphy flied out to right; Murray flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: TODD REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Woods doubled
to right; Davis grounded out (third to first); Gomez singled
[Woods scored (error by Gross) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Griffin was
called out on strikes; Ainge forced Gomez (third to second); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Blue Jays 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Newman singled to right; Revering grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Newman out at
second]; Armas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0,
Blue Jays 6.