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A candidate for Comeback Player of the Year, Dave Lemanczyk brought his record to 7-3 by pitching the Blue Jays to a 3-2 victory over the A's. Last season, Lemanczyk won only four games while losing 14. Rico Carty singled in the second inning, stole second and scored the Blue Jays' first run on a single by Bob Bailor. Toronto Blue Jays 3, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Saturday, June 16, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition StadiumA's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 3 9 1 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Griffin ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .280 Murphy cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .273 Cannon rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Gross 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .249 Bosetti cf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .267 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Carty dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Newman c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .283 Page dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Bailor 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .229 Armas lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .167 Woods lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .157 Ainge 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .292 Murray rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .196 Davis c 2 1 0 0 0 0 .109 McCatty p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 2 7 2 1 2 Totals 29 3 9 3 1 4 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 19,270 Left on Base: A's 6, Blue Jays 6 DP: A's 0, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Gross, Ainge Doubles: Gross (9), Ainge (4) Home Runs: Murphy (5) Stolen Bases: Page (7), Carty (2) Caught Stealing: Bailor (4), Griffin (6) Sacrifice Hits: Davis (3), Cannon (1) Sacrifice Flies: Bosetti (3) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McCatty L(4-2) 7.1 9 3 3 1 4 0 31 1.81 Lacey 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.85 Totals 8 9 3 3 1 4 0 33 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemanczyk W(7-3) 9 7 2 2 1 2 1 35 2.42 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 2 1 35 Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Al Clark ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Murphy grounded out (first to pitcher); Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Cannon grounded out (first unassisted); Bosetti made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (second to first); Newman grounded out (second to first); Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty singled to left; Carty stole second; Mayberry grounded out (second to first) [Carty to third]; Bailor singled to right [Carty scored]; Bailor was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Woods singled to left; Ainge grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Ramirez flied out to center; Murray walked; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Davis flied out to right; Griffin flied out to right; Cannon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross doubled to right; Revering grounded out (first to pitcher) [Gross to third]; Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti singled to left; Carty flied out to left [Bosetti to second]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Bailor flied out to center; Woods made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Page singled to center; Page stole second; Armas flied out to center; Ramirez flied out to right; Murray singled to right [Page out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ainge doubled to right; Davis reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Ainge to third]; Griffin singled to center [Ainge scored, Davis to second]; Cannon out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Davis to third, Griffin to second]; Bosetti hit a sacrifice fly to right [Davis scored, Griffin to third]; Carty flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 6TH: Edwards singled to center; Murphy reached on an error by Ainge [Edwards to third]; Gross singled [Edwards scored, Murphy to second]; Revering made an out to third; Newman popped to first in foul territory; Page made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry singled to right; Bailor flied to right in foul territory; Woods flied out to left; Ainge struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas singled; Ramirez forced Armas (first to shortstop); Murray flied out to left; Edwards forced Ramirez (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Davis flied out to right; Griffin singled; Griffin was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cannon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Murphy homered; Gross made an out to second; Revering flied out to right; Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Bosetti singled [Bosetti to second (error by Gross)]; Carty lined to pitcher; LACEY REPLACED MCCATTY (PITCHING); Mayberry made an out to shortstop; Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Page struck out; Armas struck out; Ramirez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Blue Jays 3. |
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