After the crowd of 51,151 joined in a memorial tribute to Thurman Munson, the saddened Yankees lost to the Orioles, 1-0. Luis Tiant held the Orioles to only two hits but was beaten when John Lowenstein lashed a homer in the second inning. Al Bumbry had an infield single in the sixth for the Orioles' other hit. Scott McGregor held the Yankees to six hits before Tippy Martinez relieved after Lou Piniella led off the ninth inning with a single. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 1, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Friday, August    3, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     1   1   .164      Brown cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Singleton rf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .296
Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .293      Piniella lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .309
Lowenstein lf         4   1   1   1     0   0   .275      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .246      White dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .183
Kelly dh              3   0   0   0     0   1   .313      Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Dauer 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Narron c              2   0   0   0     0   2   .182
Dempsey c             2   0   0   0     1   0   .253        Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gulden c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .239
                                                          Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   2   1     4   3             Totals               32   0   6   0     1   7

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 51,151
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Yankees 6
DP: Orioles 1, Yankees 0
Doubles: Spencer (11)
Home Runs: Lowenstein (11)
Stolen Bases: DeCinces (4), Belanger (5), Brown (2)
Caught Stealing: Piniella (1)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(7-3)         8     6   0   0   1   6   0  31   3.31
T. Martinez SV(2)       1     0   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.66
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   7   0  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant L(7-6)            8     2   1   1   4   3   1  30   3.79
Gossage                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.50
Totals                  9     2   1   1   4   3   1  33

Balks: McGregor (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Steve Palermo


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Belanger popped to
second; Singleton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to right; Brown flied out to
center; Jackson walked; Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray popped to third; Lowenstein homered;
DeCinces walked; Kelly flied out to left; DeCinces stole second;
Dauer walked; Dempsey flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to pitcher); White
grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer doubled to right;
McGregor balked [Spencer to third]; Narron struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Belanger
flied out to left; Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied out to center; Randolph popped to
second; Brown singled to shortstop; Brown stole second; Jackson
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray flied out to left; Lowenstein grounded out
(first to pitcher); DeCinces popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella struck out; Nettles popped to third; White
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Kelly flied out to center; Dauer popped to catcher
in foul territory; Dempsey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Spencer flied out to center; Narron struck out;
Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry singled to catcher; Belanger walked [Bumbry
to second]; Singleton flied out to right [Bumbry to third];
Belanger stole second; Murray struck out; Lowenstein flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: On a bunt Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first);
Brown flied out to left; Jackson grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces popped to third; Kelly struck out; Dauer
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Piniella flied out to right; Nettles grounded out
(first unassisted); White singled to left; Spencer flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Dempsey walked; Bumbry flied out to left; Belanger
struck out; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: GAMBLE BATTED FOR NARRON; Gamble struck out; Dent
singled to left; Randolph singled to left [Dent to second];
Brown flied out to center [Dent to third]; Jackson popped to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: GULDEN REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING C ); GOSSAGE
REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Murray grounded out (second to
first); Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); DeCinces
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Piniella singled to center; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED
MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Nettles was called out on strikes while
Piniella was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
White flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Yankees 0.