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Scattering six hits while pitching his first complete major league game, Phil Huffman hurled the Blue Jays to a 6-2 triumph over the A's. With the score 2-2 in the eighth inning, Otto Velez walked and Craig Kusick followed with a homer. Roy Howell doubled home two more runs for the Jays in the ninth. [The Sporting News] Toronto Blue Jays 6, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Tuesday, August 14, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumBlue Jays 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 - 6 9 1 A's 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 5 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269 Henderson lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .247 Bosetti cf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .265 Murphy cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .262 Howell 3b 5 0 1 2 0 1 .247 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Carty dh 5 1 2 0 0 0 .259 Revering dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Velez lf 2 2 1 0 2 0 .297 Newman 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .234 Cannon lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Heath c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Kusick 1b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .235 Armas rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .245 Cerone c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .217 Chalk 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Bailor rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Ainge 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .251 Minetto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 9 5 4 2 Totals 33 2 6 2 3 2 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 1,289 Left on Base: Blue Jays 8, A's 7 DP: Blue Jays 1, A's 0 Errors: Howell, Henderson 2, Gross, Heath, Picciolo Doubles: Carty (26), Howell (18) Triples: Armas (3) Home Runs: Kusick (4), Murphy (8) Stolen Bases: Griffin (13) Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (14) Sacrifice Flies: Cerone (4) GIDP: Heath (12) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Huffman W(5-13) 9 6 2 2 3 2 1 36 5.80 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 2 1 36 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Minetto L(1-4) 8 6 4 4 3 1 1 35 5.93 Todd 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 6 6.78 Totals 9 9 6 6 4 2 1 41 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Rocky Roe BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to right; Bosetti made an out to first; Howell made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy homered [Henderson scored]; Gross grounded out (second to pitcher); Revering flied out to left; Newman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty flied out to center; Velez walked; Kusick singled [Velez to third]; Cerone hit a sacrifice fly to left [Velez scored]; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath made an out to first; Armas walked; Chalk flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge made an out to shortstop; Griffin reached on an error by Gross; Bosetti grounded out (second to first) [Griffin to second]; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson struck out; Murphy grounded out (second to first); Gross singled; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez made an out to first; Kusick walked; Cerone singled [Kusick to third, Cerone to second (error by Henderson)]; Bailor made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman singled; Heath grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Newman out at second]; Armas singled; Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ainge flied out to center; Griffin flied out to center; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo made an out to catcher; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell made an out to catcher; Carty doubled; Velez singled [Carty scored (error by Henderson) (no RBI)]; Kusick flied out to left; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross flied out to right; Revering made an out to third; Newman walked; Heath made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor made an out to shortstop; Ainge singled; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Ainge to second]; Bosetti reached on an error by Picciolo [Ainge stayed at second]; Howell forced Bosetti (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas tripled; Chalk made an out to shortstop; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Carty flied out to center; Velez walked; Kusick homered [Velez scored]; Cerone flied out to center; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: CANNON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING LF); Murphy singled; Gross flied out to left; Revering flied out to right; Newman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Athletics 2. BLUE JAYS 9TH: TODD REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Ainge struck out; Griffin singled; Griffin stole second [Griffin to third (error by Heath)]; Bosetti walked; Howell doubled [Griffin scored, Bosetti scored]; Howell was out trying to advance to third (catcher to third); Carty singled; Cannon grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Heath reached on an error by Howell; Armas made an out to first; Chalk flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 6, Athletics 2. |
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