After John Mayberry drove in the Blue Jays' first four runs, Craig Kusick homered in the 11th inning to beat the Mariners, 5-4. The Mariners scored three runs in the fourth inning on walks, a triple by Dan Meyer and sacrifice fly by Joe Simpson, but the Blue Jays came back with a three-run homer by Mayberry in their half. Toronto Blue Jays 5, Seattle Mariners 4Game Played on Friday, August 31, 1979 (Day game) at Exhibition StadiumMariners 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Blue Jays 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 8 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Griffin ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .273 R. Jones cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Bailor rf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .229 Bochte 1b 4 1 3 0 1 0 .321 Woods lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Horton dh 4 1 0 0 1 0 .273 Solaita dh 3 1 1 0 2 0 .264 Meyer 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .289 Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 4 0 0 .284 B. Stein 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Cannon pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Paciorek lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .312 Kusick 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 .235 Roberts lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Simpson rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Cerone c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Milbourne ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 .288 Ainge 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .238 Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Gomez 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Stinson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Howell ph,3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .247 Dressler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Edge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 4 8 4 2 3 Totals 36 5 8 5 4 4 Time of Game: 2:31 Attendance: 11,254 Left on Base: Mariners 7, Blue Jays 5 DP: Mariners 1, Blue Jays 0 Errors: Stinson, Griffin Doubles: Bailor (8) Triples: Meyer (7) Home Runs: Mayberry (20), Kusick (5) Stolen Bases: Cannon (11) Sacrifice Hits: Paciorek (1), Woods (7) Sacrifice Flies: Simpson (2) GIDP: Mayberry (9) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dressler 5.1 5 3 3 2 1 1 21 5.63 McLaughlin L(6-5) 5 3 2 2 2 3 1 20 4.46 Totals 10.1 8 5 5 4 4 2 41 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Edge 8 8 4 4 2 0 0 35 5.04 Buskey W(6-5) 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 1.96 Totals 11 8 4 4 2 3 0 44 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Dan Morrison MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (second to first); R. Jones made an out to shortstop; Bochte singled to center; Horton forced Bochte (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Bailor struck out; Woods lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Blue Jays 0. MARINERS 2ND: Meyer flied out to left; Paciorek flied out to center; Simpson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Solaita singled to center; Mayberry grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Solaita out at second]; Bosetti singled to left; Bosetti was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Blue Jays 0. MARINERS 3RD: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Stinson grounded out (second to first); Cruz reached on an error by Griffin; R. Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone made an out to second; Ainge grounded out (second to first); Gomez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Blue Jays 0. MARINERS 4TH: Bochte walked; Horton walked [Bochte to second]; Meyer tripled to right [Bochte scored, Horton scored]; Paciorek made an out to second; Simpson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Meyer scored]; Milbourne flied out to right; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Griffin grounded out (third to first); Bailor doubled to left; Woods flied out to left; Solaita walked; Mayberry homered [Bailor scored, Solaita scored]; Bosetti grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Blue Jays 3. MARINERS 5TH: Stinson flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jones singled to right; Bochte singled to right [R. Jones to third]; Horton forced Bochte (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 3, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone flied out to center; Ainge lined to second; Gomez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 3, Blue Jays 3. MARINERS 6TH: Meyer flied out to center; Paciorek singled to left; Simpson singled to right [Paciorek to third]; Milbourne grounded out (second to first) [Paciorek scored, Simpson to second]; Stinson grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Griffin singled to right; Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first) [Griffin to second]; Woods walked; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED DRESSLER (PITCHING); Solaita walked [Griffin to third, Woods to second]; Mayberry made an out to second; Bosetti forced Woods (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 3. MARINERS 7TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); R. Jones grounded out (pitcher to first); Bochte singled to right; Horton forced Bochte (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Cerone grounded out (third to first); Ainge struck out; Gomez walked; Griffin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 3. MARINERS 8TH: Meyer singled to center; Paciorek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Meyer to second]; Simpson flied out to right; Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 8TH: B. STEIN REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 3B); ROBERTS REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING LF); MENDOZA REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING SS); Bailor singled to left; Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bailor to second]; Solaita grounded out (first to pitcher) [Bailor to third]; Mayberry singled to center [Bailor scored]; CANNON RAN FOR MAYBERRY; Cannon stole second [Cannon to third (error by Stinson)]; Bosetti grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 4. MARINERS 9TH: KUSICK REPLACED CANNON (PLAYING 1B); BUSKEY REPLACED EDGE (PITCHING); Stinson lined to pitcher; Cruz struck out; R. Jones grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 9TH: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Ainge struck out; HOWELL BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 4. MARINERS 10TH: HOWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Bochte flied out to center; Horton grounded out (third to first); B. Stein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 10TH: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bailor flied out to right; Woods grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 4. MARINERS 11TH: Roberts struck out; Simpson grounded out (second to first); Mendoza grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 11TH: Solaita flied out to right; Kusick homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Blue Jays 5. |
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