| Tony Solaita and Rick Cerone cracked two-run homers and Roy Howell contributed a solo shot as the Blue Jays defeated the Red Sox, 6-2, behind the four-hit pitching of Balor Moore. Jim Rice homered for the Red Sox runs. [The Sporting News] |
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Boston Red Sox 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 20, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 0 Blue Jays 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 x - 6 10 2 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Griffin ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Papi 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Woods lf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .281 Lynn cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .337 Velez rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .289 Rice lf 4 1 1 2 0 0 .328 Bailor rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Fisk dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Solaita dh 4 1 1 2 0 2 .266 Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Evans rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Dwyer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Howell 3b 3 2 1 1 0 0 .252 O'Berry c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Cerone c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .230 Wolfe ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253 McKay 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .214 Allenson c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Finch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 4 2 2 2 Totals 33 6 10 6 3 5 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 13,201 Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 8 DP: Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1 Errors: Bosetti, Moore Doubles: Woods 2 (23), McKay (8) Home Runs: Rice (39), Howell (14), Solaita (1), Cerone (7) Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (16) GIDP: Evans (14) Hit by Pitch: Howell (6,by Burgmeier) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(10-9) 4.2 6 4 4 2 3 2 22 4.12 Burgmeier 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 7 2.66 Finch 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 5.19 Totals 8 10 6 6 3 5 3 38 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moore W(5-6) 9 4 2 2 2 2 1 33 4.43 Totals 9 4 2 2 2 2 1 33 Hit by Pitch: Burgmeier (4) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - George Maloney RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Papi flied out to right; Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Woods doubled to left; Velez walked; Solaita struck out; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. RED SOX 2ND: Rice flied out to center; Fisk flied out to right; Hobson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bosetti made an out to first; Howell homered; Cerone lined to pitcher; McKay singled to right; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1. RED SOX 3RD: Evans lined to center; Dwyer flied to right in foul territory; O'Berry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Woods made an out to second; Velez walked; Solaita struck out; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Papi grounded out (second to first); Lynn flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti struck out; Howell flied out to left; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1. RED SOX 5TH: Rice reached on an error by Bosetti; Moore dropped a foul fly hit by Fisk for an error; Fisk singled to left [Rice to second]; Hobson flied out to right [Rice to third]; Evans grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Fisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 1. BLUE JAYS 5TH: McKay doubled; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [McKay to third]; Woods doubled [McKay scored]; Velez flied out to left; Solaita homered [Woods scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Mayberry struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 4. RED SOX 6TH: Dwyer popped to first in foul territory; O'Berry walked; Burleson flied out to right; Papi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Howell was hit by a pitch; Cerone homered [Howell scored]; McKay flied out to center; Griffin singled to right; Woods singled to right [Griffin to third]; FINCH REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Velez grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Blue Jays 6. RED SOX 7TH: BAILOR REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING RF); Lynn singled to center; Rice homered [Lynn scored]; Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hobson flied out to left; Evans singled to left; Dwyer was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Solaita grounded out (second to first); Mayberry walked; Bosetti singled to left [Mayberry to second]; Howell forced Bosetti (shortstop to second) [Mayberry to third]; Cerone grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6. RED SOX 8TH: WOLFE BATTED FOR O'BERRY; Wolfe walked; Burleson struck out; Papi flied out to right; Lynn grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6. BLUE JAYS 8TH: ALLENSON REPLACED WOLFE (PLAYING C ); McKay struck out; Griffin grounded out (second to first); Woods grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6. RED SOX 9TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk grounded out (third to first); Hobson lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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