Craig Minetto and Jim Todd combined to pitch the A's to a 1-0 triumph over the Yankees. The game's only run came in the sixth inning. Glenn Burke lined a triple to left, Joe Wallis drew a walk and Burke scored as Mitchell Page bounced into a forceout. Todd relieved Minetto with two on and one out in the seventh and induced pinch-hitter Jim Spencer to ground into a double play. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 1, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     25, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   1  4  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Burke lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .206
Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Wallis rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .068
Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Page dh               3   0   0   1     0   0   .217
Piniella dh           4   0   2   0     0   0   .226      Revering 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .271
Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .255      Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .295
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .305      Guerrero ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Murphy cf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .308
Beniquez lf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Newman c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .150
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Minetto p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .667        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   0   7   0     0   2             Totals               28   1   4   1     1   2

Time of Game: 1:59   Attendance:  7,135
Left on Base: Yankees 6, A's 4
DP: Yankees 0, A's 2
Errors: Edwards
Triples: Burke (1)
GIDP: Jackson (4), Spencer (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa L(2-2)         8     4   1   1   1   2   0  29   4.50
Totals                  8     4   1   1   1   2   0  29

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Minetto W(1-0)          6.1   7   0   0   0   2   0  26   1.59
Todd SV(1)              2.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   7   7.50
Totals                  9     7   0   0   0   2   0  33

Umpires: HP - Tony Patch, 1B - Jim Cuneo, 2B - Mike Fitzpatrick, 3B - Roy Roth


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers popped to first; Randolph struck out; Munson
singled to right; Piniella singled to left [Munson to second];
Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis
struck out; Page grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles popped to catcher in foul territory;
Chambliss flied to center; Beniquez grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering flied to center; Gross grounded out
(second to first); Guerrero grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent flied to right; Rivers grounded out (second to
first); Randolph flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Murphy singled to right; Newman flied to left;
Edwards popped to shortstop; Burke grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson reached on an error by Edwards; Piniella
flied to left; Jackson singled to shortstop [Munson to second];
Nettles flied to right [Munson to third]; Chambliss grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis popped to shortstop; Page grounded out
(shortstop to first); Revering popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Beniquez popped to second; Dent flied to right;
Rivers singled to third; Randolph popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross singled to right; Guerrero forced Gross
(third to second); Murphy singled to center [Guerrero to third];
Newman grounded out (third to first) [Murphy to second]; Edwards
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied to right; Piniella singled to left;
Jackson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Piniella out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Burke tripled to left; Wallis walked; Page forced
Wallis (second to shortstop) [Burke scored]; Revering flied to
center; Gross forced Page (third to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles struck out; Chambliss singled to right;
Beniquez singled to right [Chambliss to third]; TODD REPLACED
MINETTO (PITCHING); SPENCER BATTED FOR DENT; Spencer grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Beniquez out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: STANLEY REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING SS); Guerrero
flied to right; Murphy flied to left; Newman grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph
popped to first; Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Edwards grounded out (third to first); Burke
grounded out (pitcher to first); Wallis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
popped to third; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 1.