Jumping off to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, the Yankees went on to an 11-2 rout of the Blue Jays. Chris Chambliss drove in the first Yankee run with a sacrifice fly, Graig Nettles stroked a two-run single and Jim Spencer capped the outburst with a two-run homer. Luis Tiant struck out seven and walked two in notching his second complete game. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 11, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      26, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Yankees      5  0  0    0  1  2    1  2  0  -  11 16  1
Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             6   0   2   1     0   1   .292      Griffin ss            5   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Munson c              5   2   1   0     1   2   .294      Gomez 3b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .339
Murcer rf             4   1   2   0     2   0   .263      Bosetti cf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Piniella lf           4   2   3   1     1   1   .311        Bailor cf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Beniquez lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Carty dh              3   0   0   0     1   2   .274
Chambliss dh          5   1   1   1     0   0   .263      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Nettles 3b            5   2   2   2     0   0   .280      Woods lf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .289
Spencer 1b            3   3   3   2     2   0   .277      Cerone c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .199
Randolph 2b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Ainge 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .269
  Stanley 2b          2   0   1   2     0   1   .278      Cannon rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .152
Dent ss               3   0   0   1     1   0   .247      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39  11  16  10     7   5             Totals               36   2   8   2     2   7

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 38,696
Left on Base: Yankees 12, Blue Jays 9
DP: Yankees 0, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Stanley
Doubles: Rivers (16)
Triples: Spencer (2)
Home Runs: Spencer (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Stanley (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Chambliss (3), Dent (5)
GIDP: Chambliss (3)
Hit by Pitch: Randolph (3,by Lemanczyk)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(4-2)            9     8   2   2   2   7   0  38   4.10
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   7   0  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(7-5)        5.2  11   8   8   6   4   1  35   2.85
Buskey                  0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   2.86
Miller                  2.2   3   2   2   0   1   0  10   5.32
Totals                  9    16  11  11   7   5   1  50

Hit by Pitch: Lemanczyk (5)
Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk 2 (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to center; Munson singled to left;
Murcer singled to right [Munson to second]; Piniella walked
[Munson to third, Murcer to second]; Chambliss hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Munson scored, Murcer to third, Piniella to
second]; Nettles singled to left [Murcer scored, Piniella
scored]; Spencer homered [Nettles scored]; Randolph singled to
right; Dent grounded out (third to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 5, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to right; Gomez popped to first
in foul territory; Bosetti singled to left; Carty struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Rivers struck out; Munson made an out to second;
Murcer walked; Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Murcer to second];
Piniella struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays
0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods
singled to right; Cerone walked [Woods to second]; Ainge forced
Cerone (shortstop to second) [Woods to third]; Cannon singled to
center [Woods scored, Ainge to second]; Griffin grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays
1.

YANKEES 3RD: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles
grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer walked; Randolph was
hit by a pitch [Spencer to second]; Dent grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez struck out; Bosetti struck out; Carty
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Rivers grounded out (first to pitcher); Munson
struck out; Murcer walked; Piniella singled to shortstop [Murcer
to second]; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: STANLEY REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Mayberry
made an out to second; Woods grounded out (first unassisted);
Cerone flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Blue
Jays 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Spencer
tripled to center; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Spencer scored]; Dent walked; Rivers singled to second
[Dent to second]; Munson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ainge singled to shortstop; Cannon singled to
right [Ainge to third]; Griffin reached on a fielder's choice
[Ainge scored (RBI), Cannon to third (error by Stanley), Griffin
to second]; Gomez struck out; Bosetti popped to third in foul
territory; Carty flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 6, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer flied out to left; Piniella singled to
right; Chambliss singled to right [Piniella to third]; Lemanczyk
threw a wild pitch [Piniella scored]; Nettles grounded out
(second to shortstop to first) [Chambliss to second]; Spencer
was walked intentionally; Stanley singled to right [Chambliss
scored, Spencer to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING);
Dent popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Mayberry was called out on strikes; Woods flied
out to center; Cerone popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 8, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 7TH: BAILOR REPLACED BOSETTI (PLAYING CF); Rivers
grounded out (second to first); Munson walked; Murcer singled to
right [Munson to third]; Piniella singled to left [Munson
scored, Murcer to second]; MILLER REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING);
Chambliss grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Piniella out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
9, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Ainge flied out to right; Cannon popped to third
in foul territory; Griffin singled to second; Gomez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 9, Blue Jays 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles singled to right; Spencer singled to right
[Nettles to third]; Stanley struck out; Dent hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Nettles scored]; Rivers doubled to right [Spencer
scored]; Munson flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 11, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: BENIQUEZ REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING LF); Bailor
struck out; Carty walked; Mayberry made an out to first; Woods
singled to right [Carty to second]; Cerone forced Woods
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue
Jays 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Murcer made an out to second; Beniquez made an out
to shortstop; Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Ainge singled to center; Cannon popped to third
in foul territory; Griffin flied out to center; Gomez flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 11, Blue Jays 2.