Luis Tiant allowed just one baserunner -- on Rickey Henderson's line single to left in the third inning -- as the Yankees completed the four-game series sweep by whitewashing the A's, 2-0. The Yankees scored in the second inning on a homer by Reggie Jackson and in the fourth when Bobby Murcer was hit by a pitch, and after a pass to Jackson and a wild pitch, scored on a single by Lou Piniella. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 2, Oakland Athletics 0
Game Played on Sunday, July      8, 1979 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Yankees      0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .263      Henderson cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Murcer cf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Munson c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Page dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Jackson rf            3   1   1   1     1   1   .284      Newman 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Piniella lf           3   0   1   1     0   1   .321      Gross 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .265      Heath lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Chambliss dh          3   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Armas rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Dent ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .249      Picciolo ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chalk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
                                                          Kingman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   5   2     2   4             Totals               28   0   1   0     0   4

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 13,483
Left on Base: Yankees 2, A's 1
DP: Yankees 0, A's 3
Home Runs: Jackson (15)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (6)
Caught Stealing: Randolph (8)
GIDP: Chambliss (4), Randolph (15), Munson (11)
Hit by Pitch: Murcer (1,by Kingman)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(6-3)            9     1   0   0   0   4   0  28   3.62
Totals                  9     1   0   0   0   4   0  28

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kingman L(0-2)          7.2   5   2   2   1   3   1  27   3.80
Heaverlo                1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.94
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   4   1  31

Hit by Pitch: Kingman (2)
Wild Pitches: Kingman (5)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Rich Garcia


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph struck out; Murcer flied out to center;
Munson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson grounded out (third to first); Edwards
grounded out (third to first); Page flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson homered; Piniella struck out; Nettles made
an out to third; Chambliss struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross
flied out to center; Heath grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Spencer flied out to right; Dent flied out to
center; Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian made an out to second; Armas flied out to
center; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer was hit by a pitch; Munson made an out to
third; Jackson walked [Murcer to second]; Kingman threw a wild
pitch [Murcer to third]; Piniella singled to center [Murcer
scored, Jackson to second]; Nettles singled to right [Jackson to
third, Piniella to second]; Chambliss grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Nettles out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Henderson singled to left; Henderson stole
second; Edwards made an out to third; Page flied out to center;
Newman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Spencer flied out to left; Dent singled to center;
Randolph grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Dent out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Gross flied out to left; Heath flied out to
right; Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer singled to right; Munson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Murcer out at second]; Jackson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo
flied out to center; Henderson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Piniella made an out to first; Nettles flied out to
center; Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards struck out; Page made an out to third;
Newman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Spencer made an out to second; Dent grounded out
(pitcher to third to first); Dave Kingman was hit on his
right arm; HEAVERLO REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Randolph
walked; Randolph was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Gross struck out; Heath made an out to shortstop;
Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Athletics 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Murcer flied out to left; Munson grounded out
(third to first); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas struck out; CHALK BATTED FOR PICCIOLO;
Chalk made an out to third; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Athletics 0.