After being held hitless for four innings, the Yankees exploded for 10 runs in the fifth and overwhelmed the A's, 12-4. The outburst included a grand slam by Willie Randolph, three-run homer by Reggie Jackson and pair of RBI singles by Chris Chambliss. Ron Guidry pitched six innings for the Yankees and gave up homers by Jim Essian and Dave Revering. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 12, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      21, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
A's          1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4  8  2
Yankees      0  0  0    0 10  0    0  2  x  -  12 12  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Henderson lf          4   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Randolph 2b           2   1   1   4     2   0   .269
Chalk 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .214        Doyle pr,2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Heath rf              3   1   3   1     0   0   .320      Murcer cf,lf          5   1   1   0     0   3   .243
Newman dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Munson c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .299
Essian c              4   1   2   2     0   0   .284        Narron c            1   0   1   2     0   0   .171
Revering 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .274      Piniella lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .309
Armas cf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .250        Brown cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Edwards 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Jackson rf            5   2   2   3     0   1   .291
Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .227      White dh              3   2   1   0     0   0   .171
Minetto p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Chambliss 1b          3   1   2   2     1   0   .274
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stanley 3b            4   1   0   0     0   1   .167
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               3   2   2   1     1   0   .248
                                                          Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   8   4     0   8             Totals               36  12  12  12     4   5

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 49,284
Left on Base: A's 4, Yankees 5
DP: A's 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Chalk, Edwards
Doubles: Essian (10), Heath (5), White (3), Narron (1)
Home Runs: Essian (7), Revering (6), Randolph (4), Jackson (18)
Stolen Bases: Henderson (8), Randolph (20), Jackson (6)
Sacrifice Hits: White (4)
GIDP: Newman (13)
Hit by Pitch: Heath (2,by Davis)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Minetto L(1-3)          4.1   5   7   4   1   3   1  21   5.87
Todd                    2.2   5   3   3   2   1   1  14   6.10
Heaverlo                1     2   2   2   1   1   0   6   4.06
Totals                  8    12  12   6*  4   5   2  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(7-7)           6     8   4   4   0   7   2  25   2.66
Davis                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.03
Gossage                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.79
Totals                  9     8   4   4   0   8   2  35

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson singled to right; Henderson stole
second; Chalk flied out to right; Heath singled to center
[Henderson scored]; Newman grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Heath out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Murcer
flied out to right; Munson flied out to right; Piniella grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Essian doubled to left; Revering flied out to
right [Essian to third]; Armas struck out; Edwards grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); White
made an out to shortstop; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Picciolo grounded out (second to first);
Henderson grounded out (third to first); Chalk singled to
center; Heath singled to center [Chalk to second]; Newman struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley struck out; Dent flied out to left;
Randolph flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Essian made an out to first; Revering struck out;
Armas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Murcer struck out; Munson grounded out (third to
first); Piniella flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards flied out to center; Picciolo made an out
to first; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson singled to right; Jackson stole second;
White reached on an error by Edwards on a sacrifice bunt
[Jackson to third]; Chambliss singled to center [Jackson scored,
White to second]; Stanley reached on an error by Chalk [White to
third, Chambliss to second]; Dent singled to third [White scored
(unearned), Chambliss to third, Stanley to second]; Randolph
homered [Chambliss scored, Stanley scored (unearned), Dent
scored]; Murcer struck out; Munson singled to left; TODD
REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Piniella singled to right [Munson
to second]; Jackson homered (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher) [Munson scored (unearned), Piniella scored (unearned,
but earned for the pitcher)]; White doubled to left; Chambliss
singled to right [White scored (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher)]; Stanley lined into a double play (second to first)
[Chambliss out at first]; 10 R (7 ER), 9 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Yankees 10.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Chalk struck out; Heath doubled to right; Newman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Essian homered [Heath
scored]; Revering homered; Armas struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 10.

YANKEES 6TH: Dent singled to right; Randolph walked [Dent to
second]; DOYLE RAN FOR RANDOLPH; Murcer struck out; Munson flied
out to center [Dent to third]; Piniella forced Doyle (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 10.

ATHLETICS 7TH: DOYLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MURCER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); NARRON REPLACED MUNSON (PLAYING C );
BROWN REPLACED PINIELLA (PLAYING CF); DAVIS REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); Edwards grounded out (second to first); Picciolo
struck out; Henderson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 10.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson flied out to right; White grounded out
(second to first); Chambliss walked; Stanley grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 10.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Chalk grounded out (second to first); Heath was
hit by a pitch; Newman grounded out (pitcher to first) [Heath to
second]; Essian grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 10.

YANKEES 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Dent walked;
Doyle flied out to center; Murcer singled to left [Dent to
second]; Narron doubled to center [Dent scored, Murcer scored];
Brown made an out to third; Jackson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 12.

ATHLETICS 9TH: GOSSAGE REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Revering flied
out to center; Armas flied out to center; Edwards flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Yankees 12.