Driving in all of his team's runs, Bobby Murcer led the Yankees to a 5-4 triumph over the Orioles. With the Yankees behind, 4-0, in the seventh inning, Murcer unloaded a three-run homer.

Bucky Dent opened the Yankee ninth with a walk and went to third when Willie Randolph's sacrifice bunt was thrown into right field by Bird pitcher Tippy Martinez. Randolph reached second on the play. Murcer then followed with a shot into the left field corner that scored the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 4
Game Played on Monday, August    6, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Orioles      0  1  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   4  9  2
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  2  -   5  8  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .283      Randolph 2b           4   2   2   0     0   0   .273
Garcia ss             4   1   0   0     0   2   .251      Murcer lf             5   1   2   5     0   1   .247
  Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Singleton rf          4   1   1   2     0   2   .301      Jackson rf            2   0   0   0     2   1   .294
Murray 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .293      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .253
DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .243      Spencer dh            3   0   0   0     0   1   .274
May dh                4   2   2   1     0   1   .281        Piniella ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Ayala lf              3   0   2   0     0   0   .268      Brown cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Lowenstein pr,lf    0   0   0   0     0   0   .269        Randle ph,cf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dauer 2b              2   0   0   1     0   1   .258      Gulden c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Skaggs c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .225        White ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .176
D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Narron c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dent ss               2   2   0   0     2   1   .240
                                                          Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   9   4     0   9             Totals               32   5   8   5     5   7

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 36,314
Left on Base: Orioles 2, Yankees 9
DP: Orioles 0, Yankees 1
Errors: DeCinces, T. Martinez
Doubles: May (11), Bumbry (21), Ayala (3), Brown (3), Randolph (9)
Home Runs: May (16), Singleton (28), Murcer (1)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (23)
Caught Stealing: Bumbry (12), DeCinces (2), Jackson (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Randolph (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Dauer (8)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez             6.2   7   3   3   4   5   1  30   3.59
T. Martinez L(6-2)      1.1   1   2   1   1   2   0   8   2.68
Totals                  8     8   5   4   5   7   1  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(10-7)          9     9   4   4   0   9   2  33   2.63
Totals                  9     9   4   4   0   9   2  33

Wild Pitches: Guidry (7)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nick Bremigan


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia
struck out; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to center; Murcer struck out;
Randolph stole second; Chambliss struck out; Jackson was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray popped to first in foul territory; DeCinces
was called out on strikes; May homered; Ayala singled to left;
Dauer struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles flied out to center; Spencer flied out to
center; Brown doubled to center; Gulden grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs singled to left; Bumbry forced Skaggs
(pitcher to shortstop); Bumbry was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first); Garcia struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent was called out on strikes; Randolph grounded
out (third to first); Murcer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton struck out; Murray struck out; DeCinces
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Jackson
walked; Jackson was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Nettles walked; Spencer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: May doubled to left; Ayala grounded out (second to
first) [May to third]; Dauer hit a sacrifice fly to right [May
scored]; Skaggs popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Brown flied out to center; Gulden singled to
center; Dent popped to second; Randolph flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry doubled; Garcia reached on a fielder's
choice [Bumbry out at third (pitcher to third)]; Singleton
homered [Garcia scored]; Murray singled to second; DeCinces hit
into a double play (right to right to first) [Murray out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer lined to shortstop; Chambliss flied out to
left; Jackson walked; Nettles singled to center [Jackson to
second]; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4,
Yankees 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: May grounded out (second to first); Ayala doubled
to right; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR AYALA; Guidry threw a wild pitch
[Lowenstein to third]; Dauer reached on a fielder's choice
[Lowenstein out at home (third to catcher)]; Skaggs flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Brown lined
to second; Gulden flied out to left; Dent walked; Randolph
doubled to left [Dent to third]; Murcer homered [Dent scored,
Randolph scored]; Chambliss singled to left; T. MARTINEZ
REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Jackson reached on an error by
DeCinces [Chambliss to second]; Nettles struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry was called out on strikes; Garcia grounded
out (first to pitcher); Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED GARCIA (PLAYING SS); PINIELLA
BATTED FOR SPENCER; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first);
RANDLE BATTED FOR BROWN; Randle flied out to left; WHITE BATTED
FOR GULDEN; White was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: RANDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NARRON REPLACED
WHITE (PLAYING C ); On a bunt Murray singled to third; DeCinces
forced Murray (third to shortstop to second); May struck out;
DeCinces was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Dent walked; Randolph reached on an error by T.
Martinez on a sacrifice bunt [Dent to third, Randolph to
second]; Murcer singled to left [Dent scored, Randolph scored
(unearned)]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 4, Yankees 5.