Scattering six hits while pitching his first complete major league game, Phil Huffman hurled the Blue Jays to a 6-2 triumph over the A's. With the score 2-2 in the eighth inning, Otto Velez walked and Craig Kusick followed with a homer. Roy Howell doubled home two more runs for the Jays in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Toronto Blue Jays 6, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Tuesday, August    14, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  2  -   6  9  1
A's          2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  5


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .269      Henderson lf          3   1   0   0     1   1   .247
Bosetti cf            4   1   0   0     1   0   .265      Murphy cf             4   1   2   2     0   1   .262
Howell 3b             5   0   1   2     0   1   .247      Gross 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .229
Carty dh              5   1   2   0     0   0   .259      Revering dh           4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Velez lf              2   2   1   0     2   0   .297      Newman 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .234
  Cannon lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Heath c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Kusick 1b             3   1   2   2     1   0   .235      Armas rf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .245
Cerone c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .217      Chalk 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Bailor rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Picciolo ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Ainge 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .251      Minetto p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Huffman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6   9   5     4   2             Totals               33   2   6   2     3   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  1,289
Left on Base: Blue Jays 8, A's 7
DP: Blue Jays 1, A's 0
Errors: Howell, Henderson 2, Gross, Heath, Picciolo
Doubles: Carty (26), Howell (18)
Triples: Armas (3)
Home Runs: Kusick (4), Murphy (8)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Cerone (4)
GIDP: Heath (12)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Huffman W(5-13)         9     6   2   2   3   2   1  36   5.80
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   2   1  36

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Minetto L(1-4)          8     6   4   4   3   1   1  35   5.93
Todd                    1     3   2   2   1   1   0   6   6.78
Totals                  9     9   6   6   4   2   1  41

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Rocky Roe


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin flied out to right; Bosetti made an out
to first; Howell made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson walked; Murphy homered [Henderson
scored]; Gross grounded out (second to pitcher); Revering flied
out to left; Newman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Carty flied out to center; Velez walked; Kusick
singled [Velez to third]; Cerone hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Velez scored]; Bailor grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Heath made an out to first; Armas walked; Chalk
flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Ainge made an out to shortstop; Griffin reached
on an error by Gross; Bosetti grounded out (second to first)
[Griffin to second]; Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Henderson struck out; Murphy grounded out (second
to first); Gross singled; Revering flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Velez
made an out to first; Kusick walked; Cerone singled [Kusick to
third, Cerone to second (error by Henderson)]; Bailor made an
out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Newman singled; Heath grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Newman out at second]; Armas
singled; Chalk flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Ainge flied out to center; Griffin flied out to
center; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo made an out to catcher; Henderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell made an out to catcher; Carty doubled;
Velez singled [Carty scored (error by Henderson) (no RBI)];
Kusick flied out to left; Cerone grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Gross flied out to right; Revering made an out to
third; Newman walked; Heath made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor made an out to shortstop; Ainge singled;
Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Ainge to
second]; Bosetti reached on an error by Picciolo [Ainge stayed
at second]; Howell forced Bosetti (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas tripled; Chalk made an out to shortstop;
Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 2, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Carty flied out to center; Velez walked; Kusick
homered [Velez scored]; Cerone flied out to center; Bailor
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CANNON REPLACED VELEZ (PLAYING LF); Murphy
singled; Gross flied out to left; Revering flied out to right;
Newman made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 4, Athletics 2.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: TODD REPLACED MINETTO (PITCHING); Ainge struck
out; Griffin singled; Griffin stole second [Griffin to third
(error by Heath)]; Bosetti walked; Howell doubled [Griffin
scored, Bosetti scored]; Howell was out trying to advance to
third (catcher to third); Carty singled; Cannon grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6, Athletics
2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Heath reached on an error by Howell; Armas made
an out to first; Chalk flied out to center; Picciolo grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 6,
Athletics 2.