| The Yankees smacked four homers, accounting for seven runs, to defeat the Blue Jays, 9-4. Jim Spencer smashed a drive with a man on base in the third inning, Reggie Jackson hit a three-run homer in the fourth and Bobby Murcer rapped solo shots in the fifth and eighth. [The Sporting News] |
New York Yankees 9, Toronto Blue Jays 4
Game Played on Saturday, September 29, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Blue Jays 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 4 11 1 Yankees 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 x - 9 13 1 Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Griffin ss 5 0 3 1 0 1 .285 Murcer cf 5 3 3 2 0 0 .262 Woods lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .279 Guidry cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Randolph 2b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .271 Velez dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .288 Stanley 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kusick 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Gamble lf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .357 Cerone c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .239 Jackson rf 5 1 2 3 0 1 .297 Howell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 3 .249 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .280 Bailor rf 4 2 1 1 0 0 .229 Nettles 3b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .250 Gomez 2b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .239 Spencer dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .283 Huffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Robinson c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .167 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garcia ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 John p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 11 4 1 7 Totals 36 9 13 8 5 3 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 30,016 Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Yankees 8 DP: Blue Jays 1, Yankees 2 Errors: Bailor, Garcia Doubles: Bailor (11), Gomez (7), Griffin (21), Murcer (10) Triples: Griffin (10) Home Runs: Spencer (21), Jackson (29), Murcer 2 (8) Stolen Bases: Randolph (33) GIDP: Kusick (3), Garcia (1) Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Huffman L(6-18) 2.1 7 4 4 2 1 1 16 5.77 Moore 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 7 4.84 Todd 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 2 18 5.85 Totals 8 13 9 9 5 3 4 41 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John W(21-9) 8.2 10 4 3 1 7 0 36 2.96 Hood 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.22 Totals 9 11 4 3 1 7 0 38 Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Greg Kosc BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin struck out; Woods struck out; Bosetti singled to left; Velez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Randolph singled to shortstop; Randolph stole second; Gamble singled to third [Randolph to third]; Jackson struck out; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Cerone singled to left; Howell struck out; Bailor grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles walked; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted) [Nettles to second]; Robinson singled to center [Nettles scored]; Garcia singled to third [Robinson to second]; Murcer made an out to third; Randolph walked [Robinson to third, Garcia to second]; Gamble made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin tripled to center; Woods hit into a double play to left [Griffin out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 1. YANKEES 3RD: Jackson flied out to center; Chambliss singled to right; Nettles singled to right [Chambliss scored (error by Bailor) (no RBI), Nettles to third]; Spencer homered [Nettles scored]; MOORE REPLACED HUFFMAN (PITCHING); Robinson walked; Garcia grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 4. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti flied out to left; Velez flied out to center; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: Murcer doubled to center; Randolph walked; Gamble struck out; Jackson homered [Murcer scored, Randolph scored]; Chambliss walked; TODD REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted) [Chambliss to second]; Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 7. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Cerone flied out to left; Howell struck out; Bailor made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 7. YANKEES 5TH: Robinson grounded out (second to first); Garcia flied out to center; Murcer homered; Randolph flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 8. BLUE JAYS 6TH: STANLEY REPLACED RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); Gomez grounded out (third to first); Griffin singled to right; Woods flied out to left; Bosetti forced Griffin (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 8. YANKEES 6TH: Gamble singled to right; Jackson flied out to right; Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher) [Gamble to second]; Nettles grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 0, Yankees 8. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Velez walked; Kusick grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Velez out at second]; Cerone singled to center; Howell singled to right [Cerone to third]; Bailor doubled to right [Cerone scored, Howell to third]; Gomez doubled to right [Howell scored, Bailor scored]; Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Yankees 8. YANKEES 7TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Garcia flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Yankees 8. BLUE JAYS 8TH: Woods singled to center; Bosetti forced Woods (third to second); Velez singled to right [Bosetti to second]; Kusick struck out; Cerone flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Yankees 8. YANKEES 8TH: Murcer homered; Stanley flied out to center; Gamble struck out; Jackson singled to center; Chambliss grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 3, Yankees 9. BLUE JAYS 9TH: GUIDRY REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING CF); Howell struck out; Bailor reached on an error by Garcia [Bailor to second]; Gomez grounded out (third to first); HOOD REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Griffin doubled to left [Bailor scored (unearned)]; Woods grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Blue Jays 4, Yankees 9.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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