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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 28, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on September 28, 1979 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 28, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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Home Team |
New York Yankees
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 28, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
Home Team | New York Yankees |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Butch Edge |
Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
City | New York |
State | NY |
Attendance | 17,647 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Greg Kosc 1B: George Maloney 2B: Bill Deegan 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
Al Woods | Left Fielder |
Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
Otto Velez | DH |
Tony Solaita | First Baseman |
Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
Rick Cerone | Catcher |
Bob Bailor | Right Fielder |
Tim Johnson | Second Baseman |
Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
Oscar Gamble | Left Fielder |
Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Jim Spencer | DH |
Jerry Narron | Catcher |
Damaso Garcia | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 28, 1979
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Tiant
Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Tiant
Woods hits a popup in front of the plate. Narron settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Tiant
Howell hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Edge
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson misplays the ball. That's an error on Johnson. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Edge
Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gamble vs. Edge
Gamble hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailor throws the ball in to Griffin who tags Gamble trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Murcer scores. Randolph scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Edge
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Edge
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Edge
Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Tiant
Velez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Tiant
Solaita hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Tiant
Bosetti strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Edge
Spencer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bailor. Spencer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Narron vs. Edge
Narron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Garcia vs. Edge
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Edge
There goes Garcia. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Garcia steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Edge
Murcer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randolph vs. Edge
Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Tiant
Cerone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Cerone reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bailor vs. Tiant
Bailor hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cerone tags and scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Tiant
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Tiant
Griffin strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. Tiant
Woods hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Edge
Gamble hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Edge
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Edge fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Edge
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nettles vs. Edge
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Edge
Spencer takes first base on ball four. Chambliss moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Narron vs. Edge
Narron hits a popup towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Tiant
Howell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Tiant
Velez strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Tiant
Solaita hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Tiant
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Tiant
There goes Bosetti. The throw from Narron and he is out, Randolph applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Edge
Garcia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murcer vs. Edge
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Edge
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Edge
Gamble hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Edge
Jackson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Freisleben
Dave Freisleben now pitching.
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Tiant
Cerone hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. Tiant
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Tiant
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Freisleben
Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Freisleben
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Narron vs. Freisleben
Narron hits a ball on the ground towards first. Solaita fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Tiant
Griffin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Griffin reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 2 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Woods vs. Tiant
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Griffin scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Tiant
Howell hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Tiant
Velez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Freisleben
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Freisleben
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Freisleben
Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gamble vs. Freisleben
There goes Randolph. The throw from Cerone and he is out, Griffin applying the tag. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gamble vs. Freisleben
Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Tiant
Solaita takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. Tiant
Bosetti hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Tiant
Cerone hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. Tiant
Bailor strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Freisleben
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Freisleben
Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Freisleben
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Freisleben
Spencer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Narron vs. Freisleben
Narron hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Freisleben
Garcia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Gossage
Rich Gossage now pitching.
Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Gossage
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Gossage
Woods hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. Gossage
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Freisleben
Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Freisleben
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Freisleben
Gamble hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woods. Gamble reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Freisleben
Jackson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. Freisleben
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Gamble trying to get to home. Bailor throws the ball in to Cerone who tags Gamble who's trying to score from second, for the out. Jackson moves to second. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Gossage
Velez strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Gossage
Solaita hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. Gossage
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/28/1979 -- Toronto at New York (N) Toronto AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI Griffin A, ss 4 1 1 0 Murcer B, cf 4 1 1 0 Woods A, lf 4 0 1 1 Randolph W, 2b 5 2 3 0 Howell R, 3b 4 0 0 0 Gamble O, lf 5 1 4 2 Velez O, dh 4 0 0 0 Jackson R, rf 4 1 2 3 Solaita T, 1b 3 1 2 1 Chambliss C, 1b 5 0 2 0 Bosetti R, cf 4 0 1 0 Nettles G, 3b 3 1 0 0 Cerone R, c 3 1 1 0 Spencer J, dh 2 1 2 2 Bailor B, rf 2 0 0 1 Narron J, c 4 0 1 0 Johnson T, 2b 3 0 1 0 Garcia D, ss 4 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 3 7 3 36 7 16 7 Toronto 001 101 000 -- 3 New York 200 300 20x -- 7 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO Edge B (L) 3.2 10 5 4 2 0 Freisleben D 4.1 6 2 2 3 0 New York IP H R ER BB SO Tiant L (W) 7.0 5 3 3 1 5 Gossage R 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 E -- Johnson T DP -- Toronto 2, New York 1 LOB -- Toronto 3, New York 10 2B -- Randolph W, Spencer J, Gamble O 3B -- Cerone R, Griffin A HR -- Solaita T, Jackson R, Spencer J SB -- Garcia D CS -- Bosetti R, Randolph W SF -- Bailor B T -- 2:15 A -- 17647
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