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Athletics
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
August 28, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland Athletics, played on August 28, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 28, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
|
| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 28, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Stieb |
| Ballpark | Exhibition Stadium |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 21,736 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Terry Cooney 1B: Derryl Cousins 2B: Dan Morrison 3B: Dale Ford |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | Right Fielder |
| Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Jim Essian | Left Fielder |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Rob Picciolo | Second Baseman |
| Jim Marshall | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
| Joe Cannon | Right Fielder |
| Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
| Tony Solaita | DH |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
| Al Woods | Left Fielder |
| Rick Cerone | Catcher |
| Danny Ainge | Second Baseman |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Blue Jays
Exhibition Stadium
August 28, 1979
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Stieb
Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Stieb
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stieb fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Stieb
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Langford
Griffin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cannon vs. Langford
There goes Griffin. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Griffin steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cannon vs. Langford
Cannon strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howell vs. Langford
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Solaita vs. Langford
Solaita hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Stieb
Revering hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Stieb
Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Revering moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Page vs. Stieb
Page is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Newman vs. Stieb
Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Revering moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gross vs. Stieb
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Langford
Bosetti hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Bosetti reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woods vs. Langford
There's a wild pitch. Bosetti moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Woods vs. Langford
Woods hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bosetti scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Langford
There goes Woods. The throw from Newman and he is safe. Woods steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cerone vs. Langford
Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ainge vs. Langford
Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Stieb
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Stieb
Henderson hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Stieb
Murphy strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Essian vs. Stieb
Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Langford
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cannon vs. Langford
Cannon strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Langford
Howell strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Stieb
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Revering for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Stieb
Guerrero hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Stieb
Page hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Stieb
Newman hits a fly ball into right field. Cannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Langford
Solaita strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Langford
Bosetti strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Stieb
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Stieb covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Stieb
Picciolo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Stieb
Henderson is hit by the pitch. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Stieb
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Stieb covering, for the out. Picciolo moves to third. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Essian vs. Stieb
Essian hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Stieb
Revering hits a fly ball into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Langford
Woods hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cerone vs. Langford
Cerone hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ainge vs. Langford
Ainge strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffin vs. Langford
Griffin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cannon vs. Langford
Cannon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Stieb
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Cannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Stieb
Page hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Stieb
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Stieb
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Picciolo vs. Stieb
Picciolo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Newman scores. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Henderson vs. Stieb
Henderson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Langford
Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Solaita vs. Langford
Solaita strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Langford
There's a wild pitch. Solaita moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bosetti vs. Langford
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Stieb
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murphy for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essian vs. Stieb
Essian takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Stieb
Larry Murray pinch runs for Jim Essian.
Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Cannon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Stieb
Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murray moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Page vs. Todd
Jackson Todd now pitching.
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first, with Todd covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Langford
Larry Murray now playing right field. Rickey Henderson now playing left field.
into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. Langford
Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ainge vs. Langford
Ainge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Todd
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Todd
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Picciolo vs. Todd
Picciolo hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Bosetti fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Bosetti. Gross goes all the way around to score. Picciolo moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Henderson vs. Todd
Henderson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Picciolo scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Jefferson
Jesse Jefferson now pitching.
There goes Henderson. The throw from Cerone and he is out, Griffin applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Jefferson
Murphy strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. Langford
Griffin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cannon vs. Langford
Cannon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Langford
Howell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Howell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Solaita vs. Langford
Solaita hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Jefferson
Murray strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Jefferson
Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Jefferson
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Ainge scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. Langford
Bosetti hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. Langford
Woods strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/28/1979 -- Oakland at Toronto (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Henderson R, rf-lf 4 1 1 1 Griffin A, ss 4 1 3 2
Murphy D, cf 5 0 0 0 Cannon J, rf 4 0 0 0
Essian J, lf 3 1 1 3 Howell R, 3b 4 0 1 0
Murray L, pr-rf 1 0 0 0 Solaita T, dh 4 0 0 0
Revering D, 1b 5 0 1 0 Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero M, ss 5 0 2 0 Bosetti R, cf 4 1 1 0
Page M, dh 4 0 1 0 Woods A, lf 4 1 2 1
Newman J, c 2 1 0 0 Cerone R, c 3 0 0 0
Gross W, 3b 4 1 1 0 Ainge D, 2b 3 0 0 0
Picciolo R, 2b 4 2 4 2
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 6 11 6 34 3 7 3
Oakland 000 031 020 -- 6
Toronto 010 020 000 -- 3
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (W) 9.0 7 3 3 0 10
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb D (L) 6.2 9 4 4 2 3
Todd J 0.2 2 2 1 1 0
Jefferson J 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
E -- Bosetti R
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Oakland 8, Toronto 4
2B -- Bosetti R, Picciolo R, Howell R
HR -- Essian J, Griffin A
SB -- Griffin A, Woods A
CS -- Henderson R
HBP -- by Stieb D (Henderson R)
WP -- Langford R 3
T -- 2:35
A -- 21736
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