Orioles @ Yankees
August 6, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 4 9 2
Yankees 3 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 4 9 2
Yankees 5 8 0

Bobby Murcer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .245
OBP .250 .343
At Bats 4 294
Hits 1 72
• Singles 0 56
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 8
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 3 30

Tippy Martinez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 1 3
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Yankee Stadium - August 6, 1979
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Single
Tippy Martinez
Dave Skaggs
Eddie Murray
Rich Dauer
Doug DeCinces
Mark Belanger
John Lowenstein
Al Bumbry
Ken Singleton
Bobby Murcer
Willie Randolph
Bucky Dent

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 4 9 2 2
New York Yankees 5 8 0 9
Winning Pitcher Ron Guidry
Losing Pitcher Tippy Martinez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bobby Murcer
Attendance 36,314
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dent scores. Randolph scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Randolph bunts towards the mound. Martinez juggles the ball. That's an error on Martinez. Dent moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dent takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 There goes DeCinces. The throw from Narron and he is out, Dent applying the tag.
Top 9 May strikes out.
Top 9 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Lenny Randle now playing center field. Jerry Narron now catching. Murray bunts towards third. Nettles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Roy White pinch hits for Brad Gulden. White is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Lenny Randle pinch hits for Bobby Brown. Randle hits a fly ball into left field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mark Belanger now playing shortstop. Lou Piniella pinch hits for Jim Spencer. Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Singleton strikes out.
Top 8 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Guidry covering, for the out.
Top 8 Bumbry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Nettles strikes out.
Bottom 7 Tippy Martinez now pitching. Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces juggles the ball. That's an error on DeCinces. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 7 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowenstein. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Dent moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dent takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Gulden hits a fly ball into left field. Lowenstein settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 John Lowenstein now playing left field. Brown hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Dauer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skaggs hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to home to get Lowenstein. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 John Lowenstein pinch runs for Benny Ayala. There's a wild pitch. Lowenstein moves to third.
Top 7 Ayala hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Ayala reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Nettles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Ayala settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a line drive towards short. Garcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DeCinces hits a fly ball towards right. Jackson catches it and throws to first to double up Murray.
Top 6 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Singleton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guidry fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Bumbry hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Brown. Bumbry reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gulden hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skaggs hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gulden settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dauer hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. May tags and scores.
Top 5 Ayala hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. May moves to third.
Top 5 May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Murcer. May reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Jackson. The throw from Skaggs and he is out, Garcia applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Murray strikes out.
Top 4 Singleton strikes out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Dent is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Garcia strikes out.
Top 3 Guidry fires to first and picks off Bumbry.
Top 3 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guidry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Skaggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gulden hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bumbry. Brown reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dauer strikes out.
Top 2 Ayala hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 DeCinces is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Murray hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Randolph. The throw from Skaggs and he is safe. Randolph steals second.
Bottom 1 Murcer strikes out.
Bottom 1 Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Guidry fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Garcia strikes out.
Top 1 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bumbry for the out.