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Yankees
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 25, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees, played on April 25, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 25, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Oakland Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 25, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Oakland Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ed Figueroa |
Home Starting Pitcher | Craig Minetto |
Ballpark | Oakland-Alameda County Stadium |
City | Oakland |
State | CA |
Attendance | 7,135 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 59 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tony Patch 1B: Jim Cuneo 2B: Mike Fitzpatrick 3B: Roy Roth |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Lou Piniella | DH |
Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Juan Beniquez | Left Fielder |
Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
Bob Lemon | Manager |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Glenn Burke | Left Fielder |
Joe Wallis | Right Fielder |
Mitchell Page | DH |
Dave Revering | First Baseman |
Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
Dwayne Murphy | Center Fielder |
Jeff Newman | Catcher |
Mike Edwards | Second Baseman |
Jim Marshall | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Athletics
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
April 25, 1979
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Minetto
Rivers hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Minetto
Randolph strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Minetto
Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Minetto
Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Minetto
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Minetto covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Figueroa
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Figueroa
Wallis strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Figueroa
Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Minetto
Nettles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Minetto
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Minetto
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Figueroa
Revering hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Figueroa
Gross 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 -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Figueroa
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Minetto
Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Minetto
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Minetto
Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Figueroa
Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Figueroa
Newman hits a fly ball into left field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Figueroa
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Figueroa
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burke for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Minetto
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards misplays the ball. That's an error on Edwards. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Minetto
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Minetto
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Munson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Minetto
Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Munson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chambliss vs. Minetto
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Figueroa
Wallis hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Figueroa
Page hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Figueroa
Revering hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Minetto
Beniquez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Minetto
Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Minetto
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Minetto
Randolph hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Figueroa
Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Figueroa
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Murphy vs. Figueroa
Murphy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Guerrero moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Newman vs. Figueroa
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Murphy moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Edwards vs. Figueroa
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Minetto
Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Minetto
Piniella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Minetto
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Figueroa
Burke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Beniquez who is chasing the ball. Burke reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wallis vs. Figueroa
Wallis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Page vs. Figueroa
Page hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields it and throws to second for the out. Burke scores. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Figueroa
Revering hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Figueroa
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Minetto
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Minetto
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Minetto
Beniquez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chambliss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Todd
Jim Todd now pitching. Jim Spencer pinch hits for Bucky Dent.
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Todd fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Figueroa
Fred Stanley now playing shortstop.
Guerrero hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Figueroa
Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Figueroa
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Todd
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Todd
Randolph hits a popup towards first. Revering settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Todd
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Figueroa
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Figueroa
Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Figueroa fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Figueroa
Wallis strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Todd
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Todd
Jackson hits a popup towards third. Gross settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Todd
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/25/1979 -- New York at Oakland (N) New York AB R H RBI Oakland AB R H RBI Rivers M, cf 4 0 1 0 Burke G, lf 4 1 1 0 Randolph W, 2b 4 0 0 0 Wallis J, rf 3 0 0 0 Munson T, c 4 0 1 0 Page M, dh 3 0 0 1 Piniella L, dh 4 0 2 0 Revering D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Jackson R, rf 4 0 1 0 Gross W, 3b 3 0 1 0 Nettles G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Guerrero M, ss 3 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 3 0 1 0 Murphy D, cf 3 0 2 0 Beniquez J, lf 3 0 1 0 Newman J, c 3 0 0 0 Dent B, ss 2 0 0 0 Edwards M, 2b 3 0 0 0 Spencer J, ph 1 0 0 0 Stanley F, ss 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 0 7 0 28 1 4 1 New York 000 000 000 -- 0 Oakland 000 001 00x -- 1 New York IP H R ER BB SO Figueroa E (L) 8.0 4 1 1 1 2 Oakland IP H R ER BB SO Minetto C (W) 6.1 7 0 0 0 2 Todd J (S) 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Edwards M DP -- Oakland 2 LOB -- New York 6, Oakland 4 3B -- Burke G T -- 1:59 A -- 7135
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