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Blue Jays 5 @ Yankees 4
Yankee Stadium
June 19, 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 June 19, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees were bested by the visiting Blue Jays with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJune 19, 1979 
Visiting Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 4 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherPhil Huffman  
Losing PitcherTommy John  
SaveTom Buskey  
Game Winning RBILuis Gomez 

Game Info

DateJune 19, 1979 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherPhil Huffman  
Home Starting PitcherTommy John  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance36,211 
Time of Game2 hours 27 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Voltaggio
1B: Marty Springstead
2B: Larry McCoy
3B: Joe Brinkman

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Bob Bailor  Left Fielder 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Rico Carty  DH 
Otto Velez  Right Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Danny Ainge  Second Baseman 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Luis Gomez  Third Baseman 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Jim Spencer  DH 
Willie Randolph  Second Baseman 
Juan Beniquez  Right Fielder 
Bucky Dent  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Manager 

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Blue Jays 5 @ Yankees 4
Yankee Stadium
June 19, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/19/1979 -- Toronto at New York (N)

  Toronto            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Griffin A, ss         5  0  2  0   Rivers M, cf          5  1  2  0   
Bailor B, lf          5  0  1  0   Munson T, c           5  1  3  0   
Bosetti R, cf         5  0  0  0   Nettles G, 3b         5  1  1  2   
Carty R, dh           3  2  2  0   Piniella L, lf        5  1  3  1   
Velez O, rf           3  1  0  0   Chambliss C, 1b       4  0  1  1   
Cannon J, rf          0  0  0  0   Spencer J, dh         4  0  0  0   
Mayberry J, 1b        2  1  1  2   Randolph W, 2b        3  0  1  0   
Ainge D, 2b           3  1  2  1   Beniquez J, rf        4  0  0  0   
Cerone R, c           3  0  0  0   Dent B, ss            4  0  1  0   
Gomez L, 3b           4  0  2  2                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     33  5 10  5                        39  4 12  4

Toronto          020 003 000 --  5
New York         102 000 100 --  4

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Huffman P (W)         6.0  9  3  3  2  4
Buskey T (S)          3.0  3  1  1  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
John T (L)            9.0 10  5  5  6  6

E -- John T
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- Toronto 7, New York 10
2B -- Griffin A, Rivers M, Piniella L 2, Munson T
HR -- Nettles G
CS -- Bailor B
WP -- John T 2
Balk -- Huffman P
T -- 2:27
A -- 36211

    

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