Orioles @ Yankees
August 5, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 2 7 1
Yankees 3 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Orioles 2 7 1
Yankees 3 8 0

Rick Dempsey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .254
OBP .333 .325
At Bats 3 264
Hits 1 67
• Singles 1 44
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 29

Tommy John Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 6 0
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Yankee Stadium - August 5, 1979
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Strikeout
Tommy John
Brad Gulden
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Lou Piniella
Bobby Brown
Reggie Jackson
Rick Dempsey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 2 7 1 6
New York Yankees 3 8 0 5
Winning Pitcher Tommy John
Losing Pitcher Mike Flanagan
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Graig Nettles
Attendance 54,478
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Dempsey strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ayala hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 May strikes out.
Bottom 8 Chambliss strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Ayala settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Singleton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 7 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Dent moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dent hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gulden strikes out.
Top 7 Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to second.
Top 7 Garcia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dempsey hits a line drive towards short. Dent reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Nettles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ayala. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Benny Ayala now playing left field. Piniella strikes out.
Top 6 Roenicke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 May strikes out.
Top 6 DeCinces takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Murray hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Randolph is attempting to get to second. There's the throw and Randolph is out. Dent moves to third.
Bottom 5 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dent moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dent takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gulden strikes out.
Top 5 Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bumbry 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 4 Flanagan fires to first and has Brown trapped. There's the throw to Garcia who tags Brown for the out.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Nettles hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bumbry. Chambliss reaches second base with a double. Jackson scores.
Bottom 4 That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Bumbry settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a fly ball into left field. Roenicke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dempsey hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roenicke hits a fly ball into center field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dent strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gulden hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gulden for the out.
Top 3 May strikes out.
Top 3 John spins and fires to second and has DeCinces trapped. There's the throw to Nettles who tags DeCinces for the out.
Top 3 DeCinces hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Piniella. DeCinces reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Murray hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Singleton hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. John fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. Chambliss moves to second.
Bottom 2 Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jackson is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garcia bunts towards the mound. John fields it and throws to first for the out. Roenicke moves to third. Dempsey moves to second.
Top 2 Dempsey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roenicke moves to second.
Top 2 Roenicke hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 May strikes out.
Bottom 1 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Randolph 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 1 DeCinces hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off John, and towards Randolph, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murray for the out. Dauer moves to third. Singleton moves to second.
Top 1 Singleton takes first base on ball four. Dauer moves to second.
Top 1 Dauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.