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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 29, 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 September 29, 1979 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 29, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 29, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Phil Huffman |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tommy John |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 30,016 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 22 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Bill Deegan 2B: Jerry Neudecker 3B: Greg Kosc |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alfredo Griffin | Shortstop |
| Al Woods | Left Fielder |
| Rick Bosetti | Center Fielder |
| Otto Velez | DH |
| Craig Kusick | First Baseman |
| Rick Cerone | Catcher |
| Roy Howell | Third Baseman |
| Bob Bailor | Right Fielder |
| Luis Gomez | Second Baseman |
| Roy Hartsfield | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Oscar Gamble | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Jim Spencer | DH |
| Bruce Robinson | Catcher |
| Damaso Garcia | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Blue Jays
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 29, 1979
Top 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. John
Griffin strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. John
Woods strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. John
Bosetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. John
Velez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Huffman
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Huffman
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Huffman
There goes Randolph. The throw from Cerone and he is safe. Randolph steals second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gamble vs. Huffman
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Randolph moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Jackson vs. Huffman
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Chambliss vs. Huffman
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. John
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. John
Cerone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. John
Howell strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bailor vs. John
Bailor 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
Bottom 2
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Huffman
Nettles takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Huffman
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out. Nettles moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Huffman
Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nettles scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Huffman
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Huffman
Murcer hits a popup towards third. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randolph vs. Huffman
Randolph takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gamble vs. Huffman
Gamble hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gomez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. John
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. John
Griffin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Griffin reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Woods vs. John
Woods hits a fly ball for a double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Huffman
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Huffman
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Huffman
Nettles hits a line drive into right field. Bailor picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bailor. Chambliss goes all the way around to score. Nettles moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Spencer vs. Huffman
Spencer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Moore
Balor Moore now pitching.
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Moore
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bosetti vs. John
Bosetti hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. John
Velez hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. John
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Moore
Murcer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bosetti. Murcer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randolph vs. Moore
Randolph takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gamble vs. Moore
Gamble strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Moore
Jackson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Moore
Chambliss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Todd
Jackson Todd now pitching.
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out. Chambliss moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Spencer vs. Todd
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spencer for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. John
Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. John
Howell strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. John
Bailor hits a popup in front of the plate. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Todd
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Todd
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Todd
Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Todd
Randolph hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. John
Fred Stanley now playing second base.
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffin vs. John
Griffin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woods vs. John
Woods hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. John
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Todd
Gamble hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Todd
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Bailor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Todd
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops it up and throws to first, with Todd covering, for the out. Gamble moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nettles vs. Todd
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first, with Todd covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. John
Velez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kusick vs. John
Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cerone vs. John
Cerone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howell vs. John
Howell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cerone moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 0 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bailor vs. John
Bailor hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Bailor reaches second base with a double. Cerone scores. Howell moves to third. View Play -
Blue Jays, 1 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gomez vs. John
Gomez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Gomez reaches second base with a double. Howell scores. Bailor scores. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. John
Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Todd
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gomez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Todd
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kusick scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Todd
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woods vs. John
Woods hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bosetti vs. John
Bosetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Velez vs. John
Velez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bosetti moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kusick vs. John
Kusick strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cerone vs. John
Cerone hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Todd
Murcer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Todd
Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Bosetti settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Todd
Gamble strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Todd
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Todd
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howell vs. John
Ron Guidry now playing center field.
Howell strikes out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bailor vs. John
Bailor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia misplays the ball. That's an error on Garcia. Bailor moves to second. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. John
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Blue Jays, 3 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffin vs. Hood
Don Hood now pitching.
Griffin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gamble. Griffin reaches second base with a double. Bailor scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Blue Jays, 4 - Yankees, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Woods vs. Hood
Woods hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/29/1979 -- Toronto at New York (D)
Toronto AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Griffin A, ss 5 0 3 1 Murcer B, cf 5 3 3 2
Woods A, lf 5 0 1 0 Guidry R, cf 0 0 0 0
Bosetti R, cf 4 0 1 0 Randolph W, 2b 2 1 1 0
Velez O, dh 3 0 1 0 Stanley F, 2b 1 0 0 0
Kusick C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Gamble O, lf 5 0 2 0
Cerone R, c 4 1 2 0 Jackson R, rf 5 1 2 3
Howell R, 3b 4 1 1 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 1 0
Bailor B, rf 4 2 1 1 Nettles G, 3b 3 2 1 0
Gomez L, 2b 4 0 1 2 Spencer J, dh 4 1 1 2
Robinson B, c 3 0 1 1
Garcia D, ss 4 0 1 0
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37 4 11 4 36 9 13 8
Toronto 000 000 301 -- 4
New York 013 310 01x -- 9
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Huffman P (L) 2.1 7 4 4 2 1
Moore B 1.0 2 3 3 3 1
Todd J 4.2 4 2 2 0 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
John T (W) 8.2 10 4 3 1 7
Hood D 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Bailor B, Garcia D
DP -- Toronto 1, New York 2
LOB -- Toronto 7, New York 8
2B -- Murcer B, Bailor B, Gomez L, Griffin A
3B -- Griffin A
HR -- Spencer J, Jackson R, Murcer B 2
SB -- Randolph W
T -- 2:22
A -- 30016
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