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Blue Jays 1 @ Athletics 3
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 15, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays, played on August 15, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium. The home team Athletics beat the visiting Blue Jays with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateAugust 15, 1979 
Visiting Team
Toronto Blue Jays
R: 1 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 12
Runs: 1
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Oakland Athletics
R: 3 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBrian Kingman  
Losing PitcherJesse Jefferson  
SaveDave Heaverlo  
Game Winning RBITony Armas 

Game Info

DateAugust 15, 1979 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamToronto Blue Jays 
Home TeamOakland Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherJesse Jefferson  
Home Starting PitcherBrian Kingman  
BallparkOakland-Alameda County Stadium 
CityOakland 
StateCA 
Attendance2,151 
Time of Game2 hours 42 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Russ Goetz
1B: Ken Kaiser
2B: Rocky Roe
3B: Ron Luciano

Toronto Blue Jays Lineup 

Name  Position 
Alfredo Griffin  Shortstop 
Joe Cannon  Right Fielder 
Roy Howell  Third Baseman 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Tony Solaita  DH 
Rick Bosetti  Center Fielder 
Al Woods  Left Fielder 
Rick Cerone  Catcher 
Danny Ainge  Second Baseman 
Roy Hartsfield  Manager 

Oakland Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rickey Henderson  Left Fielder 
Dwayne Murphy  Center Fielder 
Wayne Gross  Third Baseman 
Dave Revering  First Baseman 
Jeff Newman  DH 
Jim Essian  Catcher 
Tony Armas  Right Fielder 
Mike Edwards  Second Baseman 
Rob Picciolo  Shortstop 
Jim Marshall  Manager 

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Blue Jays 1 @ Athletics 3
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium
August 15, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/15/1979 -- Toronto at Oakland (D)

  Toronto            AB  R  H RBI    Oakland            AB  R  H RBI
Griffin A, ss         4  0  1  0   Henderson R, lf       3  1  1  0   
Cannon J, rf          3  0  1  0   Murphy D, cf          2  0  1  0   
Velez O, ph-rf-lf     1  0  1  0   Gross W, 3b           3  0  1  1   
Howell R, 3b          5  1  1  0   Revering D, 1b        3  1  1  1   
Mayberry J, 1b        5  0  2  1   Newman J, dh          3  0  1  0   
Solaita T, dh         2  0  0  0   Murray L, pr          0  0  0  0   
Carty R, ph           1  0  0  0   Essian J, c           3  0  1  0   
Bosetti R, cf         2  0  0  0   Armas T, rf           4  0  1  1   
Woods A, lf           3  0  1  0   Edwards M, 2b         3  0  0  0   
Bailor B, ph-rf       0  0  0  0   Picciolo R, ss        3  1  2  0   
Cerone R, c           3  0  1  0                                      
Ainge D, 2b           3  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  1  8  1                        27  3  9  3

Toronto          000 001 000 --  1
Oakland          000 120 00x --  3

  Toronto              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jefferson J (L)*      4.0  8  3  3  4  0
Freisleben D          4.0  1  0  0  2  2

  Oakland              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kingman B (W)+        6.0  6  1  1  3  3
Hamilton D#           2.0  1  0  0  4  1
Heaverlo D (S)        1.0  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Gross W
DP -- Toronto 4, Oakland 1
LOB -- Toronto 12, Oakland 7
2B -- Woods A, Armas T, Cerone R, Howell R
SB -- Cannon J, Henderson R, Murray L
CS -- Murphy D
SH -- Gross W, Velez O
T -- 2:42
A -- 2151

    

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