Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
June 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Toronto Blue Jays 5, Oakland Athletics 0

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 0
Ainge 2b 4 0 2 0
Howell 3b 3 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 1 2 1
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 2
Velez lf 4 0 0 0
  Wilborn lf 0 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 3 1 1 0
Bailor rf 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 1 1 2
Huffman p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Dilone rf 3 0 0 0
  Essian ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray rf 1 0 0 0
Page dh 2 0 1 0
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 0 2 0
Gross 3b 2 0 0 0
Ramirez 2b 2 0 1 0
Armas lf 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
Toronto 000 112 0105110
Oakland 000 000 000050
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Huffman  W (3-6) 8.0 5 0 0 7 2
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
7
3
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-8) 5.1 10 4 4 1 0
  Todd   2.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Hamilton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
1

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Toronto Ainge (2,off Keough).  HR–Toronto Davis (1,5th inning off Keough 0 on, 1 out); Mayberry (7,6th inning off Keough 0 on, 0 out); Carty (6,8th inning off Todd 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Davis (2,off Todd).  HBP–Bosetti (2,by Keough).  CS–Page (9,2nd base by Huffman/Davis).  HBP–Keough (4,Bosetti).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:15.  A–1,725.
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