Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
June 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Toronto Blue Jays 1, New York Yankees 3

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 0 0
Cannon rf 4 0 1 0
Bosetti cf 4 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 1 0
Woods lf 3 0 1 0
  Bailor ph 1 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 4 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 0 0 0
Gomez 3b 3 0 2 0
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 1 2 0
Brown lf 4 0 1 1
  Beniquez lf 0 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Piniella rf 3 0 1 1
Chambliss dh 2 0 0 0
Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0
Narron c 2 1 0 0
Dent ss 3 1 1 0
Stanley 2b 3 0 0 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Toronto 000 001 000182
New York 002 001 00x351
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk  L (7-4) 8.0 5 3 1 1 6
Totals
8.0
5
3
1
1
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (3-2) 7.2 8 1 1 1 5
  Kaat   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Davis  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
5

  E–Woods 2 (7), Spencer (2).  DP–Toronto 2, New York 1.  2B–Toronto Gomez (2,off Tiant); Carty 2 (13,off Tiant 2), New York Rivers (12,off Lemanczyk).  HBP–Chambliss (1,by Lemanczyk).  CS–Rivers (6,2nd base by Lemanczyk/Cerone).  WP–Lemanczyk 2 (6).  HBP–Lemanczyk (4,Chambliss).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:02.  A–19,278.
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