New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays
June 26, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1979 at Exhibition 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)
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New York Yankees 11, Toronto Blue Jays 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 6 0 2 1
Munson c 5 2 1 0
Murcer rf 4 1 2 0
Piniella lf 4 2 3 1
  Beniquez lf 1 0 0 0
Chambliss dh 5 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 5 2 2 2
Spencer 1b 3 3 3 2
Randolph 2b 1 0 1 0
  Stanley 2b 2 0 1 2
Dent ss 3 0 0 1
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 16 10
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 1 1
Gomez 3b 5 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 3 0 1 0
  Bailor cf 1 0 0 0
Carty dh 3 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Woods lf 4 1 2 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 4 1 2 0
Cannon rf 4 0 2 1
Lemanczyk p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
New York 500 012 12011161
Toronto 010 010 000280
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (4-2) 9.0 8 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
7
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Lemanczyk  L (7-5) 5.2 11 8 8 6 4
  Buskey   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Miller   2.2 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
7
5

  E–Stanley (1).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–New York Rivers (16,off Miller).  3B–New York Spencer (2,off Lemanczyk).  HR–New York Spencer (6,1st inning off Lemanczyk 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Stanley (2,off Lemanczyk).  SF–Chambliss (3,off Lemanczyk); Dent (5,off Miller).  HBP–Randolph (3,by Lemanczyk).  IBB–Spencer (3,by Lemanczyk).  WP–Lemanczyk 2 (8).  HBP–Lemanczyk (5,Randolph).  IBB–Lemanczyk (2,Spencer).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Greg Kosc, 2B–Jerry Neudecker, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:37.  A–38,696.
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