Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland Athletics
August 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 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 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 0
Bosetti cf 3 0 1 0
Howell 3b 5 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 1 1 0
Solaita dh 2 0 1 0
  Ainge pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Cannon rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Woods lf 2 1 2 0
  Bailor rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 2
  Gomez 2b 0 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 0 1
Edge p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 10 4
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 5 0 1 1
Gross 3b 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 4 1 1 0
Page dh 4 0 1 1
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Armas rf 4 0 1 0
Chalk 2b 4 0 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 1 0
Norris p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 7 2
Toronto 000 102 0104102
Oakland 000 000 110270
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Edge  W (1-0) 6.2 6 1 1 2 6
  Buskey  SV (5) 2.1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
2
7
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Norris  L (3-5) 7.0 8 4 4 6 4
  Heaverlo   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
6
5

  E–Bailor (2), Johnson (5).  3B–Toronto Solaita (1,off Norris).  SH–Cerone (2,off Norris); Woods (6,off Heaverlo); Bosetti (4,off Heaverlo).  SB–Griffin (12,2nd base off Norris/Newman); Cannon (8,2nd base off Norris/Newman); Henderson (13,2nd base off Edge/Cerone).  CS–Griffin (13,3rd base by Norris/Newman); Bosetti (9,3rd base by Norris/Newman).  WP–Norris (6).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:45.  A–3,183.
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