Toronto Blue Jays vs California Angels
August 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium. The California Angels 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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Toronto Blue Jays 2, California Angels 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Cannon rf 2 0 0 0
  Bailor ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Howell 3b 4 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Bosetti cf 3 0 2 1
Woods lf 4 0 0 0
Ainge 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Carew 1b 3 1 0 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 0
Ford rf 3 1 1 0
Baylor lf 4 0 1 1
Downing c 3 1 2 0
Grich 2b 4 1 3 3
Rettenmund dh 3 0 0 0
  Aikens ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Campaneris pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 0 0 0
Anderson ss 4 0 2 0
Knapp p 0 0 0 0
  Botting p 0 0 0 0
  Aase p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 4
Toronto 000 002 000281
California 000 201 10x4100
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  L (3-4) 6.1 8 4 3 2 0
  Freisleben   1.2 2 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
3
5
0
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp   5.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Botting   0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Aase  W (9-8) 3.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
4

  E–Howell (13).  2B–Toronto Ainge (5,off Knapp); Bailor (7,off Botting), California Anderson (11,off Moore).  HR–California Grich (24,4th inning off Moore 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Bosetti (6,off Aase).  IBB–Carew (5,by Freisleben).  SB–Griffin (14,2nd base off Knapp/Downing); Bosetti (13,2nd base off Knapp/Downing).  IBB–Freisleben (2,Carew).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:32.  A–23,814.
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