Toronto Blue Jays vs Baltimore Orioles
September 3, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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, Baltimore Orioles 2

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 5 0 2 0
Bailor rf 4 0 0 0
Howell 3b 5 0 1 0
Solaita dh 2 0 1 0
  Stieb pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Carty ph,dh 1 0 1 0
  Cannon pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Kusick ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 0 0
Woods lf 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 4 1 1 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Velez ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez 2b 0 0 0 0
Underwood p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 6 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 1 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 2 0
Singleton rf 4 0 2 1
Murray 1b 5 0 3 1
May dh 4 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Ayala lf 4 0 0 0
  Bumbry cf 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Toronto 001 000 000 00161
Baltimore 001 000 000 01280
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Underwood   10.0 6 1 1 2 4
  Buskey  L (6-7) 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
3
4
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   10.0 6 1 1 3 5
  Martinez  W (9-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
6
1
1
3
6

  E–Buskey (1).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Baltimore Dauer (20,off Underwood); Singleton (25,off Underwood).  3B–Baltimore Singleton (1,off Underwood).  HR–Toronto Cerone (6,3rd inning off Stone 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Bailor (6,by Stone).  SH–Belanger (11,off Underwood); Dauer (4,off Buskey).  IBB–Singleton (15,by Buskey).  CS–Bailor (8,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey); Griffin (14,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey).  HBP–Stone (1,Bailor).  IBB–Buskey (6,Singleton).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Marty Springstead.  T–2:44.
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