Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
September 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 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)
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Toronto Blue Jays 3, New York Yankees 7

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 1 1 0
Woods lf 4 0 1 1
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Velez dh 4 0 0 0
Solaita 1b 3 1 2 1
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Cerone c 3 1 1 0
Bailor rf 2 0 0 1
Johnson 2b 3 0 1 0
Edge p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Murcer cf 4 1 1 0
Randolph 2b 5 2 3 0
Gamble lf 5 1 4 2
Jackson rf 4 1 2 3
Chambliss 1b 5 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 0 0
Spencer dh 2 1 2 2
Narron c 4 0 1 0
Garcia ss 4 0 1 0
Tiant p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 16 7
Toronto 001 101 000371
New York 200 300 20x7160
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Edge  L (3-4) 3.2 10 5 4 2 0
  Freisleben   4.1 6 2 2 3 0
Totals
8.0
16
7
6
5
0
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant  W (13-8) 7.0 5 3 3 1 5
  Gossage   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6

  E–Johnson (7).  DP–Toronto 2, New York 1.  2B–New York Randolph (15,off Edge); Spencer (15,off Edge); Gamble (10,off Freisleben).  3B–Toronto Cerone (4,off Tiant); Griffin (9,off Tiant).  HR–Toronto Solaita (2,4th inning off Tiant 0 on, 2 out), New York Jackson (28,4th inning off Edge 2 on, 2 out); Spencer (20,7th inning off Freisleben 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Bailor (5,off Tiant).  CS–Bosetti (12,2nd base by Tiant/Narron); Randolph (12,2nd base by Freisleben/Cerone).  SB–Garcia (2,2nd base off Edge/Cerone).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:15.  A–17,647.
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