Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees
September 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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."

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Toronto Blue Jays 2, New York Yankees 9

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 2 0
Woods lf 3 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 1 0 0 0
  Cannon ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Velez dh 3 1 1 1
Kusick 1b 2 0 0 0
  Solaita ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Cerone c 4 0 1 0
Howell 3b 4 0 0 0
Bailor rf,cf 4 0 1 0
McKay 2b 3 1 1 0
Stieb p 0 0 0 0
  Buskey p 0 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Murcer cf 4 0 3 4
  Brown pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 5 0 1 0
Gamble lf 5 0 2 0
Jackson rf 4 0 1 0
  Beniquez rf 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0
Nettles 3b 5 2 3 2
  Stanley pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Spencer dh 5 3 3 3
Garcia ss 5 2 1 0
Gulden c 3 1 1 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 16 9
Toronto 001 001 000271
New York 000 410 40x9161
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Stieb  L (8-8) 3.1 8 4 4 1 2
  Buskey   2.2 5 4 3 2 1
  Freisleben   2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
9
8
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   3.0 2 1 0 2 4
  Davis  W (14-2) 3.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Griffin  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
7

  E–Howell (20), Gamble (3).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Toronto Cerone (27,off Guidry); Griffin (22,off Davis); Solaita (8,off Davis), New York Chambliss (27,off Stieb); Murcer 2 (12,off Stieb,off Freisleben); Gulden (4,off Freisleben).  HR–Toronto Velez (15,6th inning off Davis 0 on, 1 out), New York Nettles (20,4th inning off Stieb 1 on, 0 out); Spencer 2 (23,5th inning off Buskey 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Buskey 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Gulden (4,off Stieb).  WP–Griffin (1).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:29.  A–28,150.
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