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Oakland Athletics @ Toronto Blue Jays

1979-08-27 · Day game · Exhibition Stadium · Att: 12047 · 72°F · 2:00

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Oakland Athletics 7–0. Toronto Blue Jays put up 4 in the 6th. Phil Huffman earned the win. Roy Howell went 4-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOR	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0		7	10

W: Phil Huffman L: Steve McCatty SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dale Ford · 1B: Terry Cooney · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Dan Morrison · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Rickey Henderson	4	0	0	0
Dwayne Murphy	4	0	0	1
Mike Heath	3	0	1	0
Dave Revering	3	0	0	1
Mario Guerrero	2	0	1	0
Mitchell Page	3	0	0	0
Jeff Newman	3	0	0	1
Jim Essian	3	1	0	0
Rob Picciolo	3	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Cannon	5	0	0	0	0	1
Al Woods	4	1	1	0	1	1
Roy Howell	4	2	4	4	0	0
Tony Solaita	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Mayberry	1	1	0	0	3	0
Rick Bosetti	4	1	2	2	0	1
Rick Cerone	4	1	2	1	0	0
Danny Ainge	3	1	1	0	0	0
Luis Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve McCatty	5.2	8	4	1
Craig Minetto	2.1	2	0	3

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Huffman	9.0	1	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rickey Henderson: 6
Dwayne Murphy: 5/FL
Mike Heath: 53

Bot 1

Joe Cannon: 43
Al Woods: S9
Roy Howell: S.1-2
Tony Solaita: 43.2-3;1-2
John Mayberry: IW
Rick Bosetti: K/C

Top 2

Dave Revering: K
Mario Guerrero: 9
Mitchell Page: 43

Bot 2

Rick Cerone: 9
Danny Ainge: S8
Luis Gomez: 53.1-2
Joe Cannon: 53

Top 3

Jeff Newman: 9
Jim Essian: 53
Rob Picciolo: 13

Bot 3

Al Woods: 43
Roy Howell: S
Tony Solaita: 9
John Mayberry: W.1-2
Rick Bosetti: D7.2-H;1-H
Rick Cerone: S.2-H
Danny Ainge: 3

Top 4

Rickey Henderson: 6
Dwayne Murphy: K
Mike Heath: W
Dave Revering: 4

Bot 4

Luis Gomez: 9
Joe Cannon: 13
Al Woods: 63

Top 5

Mario Guerrero: 8
Mitchell Page: 63
Jeff Newman: K

Bot 5

Roy Howell: D9
Tony Solaita: 43.2-3
John Mayberry: W
Rick Bosetti: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 6

Jim Essian: S7
Rob Picciolo: 9
Rickey Henderson: 8
Dwayne Murphy: 43

Bot 6

Rick Cerone: S7
Danny Ainge: E1/SH.1-2
Luis Gomez: 24/SH.2-3;1-2
Joe Cannon: 9
Al Woods: W
Roy Howell: HR/7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(TUR)
Tony Solaita: 9

Top 7

Mike Heath: 7
Dave Revering: 8
Mario Guerrero: W
Mitchell Page: 13

Bot 7

John Mayberry: 5/FL
Rick Bosetti: D7
Rick Cerone: 7
Danny Ainge: 53

Top 8

Jeff Newman: 8
Jim Essian: 53
Rob Picciolo: 43

Bot 8

Luis Gomez: K
Joe Cannon: K
Al Woods: K

Top 9

Rickey Henderson: 7
Dwayne Murphy: 2/FL
Mike Heath: 63