The New York Yankees came up just a bit short against the Baltimore Orioles, 5 to 4, on August 4, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

BAL

Orioles

74-34

5

NYY

Yankees

58-50

4

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

0

3

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

5

0

9

0

0

R

5

4

H

11

6

E

1

0

Bottom 4th

BAL

NYY

Yankees

Double by Lou Piniella; Reggie Jackson scored.

0

1

Bottom 5th

BAL

NYY

Yankees

Oscar Gamble walked; Brad Gulden scored.

0

2

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph scored.

0

3

Yankees

Single by Lou Piniella; Graig Nettles scored.

0

4

Top 8th

BAL

NYY

Orioles

Double by Al Bumbry; Kiko Garcia and Rick Dempsey scored.

2

4

Orioles

Single by Ken Singleton; Al Bumbry scored.

3

4

Orioles

Sacrifice fly by John Lowenstein; Ken Singleton scored.

4

4

Orioles

Single by Billy Smith; Terry Crowley scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Al Bumbry CF 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Rich Dauer 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Singleton RF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Eddie Murray 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Crowley 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
John Lowenstein LF 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lee May DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Billy Smith 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Kiko Garcia SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Kelly PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Mark Belanger SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Dempsey C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 37 5 11 5 0 3 3 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Stone 4.1 3 4 4 6 1 0
Dave Ford (W) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Tippy Martinez (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 9.0 6 4 4 7 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Randolph 2B 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0
Oscar Gamble DH 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson RF 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lou Piniella LF 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Spencer 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lenny Randle PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Chambliss 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Brown CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Brad Gulden C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Roy White PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Narron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Murcer PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4 0 7 4 1 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Catfish Hunter 6.0 3 0 0 1 3 0
Jim Kaat (L) 1.2 5 5 5 0 0 0
Rich Gossage 1.1 3 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 3 3 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

20

Judge

Aaron Judge

RBI

50

Soto

Juan Soto

AVG

.322

Soto

Juan Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

6

Rodón

Carlos Rodón

K

79

Gil

Luis Gil

ERA

1.99

Gil

Luis Gil

Team Rankings

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HR

90

1st

R

299

3rd

SO

526

7th

ERA

2.78

1st

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
42 19 .689
Orioles Orioles
37 20 .649 3.0
Red Sox Red Sox
30 30 .500 11.5
Rays Rays
29 31 .483 12.5
Blue Jays Blue Jays
28 30 .483 12.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
6/4
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Wed
6/5
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Thu
6/6
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
6/7
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Sat
6/8
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
7:35 PM

Last Game

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SFG Giants

29-31

5

Final

7

NYY Yankees

42-19

Sun 2 Jun 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
6/1
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
8-4
Sat
6/1
OAK OAK
@
ATL ATL
1-3
Sat
6/1
COL COL
@
LAD LAD
0-4
Sat
6/1
SDP SDP
@
KCR KCR
3-4
Sat
6/1
STL STL
@
PHI PHI
5-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
6/3
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Mon
6/3
NYM NYM
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Mon
6/3
BAL BAL
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Mon
6/3
DET DET
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Mon
6/3
STL STL
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM