The New York Yankees eked out a victory over the Oakland Athletics, 6 to 5, on May 6, 1979.

1979 New York Yankees

Final

OAK

Athletics

10-17

5

NYY

Yankees

13-13

6

OAK

NYY

1

0

0

2

3

1

3

0

1

4

1

1

5

0

0

6

0

2

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

0

1

R

5

6

H

9

15

E

1

0

Top 2nd

OAK

NYY

Athletics

Home run by Wayne Gross; Dave Revering scored.

2

0

Athletics

Home run by Dwayne Murphy.

3

0

Bottom 2nd

OAK

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Reggie Jackson; Cliff Johnson scored.

3

1

Bottom 3rd

OAK

NYY

Yankees

Thurman Munson ground ball; Error by Mario Guerrero; Willie Randolph scored.

3

2

Top 4th

OAK

NYY

Athletics

Jeff Newman grounded out; Mario Guerrero scored.

4

2

Bottom 4th

OAK

NYY

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez; Cliff Johnson scored.

4

3

Bottom 6th

OAK

NYY

Yankees

Home run by Lou Piniella.

4

4

Yankees

Home run by Cliff Johnson.

4

5

Top 7th

OAK

NYY

Athletics

Double by Jeff Newman; Dwayne Murphy scored.

5

5

Bottom 10th

OAK

NYY

Yankees

Single by Jim Spencer; Brian Doyle scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Miguel Dilone RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Larry Murray LF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
Mitchell Page DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Dave Revering 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Mario Guerrero SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Wayne Gross 3B 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 4
Dwayne Murphy CF 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 5
Jeff Newman C 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rob Picciolo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5 2 4 8 0 2 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Craig Minetto 5.0 7 5 4 1 1 2
Bob Lacey 3.2 5 0 0 1 2 0
Dave Heaverlo (L) 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0
Totals 9.2 15 6 5 3 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Randolph 2B 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Thurman Munson C 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jerry Narron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Piniella LF 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Cliff Johnson DH 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 6
Chris Chambliss PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Brian Doyle PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Graig Nettles 3B 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Reggie Jackson RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Juan Beniquez CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mickey Rivers PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Spencer 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bucky Dent SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 38 6 15 5 2 3 3 0 1 27

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Catfish Hunter 6.1 7 5 5 2 3 2
Ron Guidry (W) 3.2 2 0 0 2 5 0
Totals 10.0 9 5 5 4 8 2

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Soto

Juan Soto

RBI

22

Soto

Juan Soto

AVG

.316

Soto

Juan Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Schmidt

Clarke Schmidt

K

32

Cortes

Nestor Cortes

ERA

2.70

Rodón

Carlos Rodón

Team Rankings

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HR

27

11th

R

112

15th

SO

219

13th

ERA

2.95

2nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Orioles Orioles
16 8 .667
Yankees Yankees
17 9 .654
Red Sox Red Sox
14 12 .538 3.0
Blue Jays Blue Jays
13 13 .500 4.0
Rays Rays
13 13 .500 4.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
8:10 PM
Sat
4/27
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
7:10 PM
Sun
4/28
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Mon
4/29
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM
Tue
4/30
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM

Last Game

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NYY Yankees

17-9

1

Final

3

OAK Athletics

10-16

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM