Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
April 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 1, Boston Red Sox 7

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Norris dh 3 0 2 0
Bonds rf 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0
Alexander c 3 1 0 0
Cox lf 4 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 1
Speed cf 2 0 0 0
  Cage ph 1 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 5 1 1 0
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 2 2 1 1
Rice dh 4 1 2 3
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 3 0 0 0
Brohamer 3b 4 1 2 0
Evans rf 4 1 1 1
Montgomery c 4 1 3 1
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Cleveland 000 000 001132
Boston 003 201 10x7111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (0-1) 5.0 7 6 5 3 3
  Cruz   2.0 3 1 1 0 4
  Monge   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
3
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (1-0) 7.0 2 0 0 5 4
  Drago   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
6
6

  E–Alexander (1), Veryzer (1), Remy (1).  DP–Cleveland 1, Boston 1.  2B–Cleveland Norris (1,off Eckersley), Boston Brohamer (1,off Wise); Montgomery (1,off Monge).  3B–Boston Montgomery (1,off Wise); Brohamer (1,off Wise).  HR–Boston Rice (1,3rd inning off Wise 2 on, 1 out); Evans (1,4th inning off Wise 0 on, 1 out); Lynn (1,7th inning off Cruz 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Harrah (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Montgomery); Norris (1,2nd base off Eckersley/Montgomery); Remy (1,2nd base off Wise/Alexander).  CS–Yastrzemski (1,2nd base by Cruz/Alexander).  WP–Eckersley (1), Drago (1).  U-HP–Dick Nelson, 1B–Bill Robinson, 2B–Bob Clement, 3B–Clarence Merritt.  T–2:42.  A–34,433.
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