Seattle Mariners vs Boston Red Sox
May 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 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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Seattle Mariners 3, Boston Red Sox 5

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 1 1 0
Meyer lf 4 0 0 0
Bochte 1b 2 0 0 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 1
Horton dh 4 1 2 1
Jones cf 3 1 1 1
Stinson c 4 0 0 0
Stein 3b 4 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 2 0 0 0
  Milbourne ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Abbott p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 2 2 0
Burleson ss 3 1 2 0
Lynn cf 2 1 1 3
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 3 1 2 1
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Montgomery c 0 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
Seattle 020 001 000351
Boston 201 001 01x581
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Abbott  L (1-3) 6.0 6 4 4 0 2
  Parrott   2.0 2 1 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
2
2
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (2-1) 9.0 5 3 3 3 6
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
6

  E–Cruz (2), Scott (3).  DP–Seattle 2.  2B–Boston Remy (2,off Abbott).  HR–Seattle Horton (4,2nd inning off Renko 0 on, 0 out); R Jones (3,2nd inning off Renko 0 on, 0 out), Boston Lynn (9,1st inning off Abbott 1 on, 1 out); Yastrzemski (5,6th inning off Abbott 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Roberts (1,off Renko); Lynn (1,off Abbott).  SH–Burleson (3,off Parrott).  IBB–Lynn (2,by Parrott); Yastrzemski (4,by Parrott).  SB–Cruz (12,2nd base off Renko/Allenson).  CS–B Stein (1,2nd base by Renko/Allenson).  IBB–Parrott 2 (7,Lynn,Yastrzemski).  U-HP–Jim McNally, 1B–John Shulock, 2B–Dick Clegg, 3B–Lester Pratt.  T–2:02.  A–21,903.
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