Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
May 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 10, Boston Red Sox 6

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 1 2 2
Belanger ss 4 1 1 2
Singleton lf 5 1 3 2
  Harlow rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 1 2 0
May dh 5 1 1 1
Roenicke rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Dauer 3b 4 2 1 1
Garcia 2b 5 0 2 0
Skaggs c 4 2 2 2
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 15 10
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 1 0
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
  Wolfe ss 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 2 1
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Yastrzemski dh 4 1 1 3
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 2 2 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 1
Allenson c 3 0 1 1
  Brohamer ph 1 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
Baltimore 002 260 00010150
Boston 013 001 1006110
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (5-2) 6.0 8 5 5 1 1
  Stoddard  SV (1) 3.0 3 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   3.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Hassler  L (1-2) 0.2 3 3 3 0 1
  Wright   0.2 2 3 3 1 2
  Burgmeier   4.1 4 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 1, Boston 1.  2B–Baltimore Skaggs (2,off Renko); Singleton 2 (9,off Renko,off Hassler); Bumbry 2 (8,off Wright,off Burgmeier), Boston Scott 2 (9,off D Martinez 2); Evans (6,off D Martinez); Lynn (5,off Stoddard); Remy (5,off Stoddard).  3B–Baltimore Roenicke (1,off Renko).  HR–Boston Yastrzemski (7,3rd inning off D Martinez 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Dauer (1,by Wright).  CS–Garcia (3,2nd base by Burgmeier/Allenson).  WP–Stoddard (1).  HBP–Wright (3,Dauer).  U–Lester Pratt.  T–2:56.  A–27,569.
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