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New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
May 20, 1979 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1979 at Fenway Park. The New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Sunday, May 20, 1979 at Fenway Park |
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| New York |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Boston |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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| New York Yankees |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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John W (9-0) |
9.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
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| Boston Red Sox |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Eckersley L (4-3) |
9.0 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
E–Nettles (4), Scott (6). DP–New York 1, Boston 1. 2B–New York Rivers (5,off Eckersley); Chambliss (4,off Eckersley), Boston Lynn (9,off John). HR–New York Jackson (8,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out); Nettles (8,9th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out). U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Joe Brinkman, 2B–Vic Voltaggio, 3B–Marty Springstead. T–1:58. A–33,932. |
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| Game played on Sunday, May 20, 1979 at Fenway Park |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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