Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
May 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 2 1
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 0 2 1
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 3 1
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Scott 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 0
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
  Fisk ph 1 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 1 3 0
Dauer 3b 4 0 2 2
Singleton dh 3 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 0
Lowenstein rf 2 1 1 0
Roenicke lf 3 0 0 1
Smith 2b 3 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 1 0 0 0
Garcia ss,2b 4 1 1 2
Skaggs c 2 1 1 0
Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Boston 200 010 0003101
Baltimore 000 023 00x590
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (4-3) 5.2 8 5 5 3 6
  Drago   2.1 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
10
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (7-2) 9.0 10 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
0
3

  E–Remy (8).  DP–Baltimore 1.  2B–Baltimore Bumbry (9,off Torrez).  HR–Baltimore Garcia (2,6th inning off Torrez 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Roenicke (2,off Torrez).  SB–Remy (10,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs); Rice (6,3rd base off D Martinez/Skaggs); Yastrzemski (2,2nd base off D Martinez/Skaggs).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:28.  A–25,717.
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