Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
June 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 8, Boston Red Sox 5

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 0 1 1
  Torres ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Washington rf 5 1 2 1
Lemon cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 2 1 1
  Squires 1b 0 0 0 0
Bannister dh 5 0 1 2
Soderholm 3b 4 1 1 1
Pryor 2b 4 1 2 0
May c 4 2 2 2
Kessinger ss 4 1 2 0
Barrios p 0 0 0 0
  Trout p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 1 2 0
  Papi ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 2 1
Rice lf 5 1 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 5 0 1 1
Fisk dh,c 5 1 4 1
Hobson 3b 5 1 2 1
Evans rf 4 0 1 1
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph 0 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
  Remy ph 0 0 0 0
  Wolfe ph 1 0 1 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 14 5
Chicago 220 012 1008131
Boston 000 010 4005141
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Barrios  W (5-3) 6.2 12 5 1 3 1
  Trout  SV (2) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
5
1
3
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  L (5-4) 1.1 6 4 4 0 1
  Wright   3.2 4 3 3 1 4
  Burgmeier   3.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Drago   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
1
5

  E–Barrios (3), Allenson (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Boston 1.  2B–Chicago Washington (15,off Stanley); Bannister (8,off Stanley), Boston Fisk 2 (4,off Barrios 2); Lynn (14,off Barrios); Hobson 2 (8,off Barrios 2).  HR–Chicago Johnson (3,5th inning off Wright 0 on, 1 out); May (1,6th inning off Wright 1 on, 0 out); Soderholm (6,7th inning off Burgmeier 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Lemon (7,by Stanley).  SB–Washington (7,2nd base off Wright/Allenson).  HBP–Stanley (1,Lemon).  U-HP–Fred Spenn, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:56.  A–26,356.
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