Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox
June 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Minnesota Twins 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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Minnesota Twins 1, Boston Red Sox 2

Minnesota Twins ab   r   h rbi
Norwood rf 4 0 0 0
Wynegar c 4 0 1 0
  Edwards pr 0 1 0 0
  Borgmann c 0 0 0 0
Smalley ss 3 0 1 0
Jackson 1b 2 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 2 1
Adams dh 4 0 0 0
Wilfong 2b 4 0 1 0
Castino 3b 3 0 1 0
  Graham ph 1 0 0 0
Rivera lf 3 0 0 0
  Powell ph 1 0 0 0
Goltz p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 0 2 0
Lynn cf 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 3 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 0
Fisk dh 3 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 3 0 1 1
Evans rf 3 0 2 0
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Minnesota 000 000 010160
Boston 000 010 01x291
  Minnesota Twins IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz  L (5-6) 7.2 9 2 2 3 3
  Marshall   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
3
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   7.2 6 1 1 3 2
  Stanley  W (6-4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2

  E–Yastrzemski (3).  DP–Minnesota 1.  PB–Allenson 2 (5).  2B–Minnesota Smalley (8,off Renko), Boston Yastrzemski (11,off Goltz); Burleson (7,off Goltz).  SH–Hobson (3,off Goltz).  CS–Landreaux (2,3rd base by Renko/Allenson); Evans (2,2nd base by Goltz/Wynegar).  U-HP–Don Denkinger, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:20.  A–33,953.
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