Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
June 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 11, Chicago White Sox 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 1 2
  Wolfe 2b 1 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 2 2 2
  Papi ss 1 0 1 0
Fisk dh 4 1 0 0
Rice lf 3 2 2 2
  Dwyer lf 1 0 0 0
Yastrzemski cf 3 2 2 2
  Poquette cf 1 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 1 1 0
  Brohamer 3b 1 0 0 0
Watson 1b 5 0 1 1
Evans rf 3 2 1 2
Allenson c 4 1 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 11 11
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 3 0 0 0
  Moore lf 1 1 0 0
Washington rf 1 1 1 0
  Torres rf 2 1 1 2
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Orta dh 4 1 3 2
Bannister 2b 4 0 1 0
Squires 1b 4 1 0 0
Pryor 3b 2 0 0 0
  Gates 3b 2 0 0 0
Nahorodny c 3 0 1 1
Kessinger ss 3 0 0 0
  Nordhagen ph 1 0 1 0
Scarbery p 0 0 0 0
  Hinton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Boston 003 332 00011111
Chicago 200 000 120581
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (7-3) 7.0 5 5 4 2 2
  Campbell   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
2
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Scarbery  L (1-3) 3.2 6 6 5 1 1
  Hinton   5.1 5 5 5 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
11
10
2
2

  E–Wolfe (3), Pryor (9).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Rice (14,off Scarbery); Yastrzemski (13,off Hinton); Papi (3,off Hinton).  HR–Boston Burleson (4,3rd inning off Scarbery 1 on, 1 out); Rice (14,6th inning off Hinton 1 on, 2 out), Chicago Orta (3,1st inning off Eckersley 1 on, 2 out); Torres (1,8th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Fisk (1,by Hinton); Poquette (1,by Hinton).  SF–Nahorodny (2,off Eckersley).  SB–Remy (12,2nd base off Hinton/Nahorodny); Washington (8,2nd base off Eckersley/Allenson).  HBP–Hinton 2 (2,Fisk,Poquette).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Ted Hendry, 3B–Fred Spenn.  T–2:37.  A–36,267.
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