Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
June 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Boston Red Sox 1, Chicago White Sox 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 0 3 0
Fisk dh 4 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 2 0 1 0
Poquette cf 4 0 1 0
O'Berry c 2 1 1 1
  Wolfe ph 0 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
  Papi ph 1 0 0 0
Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 1 1 0
Pryor 3b 5 1 3 0
Moore rf 5 0 1 1
Orta dh 5 2 2 3
Bannister 2b 4 0 3 1
Squires 1b 4 0 1 0
Torres cf 3 0 2 1
May c 4 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 4 2 2 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 15 6
Boston 001 000 000163
Chicago 004 010 01x6150
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rainey  L (4-4) 2.1 6 4 3 1 0
  Stanley   5.2 9 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
15
6
5
1
2
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  W (8-4) 9.0 6 1 1 4 6
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
6

  E–Hobson (6), Watson (1), Rainey (1).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Burleson (11,off Kravec), Chicago Orta (6,off Stanley).  3B–Chicago Orta (1,off Rainey).  SB–Remy (13,3rd base off Kravec/May); Burleson (4,2nd base off Kravec/May).  U-HP–Jim Evans, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Larry Barnett.  T–2:28.  A–26,675.
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