Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 8, Boston Red Sox 9

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 2 1 0
Staub dh 3 1 1 0
Kemp lf 5 2 3 5
Thompson 1b 4 1 1 0
Wockenfuss c 5 0 1 2
Morales rf 5 0 3 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 3 1
  Machemer pr 0 0 0 0
Trammell ss 4 1 1 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
Wagner 2b 4 1 1 0
  Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 15 8
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 3 3 3 0
Burleson ss 4 2 3 0
Lynn cf 3 1 3 1
  Poquette cf 0 1 0 1
Rice lf 5 1 2 3
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 3
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
  Allenson c 1 0 1 1
Watson dh 1 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 5 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 1 1 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 9 15 9
Detroit 002 401 0018152
Boston 102 021 03x9151
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wilcox   4.0 10 5 5 4 2
  Arroyo  L (1-1) 3.1 4 4 4 2 2
  Lopez   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
9
9
7
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko   5.0 8 6 2 2 5
  Drago  W (5-3) 3.1 7 2 2 1 3
  Campbell  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
8
4
3
9

  E–Kemp (5), Wagner (4), Hobson (7).  DP–Detroit 1, Boston 1.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez 2 (11,off Renko 2); Kemp (15,off Renko), Boston Remy (9,off Wilcox); Fisk (8,off Wilcox); Rice (15,off Wilcox).  HR–Detroit Kemp (10,4th inning off Renko 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Thompson (5,by Renko); Watson 2 (2,by Wilcox,by Lopez); Poquette (1,by Arroyo).  SH–Remy (4,off Arroyo); Burleson (6,off Arroyo).  SF–Poquette (2,off Arroyo).  HBP–Watson (1,by Wilcox).  SB–LeFlore (34,2nd base off Drago/Fisk).  CS–Watson (1,2nd base by Wilcox/Wockenfuss); Evans (3,2nd base by Wilcox/Wockenfuss).  HBP–Wilcox (7,Watson).  IBB–Wilcox (6,Watson); Arroyo (2,Poquette); Lopez (2,Watson); Renko (1,Thompson).  U-HP–Dan Morrison, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Durwood Merrill, 3B–Dave Phillips.  T–3:30.  A–29,533.
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