Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 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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Detroit Tigers 10, Boston Red Sox 4

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Morales cf 4 0 0 0
  LeFlore pr,cf 3 1 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 1 1
  Jones pr,dh 2 1 1 0
Kemp lf 6 1 1 2
Thompson 1b 5 2 1 0
Parrish c 5 2 3 4
Summers rf 5 1 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 5 0 1 0
  Machemer pr,2b 2 0 0 0
Trammell ss 5 1 3 2
Wagner 2b 3 0 1 0
  Mankowski ph,3b 2 1 2 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Tobik p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 10 15 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 7 2 2 0
Burleson ss 7 1 3 0
Poquette cf 5 0 0 1
Rice lf 5 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 5 0 1 0
Fisk c 2 0 2 2
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
  Lynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Allenson c 1 0 0 0
Watson dh 5 1 3 0
  Dwyer pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Evans rf 5 0 0 0
Brohamer 3b 3 0 0 1
  Hobson ph 1 0 0 0
  Wolfe 3b 1 0 0 0
Finch p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 4 11 4
Detroit 000 211 000 000 0610151
Boston 210 000 100 000 004112
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   6.1 8 4 2 1 5
  Tobik   4.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Hiller   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Lopez  W (2-1) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
14.0
11
4
2
4
9
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Finch   5.2 7 4 4 4 2
  Rainey   3.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Campbell   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Stanley  L (7-5) 4.0 6 6 6 3 0
  Burgmeier   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
14.0
15
10
10
11
4

  E–Thompson (5), Allenson (5), Evans (1).  DP–Boston 4.  PB–Allenson (6).  2B–Detroit Parrish (11,off Stanley), Boston Burleson (12,off Billingham).  3B–Boston Watson (1,off Billingham).  HR–Detroit Parrish (7,4th inning off Finch 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Wagner (2,off Finch); Trammell (5,off Stanley); Allenson (4,off Tobik).  IBB–Thompson (6,by Stanley); Watson (3,by Tobik).  SF–Brohamer (1,off Billingham); Poquette (3,off Tobik).  HBP–Poquette (2,by Billingham); Fisk (2,by Billingham).  SB–LeFlore (35,2nd base off Campbell/Allenson).  CS–Remy (7,2nd base by Billingham/Parrish); Dwyer (1,2nd base by Lopez/Parrish).  HBP–Billingham 2 (5,Poquette,Fisk).  IBB–Tobik (2,Watson); Stanley (1,Thompson).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–4:35.  A–34,153.
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