Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox
June 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 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 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 2 1
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 0 0
Parrish c 4 1 1 1
Summers rf 4 0 1 0
Mankowski 3b 3 1 1 0
Trammell ss 3 0 0 0
Wagner 2b 2 0 1 0
  Machemer pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Morris p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 4 1 2 0
Burleson ss 3 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 1
Rice lf 4 1 2 2
Yastrzemski 1b 3 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Watson dh 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Detroit 010 010 000270
Boston 000 200 01x370
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Morris  L (4-4) 8.0 7 3 3 1 6
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (8-3) 9.0 7 2 2 0 7
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
0
7

  E–None.  2B–Detroit LeFlore (9,off Eckersley); Kemp (16,off Eckersley), Boston Remy (10,off Morris); Lynn (18,off Morris).  HR–Detroit Parrish (8,2nd inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out), Boston Rice (15,4th inning off Morris 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Lynn (2,off Morris).  SB–LeFlore (36,2nd base off Eckersley/Fisk); Remy (14,2nd base off Morris/Parrish).  CS–Kemp (3,3rd base by Eckersley/Fisk).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Dan Morrison, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:20.  A–34,316.
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