Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers
June 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 1979 at Tiger Stadium. 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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Boston Red Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 3 0 1 2
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Lynn cf 4 0 2 1
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 2 0 0 0
Watson dh 3 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 1 2 0
Allenson c 2 0 0 0
  Fisk ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 3 2 0
Parrish c 3 2 1 0
Summers rf 4 1 3 3
Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 3
Trammell ss 4 0 1 0
Machemer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wagner 2b 0 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Boston 000 001 200370
Detroit 010 230 00x680
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (5-3) 5.0 7 6 6 2 4
  Campbell   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Burgmeier   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
6
2
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (7-4) 7.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Lopez  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Boston Lynn (23,off Billingham), Detroit Thompson (8,off Renko).  HR–Detroit Summers (6,5th inning off Renko 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Watson (2,by Lopez).  SH–Machemer (1,off Campbell).  CS–Remy (9,2nd base by Billingham/Parrish).  WP–Billingham (2).  HBP–Lopez (1,Watson).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:22.  A–32,755.
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