Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
July 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1979 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees 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 5, New York Yankees 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 1 0 1 0
  Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Burleson ss 5 0 1 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 1
Rice lf 3 1 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 5 0 1 1
Watson 1b 3 1 2 0
  Dwyer pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Brohamer 3b,2b 4 1 1 1
Evans rf 2 1 0 0
Montgomery c 3 0 1 1
  Poquette ph 0 0 0 0
  Fisk ph 1 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
White lf 4 1 1 2
Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 2 1
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
Spencer dh 3 1 1 1
  Piniella ph,dh 0 0 0 0
Murcer cf 3 0 1 0
  Munson ph 1 0 0 0
  Beniquez cf 0 0 0 0
Narron c 2 2 1 1
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Kaat p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Boston 010 112 000591
New York 100 121 10x690
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (8-4) 6.1 8 6 6 1 5
  Burgmeier   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Rainey   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
2
6
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   5.2 6 5 5 3 3
  Davis  W (7-0) 1.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Kaat  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
5

  E–Dwyer (1).  DP–Boston 1, New York 1.  PB–Narron (3).  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (17,off Hunter); Burleson (15,off Hunter).  3B–Boston Remy (2,off Hunter).  HR–Boston Brohamer (1,4th inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out); Lynn (20,5th inning off Hunter 0 on, 2 out), New York Randolph (2,1st inning off Eckersley 0 on, 1 out); Spencer (7,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 2 out); White (2,5th inning off Eckersley 1 on, 1 out); Jackson (11,6th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out); Narron (1,7th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rice (2,by Hunter).  SH–Chambliss (1,off Burgmeier).  IBB–Piniella (5,by Burgmeier).  HBP–Hunter (1,Rice).  IBB–Burgmeier (2,Piniella).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:30.  A–51,246.
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