Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees
July 2, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 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."

"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 2, New York Yankees 7

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Wolfe 2b 4 0 0 1
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Fisk dh 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 1 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 0
Allenson c 3 1 1 1
Finch p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 5 1 2 1
Murcer cf 5 2 2 1
Munson c 4 1 2 1
Jackson rf 3 1 1 1
Piniella lf 4 0 2 2
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Spencer dh 2 1 1 1
  White pr,dh 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 1 2 0
John p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Boston 001 000 100251
New York 001 011 40x7122
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Finch  L (0-1) 5.1 5 3 3 1 3
  Campbell   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Drago   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Burgmeier   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (12-3) 9.0 5 2 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
2
1

  E–Finch (1), Randolph (9), Nettles (7).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Munson (5).  2B–Boston Evans (11,off John), New York Munson (17,off Finch).  3B–Boston Rice (4,off John), New York Randolph (7,off Campbell).  HR–New York Spencer (8,5th inning off Finch 0 on, 0 out); Jackson (12,6th inning off Finch 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Jackson (2,by Drago).  WP–Campbell (3).  IBB–Drago (5,Jackson).  U-HP–Ron Luciano, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:26.  A–51,211.
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