Boston Red Sox vs California Angels
July 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 11, 1979 at Anaheim Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the California Angels and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 9, California Angels 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 3 1
Brohamer 2b 4 1 1 0
Lynn cf 4 2 4 2
Rice lf 5 0 3 2
Yastrzemski dh 5 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 5 1 1 2
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
Dwyer 1b 4 2 2 0
Allenson c 5 2 2 1
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 17 8
California Angels ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 3 0
Lansford 3b 5 0 1 1
Ford rf 5 1 1 0
Baylor dh 4 0 1 0
Aikens 1b 4 0 2 1
Downing c 4 0 0 0
Rudi lf 4 1 1 1
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Thon 2b 4 1 2 0
Frost p 0 0 0 0
  Botting p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  Eddy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Boston 102 220 0209170
California 001 100 0103110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (9-5) 9.0 11 3 3 2 10
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
10
  California Angels IP H R ER BB SO
Frost  L (7-5) 4.1 8 6 6 1 5
  Botting   2.0 5 1 1 0 0
  Barlow   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Eddy   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
3
7

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1, California 2.  2B–Boston Lynn 2 (26,off Frost 2); Rice 2 (18,off Frost,off Botting); Dwyer (2,off Frost); Allenson (7,off Frost); Brohamer (5,off Botting), California Ford (13,off Eckersley).  3B–Boston Burleson (2,off Frost).  HR–Boston Hobson (11,5th inning off Botting 1 on, 2 out), California Rudi (7,4th inning off Eckersley 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Lynn (3,by Barlow).  SB–Burleson (6,2nd base off Frost/Downing); Lynn (2,2nd base off Frost/Downing).  BK–Eckersley (1).  HBP–Barlow (3,Lynn).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Terry Cooney.  T–3:01.  A–39,210.
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