Boston Red Sox vs Oakland Athletics
July 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1979 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics 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, Oakland Athletics 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Brohamer 2b 4 0 4 1
Poquette cf 4 0 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 0
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 0 0
  Dwyer pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 1
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 1
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
Chalk ss 4 0 1 0
Page dh 3 0 0 0
Revering 1b 3 1 3 0
Essian 3b 4 0 0 0
Heath lf 3 0 1 0
  Murray lf 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
Newman c 3 1 1 2
Armas rf 4 0 0 0
Edwards 2b 2 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
Boston 001 000 002381
Oakland 000 100 100261
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  W (11-6) 9.0 6 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
1
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (5-10) 9.0 8 3 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
0
6

  E–Hobson (10), Chalk (7).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Oakland Revering (17,off Stanley).  3B–Boston Burleson (3,off Langford).  HR–Oakland Newman (16,7th inning off Stanley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Henderson (4,off Stanley).  SF–Newman (5,off Stanley).  CS–Evans (5,2nd base by Langford/Newman); Chalk (1,2nd base by Stanley/Fisk).  WP–Langford (10).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Steve Palermo.  T–2:20.  A–9,822.
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