Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
July 31, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians 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 10, Cleveland Indians 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Papi ss 3 0 0 0
  Burleson ss 2 0 1 0
Dwyer rf 3 0 0 0
  Evans rf 2 0 1 0
Lynn cf 5 2 1 1
Rice dh 6 2 2 3
Yastrzemski lf 3 1 1 0
  Poquette lf 1 0 0 0
  Fisk ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Watson 1b 5 2 2 3
Hobson 3b 6 1 2 0
Montgomery c 5 1 2 1
Wolfe 2b 5 1 3 2
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 10 15 10
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove dh 5 1 1 2
Manning cf 6 3 4 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
  Alston lf 1 0 0 1
Thornton 1b 5 1 1 1
Harrah 3b,ss 5 2 3 3
Norris lf,rf 5 0 0 1
Alexander c 4 1 2 1
  Hassey ph,c 1 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 1 1 1
  Rosello 2b 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0
  Cox 3b 1 1 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 11 14 10
Boston 000 433 000 0010150
Cleveland 000 400 105 0111140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley   3.1 7 4 4 2 0
  Ripley   4.2 4 4 4 2 1
  Campbell  L (3-4) 2.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Drago   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.2
14
11
11
5
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner   3.2 6 4 4 0 5
  Andersen   2.0 6 6 6 2 1
  Reuschel   4.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Monge  W (7-6) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
15
10
10
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Wolfe (3,off Spillner); Hobson (16,off Andersen), Cleveland Harrah 3 (16,off Stanley,off Campbell,off Drago); Hargrove (7,off Stanley); Manning (7,off Ripley).  3B–Cleveland Alexander (1,off Stanley).  HR–Boston Lynn (26,4th inning off Spillner 0 on, 0 out); Watson (8,5th inning off Andersen 2 on, 2 out); Rice (25,6th inning off Andersen 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Papi (1,off Andersen); Alston (1,off Campbell).  HBP–Dwyer (1,by Spillner).  IBB–Kuiper (3,by Stanley).  SB–Dwyer (3,2nd base off Spillner/Alexander); Montgomery (1,2nd base off Spillner/Alexander); Harrah (16,2nd base off Stanley/Montgomery).  WP–Campbell (4).  HBP–Spillner (2,Dwyer).  IBB–Stanley (3,Kuiper).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Nick Bremigan, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–3:30.
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