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."

"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 0, Cleveland Indians 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Poquette cf 3 0 0 0
  Burleson ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 3 0 1 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Hobson 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Wolfe 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lynn ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Papi ss 2 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0
  Allenson 3b 0 0 0 0
Finch p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 5 0 2 0
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 2 1 1 0
  Pruitt ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 2 0
Hassey c 4 1 1 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 3 1
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 14 2
Boston 000 000 000021
Cleveland 000 300 00x3140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Finch  L (0-3) 3.2 8 3 3 0 1
  Burgmeier   4.1 6 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
14
3
3
0
3
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (1-4) 7.1 2 0 0 3 4
  Monge  SV (13) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
4
5

  E–Evans (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (21,off Barker), Cleveland Bonds (20,off Finch); Harrah (17,off Burgmeier).  WP–Barker (6).  U-HP–Nick Bremigan, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Rich Garcia.  T–2:38.  A–39,384.
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