Cleveland Indians vs Boston Red Sox
August 9, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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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Cleveland Indians 2, Boston Red Sox 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 4 1 2 0
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Bonds rf 2 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 1
Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0
Norris dh 4 0 1 0
Alexander c 4 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 2 1
  Alston pr 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 2 0 0 0
  Papi 2b 2 0 0 0
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 2 0
Watson 1b 4 1 1 1
Yastrzemski dh 2 0 1 2
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 2 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
Cleveland 100 000 100290
Boston 000 102 00x361
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (11-10) 8.0 6 3 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
2
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  W (15-5) 9.0 9 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
5

  E–Watson (4).  DP–Boston 3.  2B–Cleveland Kuiper (5,off Eckersley), Boston Watson (9,off Waits); Rice (22,off Waits).  SH–Bonds (3,off Eckersley).  IBB–Kuiper (5,by Eckersley).  SF–Yastrzemski (4,off Waits).  SB–Harrah 2 (19,2nd base off Eckersley/Fisk 2).  IBB–Eckersley (4,Kuiper).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Dallas Parks, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:11.  A–31,835.
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