Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
August 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago White Sox 5, Boston Red Sox 7

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 2b 4 0 1 0
  Squires ph 1 0 0 0
Pryor ss 5 1 1 0
Bannister lf 2 0 0 0
  Washington ph,rf 3 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 1
Lemon cf 4 0 0 0
Moore dh 1 1 1 1
  Garr ph,dh 2 0 1 0
Torres rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Nahorodny c 4 0 3 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 1
Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Howard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Fisk c 4 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 2 2 1
Rice lf 3 1 1 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 1 2 0
Watson dh 4 2 2 4
Hobson 3b 4 1 3 2
Brohamer 2b 2 0 1 0
  Papi 2b 2 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Ripley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 12 7
Chicago 121 000 0015111
Boston 010 321 00x7121
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Proly  L (1-5) 5.0 10 7 7 1 0
  Howard   3.0 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
2
3
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor   2.2 6 4 3 2 1
  Ripley  W (3-0) 6.1 5 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
3
6

  E–Proly (1), Brohamer (4).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–Fisk 2 (3).  2B–Chicago Nahorodny (10,off Tudor); Moore (6,off Tudor); Washington (26,off Ripley); Johnson (21,off Ripley), Boston Hobson (19,off Proly); Rice (27,off Howard).  3B–Boston Hobson (6,off Howard).  HR–Boston Lynn (35,4th inning off Proly 0 on, 0 out); Watson (11,4th inning off Proly 1 on, 1 out); Hobson (21,6th inning off Proly 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Johnson (7,2nd base off Tudor/Fisk).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Fred Spenn, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:41.  A–33,806.
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