Chicago White Sox vs Boston Red Sox
August 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Chicago White Sox 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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Chicago White Sox 4, Boston Red Sox 1

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 1 1 1
  Torres lf 1 0 0 0
Squires 1b 4 1 1 0
Orta 2b 3 0 1 0
  Bell 3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 2 1
Washington rf 3 1 0 0
Pryor ss 4 0 0 0
May c 4 0 0 0
Morrison 3b,2b 4 0 1 1
Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0
  Farmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Fisk c 3 0 0 0
  Allenson c 1 0 1 0
Lynn cf 3 1 2 1
Rice lf 4 0 0 0
Watson dh 4 0 0 0
Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 1 0 0 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
Papi 2b 2 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Chicago 000 001 210470
Boston 000 001 000153
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Baumgarten  W (11-7) 7.1 5 1 1 4 3
  Farmer  SV (9) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
4
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  L (11-9) 7.2 7 4 2 2 4
  Burgmeier   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
2
2
7

  E–Burleson (12), Hobson (17), Stanley (2).  DP–Boston 2.  2B–Chicago Lemon (33,off Stanley).  HR–Chicago Garr (9,6th inning off Stanley 0 on, 1 out), Boston Lynn (36,6th inning off Baumgarten 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Washington (5,by Stanley).  SB–Squires (10,2nd base off Stanley/Fisk).  IBB–Stanley (4,Washington).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:22.  A–35,114.
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