Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox
August 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1979 at Comiskey Park I. 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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Boston Red Sox 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 0 0 0
Papi 2b 5 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 3 2 0 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 3 3
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 3 0 2 1
Poquette cf 3 0 0 0
Allenson c 4 0 1 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Morrison 3b 5 0 0 1
Squires 1b 3 0 2 1
Orta 2b 4 0 1 0
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
Lemon cf 4 1 1 0
Nordhagen lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 2 1
May c 2 0 0 0
  Chappas ph 1 0 1 0
  Colbern c 0 0 0 0
  Garr ph 1 0 0 0
Pryor ss 4 2 3 0
Kravec p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Boston 010 102 000492
Chicago 000 110 1003110
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  W (13-9) 7.1 10 3 2 0 0
  Drago  SV (9) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
2
0
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Kravec  L (11-12) 9.0 9 4 4 4 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3

  E–Hobson (19), Poquette (2).  DP–Boston 1.  PB–May (7).  2B–Boston Evans (19,off Kravec); Watson (14,off Kravec); Rice (30,off Kravec); Allenson (8,off Kravec), Chicago Squires (9,off Stanley); Washington (27,off Stanley); Orta (18,off Stanley); Pryor (16,off Drago).  IBB–Evans (5,by Kravec).  SF–Squires (2,off Stanley).  CS–Watson (2,Home by Kravec/May).  SB–Pryor (2,2nd base off Stanley/Allenson).  IBB–Kravec (3,Evans).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Rocky Roe, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:23.  A–10,977.
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