Baltimore Orioles vs Boston Red Sox
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1979 at Fenway Park. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baltimore Orioles 2, Boston Red Sox 1

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 0 3 0
Garcia ss 3 0 1 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 0 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Singleton lf 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Roenicke rf 4 1 1 1
May dh 3 0 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0
Dempsey c 3 0 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 1 0
  Fisk ph 1 0 0 0
  Papi 2b 0 0 0 0
Lynn cf 3 0 0 0
Rice dh 4 1 1 1
Yastrzemski lf 4 0 3 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
  Remy pr 0 0 0 0
Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 0 0
Allenson c 1 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Baltimore 000 100 100290
Boston 000 100 000170
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer   5.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Stewart  W (8-5) 3.1 2 0 0 2 1
  Stanhouse  SV (17) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
5
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Rainey  L (5-5) 8.2 9 2 2 2 3
  Drago   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
4

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2, Boston 2.  2B–Baltimore May (13,off Rainey); Bumbry (24,off Rainey); Dempsey (21,off Rainey), Boston Watson (17,off Stewart).  HR–Baltimore Murray (22,4th inning off Rainey 0 on, 0 out); Roenicke (24,7th inning off Rainey 0 on, 0 out), Boston Rice (35,4th inning off Palmer 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Evans (1,by Stewart).  BK–Stewart (1).  HBP–Stewart (5,Evans).  U-HP–Dallas Parks, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:33.  A–33,222.
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