Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles 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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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 2 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 1 0
Lynn cf 5 0 0 1
Rice lf 2 1 2 0
Yastrzemski dh 2 0 0 1
Watson 1b 4 0 1 1
Hobson 3b 4 0 1 0
Evans rf 4 0 1 0
O'Berry c 2 0 1 0
  Remy ph 1 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
  Fisk ph 1 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 4 2 2 0
Garcia ss 3 1 1 0
  Belanger ss 0 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 2 3
Murray 1b 4 0 1 1
Kelly lf 1 0 0 1
  Roenicke ph,lf 2 0 1 0
Crowley dh 2 0 1 0
  May ph,dh 2 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith 2b 3 0 1 0
  Dauer 2b 0 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 1 0 0
Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Boston 200 000 0103100
Baltimore 101 030 00x590
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley  L (15-10) 4.1 8 5 5 1 1
  Burgmeier   3.2 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
5
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (11-7) 7.1 8 3 3 4 4
  Stanhouse  SV (19) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
4
6

  E–None.  2B–Boston Sizemore (2,off Stone); Rice (35,off Stone), Baltimore Murray (29,off Stanley); Roenicke (15,off Burgmeier).  HR–Baltimore Singleton (34,3rd inning off Stanley 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Yastrzemski (7,off Stone); Kelly (3,off Stanley).  HBP–Garcia (1,by Stanley).  SB–Hobson (3,2nd base off Stone/Dempsey).  CS–Rice (4,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey); Evans (8,2nd base by Stone/Dempsey).  HBP–Stanley (4,Garcia).  U-HP–Joe Brinkman, 1B–Vic Voltaggio, 2B–Marty Springstead, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:43.  A–43,025.
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