Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1979 at Memorial Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 10, Baltimore Orioles 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 5 1 3 0
Sizemore 2b 5 2 2 0
Lynn cf 5 2 2 1
Rice lf 5 1 2 4
Yastrzemski dh 4 1 2 1
  Dwyer pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Watson 1b 5 2 4 2
Hobson 3b 5 0 0 0
Evans rf 4 0 0 0
O'Berry c 3 0 0 1
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 10 15 9
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 3 0 2 1
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
Murray 1b 3 0 1 0
Kelly lf 4 0 1 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 2 0
Dauer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph 1 0 1 0
  Krenchicki pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Skaggs c 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 0 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Boston 020 000 30510150
Baltimore 000 100 010272
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  W (10-8) 5.1 4 1 1 3 5
  Drago  SV (11) 3.2 3 1 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
9
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.  L (15-14) 6.1 10 5 4 2 3
  Martinez T.   2.0 4 4 3 0 0
  Stanhouse   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
8
2
4

  E–Smith (8), Singleton (4).  DP–Boston 1.  2B–Boston Yastrzemski (27,off D Martinez); Watson (18,off D Martinez); Rice (36,off T Martinez), Baltimore Kelly (11,off Renko); Lowenstein (8,off Drago); Bumbry (26,off Drago).  3B–Boston Watson (4,off T Martinez).  HR–Boston Watson (13,9th inning off Stanhouse 1 on, 1 out).  WP–D Martinez 2 (9).  U-HP–Vic Voltaggio, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–3:20.  A–49,525.
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