Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
September 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Baltimore Orioles 13

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 1 0 0 0
  Papi ss 3 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 3 0 0 0
Yastrzemski dh 1 0 0 0
  Poquette ph,dh 3 0 2 1
Watson 1b 1 0 0 0
  Dwyer 1b 3 1 1 0
Hobson 3b 1 0 0 0
  Brohamer 3b 3 1 3 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 2
O'Berry c 4 0 0 0
Tudor p 0 0 0 0
  Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Remmerswaal p 0 0 0 0
  Finch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Belanger ss 3 0 2 3
Ayala lf 1 1 1 0
  Bumbry ph,cf 4 1 1 2
Singleton rf 5 1 3 1
  Corey pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 5 1 2 0
  Chism 1b 0 0 0 0
Roenicke cf,lf 4 1 1 2
May dh 5 2 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 3 2 2
Dauer 2b 3 2 0 0
Dempsey c 4 1 1 1
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Ford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 15 12
Boston 000 021 000391
Baltimore 920 200 00x13151
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  L (0-2) 0.1 6 6 6 0 0
  Ripley   0.1 0 3 2 2 0
  Remmerswaal   3.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Finch   4.1 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
8.0
15
13
12
5
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (9-6) 7.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Ford   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
5

  E–Watson (5), Singleton (5).  DP–Boston 1, Baltimore 2.  2B–Boston Evans (22,off Palmer), Baltimore DeCinces 2 (25,off Tudor,off Remmerswaal); Singleton 2 (28,off Remmerswaal,off Finch); Bumbry (27,off Remmerswaal).  SF–Belanger (3,off Remmerswaal).  HBP–Belanger (1,by Ripley).  IBB–Dauer (1,by Ripley).  HBP–Ripley (3,Belanger).  IBB–Ripley (5,Dauer).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Joe Brinkman, 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:36.  A–42,869.
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