Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1979 at Exhibition Stadium. The Toronto Blue Jays 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 2, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Burleson ss 4 0 0 0
Papi 2b 4 0 0 0
Lynn cf 4 1 1 0
Rice lf 4 1 1 2
Fisk dh 4 0 1 0
Hobson 3b 4 0 0 0
Evans rf 3 0 1 0
Dwyer 1b 3 0 0 0
O'Berry c 1 0 0 0
  Wolfe ph 0 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
Renko p 0 0 0 0
  Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Finch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Griffin ss 4 0 1 0
Woods lf 5 1 3 1
Velez rf 2 0 0 0
  Bailor rf 0 0 0 0
Solaita dh 4 1 1 2
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Bosetti cf 4 0 1 0
Howell 3b 3 2 1 1
Cerone c 4 1 1 2
McKay 2b 4 1 2 0
Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 6
Boston 000 000 200240
Toronto 010 032 00x6102
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Renko  L (10-9) 4.2 6 4 4 2 3
  Burgmeier   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Finch   2.1 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
5
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Moore  W (5-6) 9.0 4 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
2

  E–Bosetti (13), Moore (4).  DP–Toronto 1.  2B–Toronto Woods 2 (23,off Renko 2); McKay (8,off Renko).  HR–Boston Rice (39,7th inning off Moore 1 on, 0 out), Toronto Howell (14,2nd inning off Renko 0 on, 1 out); Solaita (1,5th inning off Renko 1 on, 2 out); Cerone (7,6th inning off Burgmeier 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Griffin (16,off Renko).  HBP–Howell (6,by Burgmeier).  HBP–Burgmeier (4,Howell).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:01.  A–13,201.
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