Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians
April 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 7, Cleveland Indians 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Remy 2b 6 1 1 0
Burleson ss 6 3 3 0
Lynn cf 6 2 2 4
Rice lf 4 1 2 2
Yastrzemski dh 4 0 1 0
Scott 1b 4 0 1 0
Brohamer 3b 5 0 1 1
Evans rf 5 0 1 0
O'Berry c 3 0 1 0
  Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0
  Allenson c 0 0 0 0
Stanley p 0 0 0 0
  Rainey p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Drago p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 13 7
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 6 1 2 1
Norris cf,lf 6 2 2 0
Bonds rf 6 2 2 1
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 1
Alexander c 4 0 0 1
Cage dh 5 0 2 2
Cox lf 3 0 0 0
  Speed pr,cf 1 1 0 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
  Hassey ph 1 0 0 0
  Rosello ss 1 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 6 10 6
Boston 202 020 000 0017131
Cleveland 301 010 001 0006100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley   5.0 8 5 5 0 1
  Rainey   3.0 1 1 1 1 3
  Campbell   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Drago  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
10
6
6
2
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton   4.0 8 6 6 2 0
  Monge   2.2 4 0 0 1 2
  Spillner   2.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Cruz  L (0-1) 3.0 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
12.0
13
7
7
8
2

  E–Brohamer (1).  DP–Cleveland 3.  2B–Boston Brohamer (2,off Monge), Cleveland Veryzer (1,off Stanley); Bonds (1,off Stanley); Norris (2,off Stanley).  HR–Boston Lynn 2 (3,1st inning off Paxton 1 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Paxton 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Brohamer (1,by Cruz).  SH–Kuiper (2,off Campbell).  SF–Thornton (1,off Stanley).  SB–Burleson (1,2nd base off Monge/Alexander).  CS–Brohamer (1,Home by Monge/Alexander).  WP–Rainey (1).  IBB–Cruz (1,Brohamer).  U-HP–Don Schirmer, 1B–Bob Rice, 2B–Dick Nelson, 3B–Harry Farnsworth.  T–3:44.  A–6,887.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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