Boston Red Sox (7) Cleveland Indians (4)

| 1979

Date of Game: Wednesday, August 01, 1979
Stadium: Cleveland Stadium

Boston Red Sox (AL)	Cleveland Indians (AL)
Record: 63-40	Record: 53-53
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Attendance: 17,565 Time of Game: 3:06

Game Notes:

Jim Rice - 2 home runs

Best at-bats

Bob Watson 1B in 1st inning (18.64)

Jim Rice HR in 9th inning (13.37)

Ted Cox HR in 6th inning (11.81)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	16	3
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	4	10	0

Boston Red Sox Batting Stats

Boston Red Sox	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Rick Burleson	ss	28.094	5	2	2	0	0	0	.276	98	820	4	40	6
Carlton Fisk	c	31.219	5	1	2	1	0	0	.271	54	909	5	24	2
Carl Yastrzemski	lf	39.345	5	2	3	0	0	0	.288	98	2813	17	64	3
Jim Rice	dh	26.146	5	2	2	4	0	1	.320	102	746	27	86	7
Bob Watson	1b	33.113	3	0	2	2	2	0	.291	92	1416	11	45	2
Butch Hobson	3b	27.350	5	0	1	0	0	1	.249	90	474	15	55	2
Dwight Evans	rf	27.272	5	0	2	0	0	1	.284	100	864	15	40	5
Stan Papi	2b	28.178	4	0	1	0	0	0	.156	21	109	0	2	0
Tom Poquette	cf	27.276	4	0	1	0	0	0	.229	49	360	0	10	0
Totals:			41	7	16	7	2	3	.390	704	8511

Cleveland Indians Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Mike Hargrove	dh	29.279	5	1	2	1	0	0	.237	97	823	4	28	1
Rick Manning	cf	24.333	3	0	1	0	1	0	.268	90	564	2	36	20
Bobby Bonds	rf	33.139	5	0	0	0	0	1	.289	103	1675	17	55	25
Andre Thornton	1b	29.353	4	0	3	0	1	0	.239	97	713	18	69	3
Toby Harrah	3b-ss	30.279	5	0	0	0	0	3	.287	95	1228	10	42	16
Jim Norris	lf	30.224	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	85	331	3	23	12
Ron Hassey	c	26.155	3	0	2	0	1	0	.259	36	61	0	15	1
Dell Alston	pr	26.313	0	1	0	0	0	0	.289	22	105	1	11	1
Gary Alexander	c	26.127	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	82	307	13	45	3
Duane Kuiper	2b	29.043	3	1	1	0	1	0	.247	104	636	0	25	3
Tom Veryzer	ss	26.171	1	0	0	0	0	1	.218	101	621	0	20	2
Cliff Johnson	ph	32.010	1	0	0	0	0	1	.289	55	563	7	29	0
Ted Cox	3b	24.189	2	1	1	2	0	1	.228	55	150	3	19	3
Mike Paxton	p	25.332	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7	30	0	0	0
Sid Monge	p	28.112	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	52	156	0	0	0
Dan Spillner	p	27.248	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	35	258	0	0	0
Totals:			36	4	10	3	4	7	.278	1116	8221

Game Stats

2B: Rick Burleson (21), Andre Thornton 2 (22), Carl Yastrzemski (22)
HR: Ted Cox (3), Mike Hargrove (4), Jim Rice 2 (27)
RBIs: Ted Cox 2 (19), Carlton Fisk (24), Mike Hargrove (28), Jim Rice 4 (86), Bob Watson 2 (45)
SB: Carlton Fisk (2), Rick Manning (20)
CS: Tom Poquette (1)
SH: Rick Manning (6)
GDP: Dwight Evans (10), Toby Harrah (6)

Boston Red Sox Pitching Stats

Boston Red Sox	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dennis Eckersley (W 13-5)	24.302	9	10	4	3	4	7	2	2.97	1.21	0	0	0	23	161
Pitching Totals:		9	10	4	3	4	7	2			0	0	0	23	161

Cleveland Indians Pitching Stats

Cleveland Indians	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
David Clyde (L 3-3)	24.101	2.2	7	5	5	1	1	1	5.40	1.35	0	0	0	8	83
Mike Paxton	25.332	4.2	5	0	0	1	2	0	5.60	1.64	0	0	0	25	87
Sid Monge	28.112	1	4	2	2	0	0	1	2.33	1.29	0	0	0	52	173
Dan Spillner	27.248	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	1.40	0	0	0	37	265
Pitching Totals:		9	16	7	7	2	3	2			0	0	0	122	608

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Eckersley 0-0-0; David Clyde 0-0-0; Mike Paxton 0-0-0; Sid Monge 0-0-0; Dan Spillner 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dennis Eckersley 41; David Clyde 16; Mike Paxton 20; Sid Monge 6; Dan Spillner 1;
Time of Game: 3:06 Attendance: 17,565
Umpires: Home: Steve Palermo 1B Don Denkinger 2B Rich Garcia 3B Nick Bremigan

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