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Kansas City Royals 2 Boston Red Sox 9

April 20,1979

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (5-6)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (7-4)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

20,925

Time of Game

2:33

Umpires

[HP]: Lester Pratt [1B]: Derryl Cousins [2B]: Clarence Merritt [3B]: Dick Clegg

Kansas City Royals 2 Boston Red Sox 9

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3rd inning: 8 **Dennis Eckersley injured by Hal McRae's liner off right arm just above elbow**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	5-6		0	0	0		1	0	1		0	0	0			2	10	0		5	9	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	7-4		1	1	0		1	2	0		1	3	x			9	14	0		1	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	George Brett	3b	25.340	L	5	0	0	0		0	0	.306		11	742
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.284	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.333		11	1104
3	Amos Otis	cf	31.359	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.289		11	1388
4	Darrell Porter	c	27.093	L	3	1	1	0		1	1	.378		11	827
5	Al Cowens	rf	27.177	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.282		11	687
6	Pete LaCock	1b	27.093	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.281		11	480
	John Wathan	ph-1b	29.198	R	3	0	2	0		0	1	.417		6	154
7	Clint Hurdle	lf	21.264	L	4	0	3	2		0	0	.273		11	153
8	Frank White	2b	28.228	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.231		11	719
9	Freddie Patek	ss	34.193	R	2	0	1	0		2	0	.351		11	1429
Totals

2B: Hal McRae (5), Clint Hurdle (4)

RBI: Clint Hurdle 2 (6)

GDP: George Brett (2), Frank White (2)

SB: Freddie Patek (2)

CS: Al Cowens (1)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Remy	2b	26.163	L	5	2	2	1		0	0	.235		11	603
2	Rick Burleson	ss	27.356	R	5	3	3	1		0	0	.311		11	733
3	Fred Lynn	cf	27.076	L	3	1	1	2		2	0	.308		11	581
4	Jim Rice	dh	26.043	R	5	1	4	2		0	1	.359		11	655
5	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	39.241	L	4	1	3	3		1	0	.375		11	2726
6	George Scott	1b	35.028	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.220		11	1939
7	Jack Brohamer	3b	29.053	L	3	1	1	0		1	1	.344		9	675
8	Dwight Evans	rf	27.168	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.200		11	775
9	Gary Allenson	c	24.075	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.240		9	9
Totals

2B: Rick Burleson (3), Carl Yastrzemski (5), Jack Brohamer (3)

3B: Rick Burleson (1)

HR: Carl Yastrzemski (3)

RBI: Jerry Remy (3), Rick Burleson (5), Fred Lynn 2 (13), Jim Rice 2 (9), Carl Yastrzemski 3 (10)

GDP: George Scott (3)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Leonard	R	L 1-2	7.0	11	6	6	2	6	1		4.95	1.55		3	153
2	Eduardo Rodriguez	R		0.2	2	3	3	1	0	0		7.71	1.71		6	241
3	George Throop	R		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		20.25	6.75		3	15
Totals				0.0

WP: Dennis Leonard (1), Eduardo Rodriguez 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Leonard (0-0-0), Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0-0), George Throop (0-0-0)

Boston Red Sox - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Eckersley	R		3.0	4	0	0	1	1	0		2.62	1.42		4	142
2	Andy Hassler	L	W 1-0	6.0	6	2	2	3	2	0		2.57	1.43		2	154
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Eckersley (0-0-0), Andy Hassler (0-0-0)