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New York Yankees 2 Boston Red Sox 0

May 20,1979

Visiting Team

New York Yankees (22-17)

Home Team

Boston Red Sox (24-14)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Fenway Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

33,932

Time of Game

1:58

Umpires

[HP]: Larry McCoy [1B]: Joe Brinkman [2B]: Vic Voltaggio [3B]: Marty Springstead

New York Yankees 2 Boston Red Sox 0

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
New York Yankees	NYA	22-17		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	1			2	6	1		3	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Boston Red Sox	BOS	24-14		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	2	1		2	3	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mickey Rivers	cf	30.202	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.290		30	903
2	Willie Randolph	2b	24.318	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.260		38	474
3	Thurman Munson	c	31.347	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.316		38	1364
4	Graig Nettles	3b	34.273	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.308		39	1572
5	Reggie Jackson	rf	33.002	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.302		38	1688
6	Chris Chambliss	1b	30.145	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.233		36	1175
7	Roy White	lf	35.144	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.214		12	1811
8	Jim Spencer	dh	31.294	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.276		33	1270
9	Bucky Dent	ss	27.176	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.273		36	826
Totals

Errors: Graig Nettles

2B: Mickey Rivers (5), Chris Chambliss (4)

HR: Graig Nettles (8), Reggie Jackson (8)

RBI: Graig Nettles (33), Reggie Jackson (27)

GDP: Thurman Munson (4)

Boston Red Sox - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Remy	2b	26.193	L	3	0	1	0		0	1	.325		38	630
	Larry Wolfe	ph	26.079	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.188		10	106
2	Rick Burleson	ss	28.021	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.265		38	760
3	Fred Lynn	cf	27.106	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.303		38	608
4	Jim Rice	dh	26.073	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.338		38	682
5	Carl Yastrzemski	lf	39.271	L	3	0	0	0		0	3	.283		38	2753
6	Butch Hobson	3b	27.276	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.261		26	410
7	George Scott	1b	35.058	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.236		38	1966
8	Dwight Evans	rf	27.198	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.244		38	802
9	Gary Allenson	c	24.105	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.208		28	28
Totals

Errors: George Scott

2B: Fred Lynn (9)

GDP: Larry Wolfe (1)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tommy John	L	W 9-0	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	0		1.60	0.93		10	460
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy John (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	L 4-3	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	2		3.28	1.33		9	147
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Eckersley (0-0-0)