Wednesday August 8, 1979
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Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Indians 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 - 8 12 1 Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove lf 4 0 2 2 1 0 .249 Remy 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .304 Alston lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Papi 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Manning cf 5 0 3 1 0 0 .272 Dwyer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Bonds dh 4 1 1 0 1 0 .295 Wolfe 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .231 Burleson ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Harrah 3b 3 1 0 1 1 0 .285 Lynn cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .330 Norris rf 3 2 2 1 2 0 .257 Rice lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .321 Alexander c 3 2 1 0 2 1 .223 Yastrzemski dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Kuiper 2b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .250 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Veryzer ss 4 0 1 2 1 0 .217 Poquette rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hobson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Montgomery c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .345 Renko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Remmerswaal p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campbell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 12 8 9 2 Totals 33 2 6 2 1 6 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 30,141 Left on Base: Indians 11, Red Sox 5 DP: Indians 0, Red Sox 0 Errors: Norris, Montgomery Doubles: Norris (11), Hargrove (8), Kuiper (4), Burleson 2 (23) Triples: Norris (5) Home Runs: Lynn (30) Stolen Bases: Harrah (17), Bonds (27) Caught Stealing: Thornton (2) Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (2) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Spillner W(6-2) 9 6 2 2 1 6 1 34 4.18 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 6 1 34 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Renko L(8-7) 4 7 4 4 3 2 0 20 4.01 Remmerswaal 1.1 1 2 2 3 0 0 8 7.36 Campbell 3.2 4 2 2 3 0 0 18 3.77 Totals 9 12 8 8 9 2 0 46 Wild Pitches: Campbell (6) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Dave Phillips INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Manning singled to center; Bonds flied out to right; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Burleson forced Remy (first to shortstop); Lynn forced Burleson (first to shortstop); Rice lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Norris doubled to right; Alexander walked; Kuiper singled to right [Norris scored, Alexander to third, Kuiper to second (on throw)]; Veryzer singled to center [Alexander scored, Kuiper scored]; Hargrove flied out to center; Manning flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski lined to left; Watson grounded out (second to first); Poquette grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 3RD: Bonds flied out to center; Thornton walked; Thornton was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah walked; Harrah stole second [Harrah to third (error by Montgomery)]; Norris tripled to right [Harrah scored]; Alexander struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson was called out on strikes; Montgomery lined to center; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out (second to first); Hargrove doubled to right; Manning singled to right [Hargrove out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Burleson made an out to second; Lynn walked; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 5TH: REMMERSWAAL REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Bonds walked; Bonds stole second; Thornton flied out to center [Bonds to third]; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bonds scored]; Norris walked; Alexander flied out to right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 5TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette singled to right; Hobson flied out to right; Montgomery struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper doubled to left; Veryzer grounded out (first unassisted) [Kuiper to third]; Hargrove walked; CAMPBELL REPLACED REMMERSWAAL (PITCHING); Manning singled to right [Kuiper scored, Hargrove to second]; Bonds singled to right [Hargrove to third, Manning to second]; Thornton flied out to left; Harrah lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 6TH: Remy struck out; Burleson doubled to right; Lynn struck out; Rice made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 7TH: PAPI REPLACED REMY (PLAYING 2B); Norris walked; Alexander singled to left [Norris to second]; Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first) [Norris to third, Alexander to second]; Hargrove singled to right [Norris scored, Alexander scored]; Manning grounded out (first to second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 7TH: ALSTON REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); Yastrzemski flied out to left; Watson made an out to first; Poquette lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 8, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 8TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Thornton grounded out (third to first); Harrah lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 8, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 8TH: Hobson flied out to right; Montgomery struck out; DWYER BATTED FOR PAPI; Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 8, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 9TH: WOLFE REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING 2B); Norris flied out to right; Alexander walked; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted) [Alexander to second]; Veryzer walked; Campbell threw a wild pitch [Alexander to third, Veryzer to second]; Alston grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 8, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 9TH: Burleson doubled to left; Lynn homered [Burleson scored]; Rice singled to right [Rice to second (error by Norris)]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; Watson flied out to right [Rice to third]; Poquette popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Red Sox 2.

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