Oscar Gamble and Bobby Murcer each cracked two-run homers to trigger the Yankees to a 10-6 decision over the Red Sox as Ron Guidry received credit for his ninth consecutive victory. Gamble's round-tripper came in the first inning and Murcer's circuit clout came in the second frame. The Yanks put the game away with four runs in the eighth on an RBI double by Brad Gulden, squeeze by Murcer, run-scoring triple by Willie Randolph and RBI single by Juan Beniquez. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 10, Boston Red Sox 6
Game Played on Monday, September 3, 1979 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Red Sox      0  1  1    0  0  0    1  2  1  -   6 10  1
Yankees      2  2  0    0  0  2    0  4  x  -  10 12  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .282      Murcer cf,lf          4   1   1   3     0   0   .257
Fisk dh               5   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Randolph 2b           3   2   1   1     2   0   .277
Lynn cf               1   0   0   0     0   0   .342      Gamble lf             2   1   1   2     1   0   .365
  Poquette cf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .276        Beniquez cf         1   0   1   1     0   0   .240
Rice rf               3   2   2   2     1   0   .328        Randle pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
Watson 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .309      Jackson rf            5   0   2   0     0   1   .294
Yastrzemski lf        3   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Hobson 3b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .261      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .252
Papi 2b               2   0   0   0     0   2   .184      Spencer dh            3   3   2   0     1   0   .293
  Sizemore ph,2b      1   1   0   0     1   0   .246      Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Allenson c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .207        White ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .201
  Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .281        Dent ss             1   1   1   0     0   0   .235
  O'Berry c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Gulden c              4   1   2   3     0   0   .177
  Dwyer ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Finch p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier 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               35   6  10   6     2   7             Totals               32  10  12  10     6   2

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 46,298
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Yankees 6
DP: Red Sox 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Rice
Doubles: Fisk (19), Rice (31), Poquette (4), Dwyer (5), Gulden (3)
Triples: Watson (3), Randolph (11)
Home Runs: Rice (34), Hobson (23), Gamble (13), Murcer (6)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (29), Jackson (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (1), Murcer (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (6), Burleson (7)
GIDP: Chambliss (8), Murcer (7)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley L(16-9)       1.2   4   4   4   1   1   2  10   3.09
Finch                   3.2   3   2   2   4   0   0  17   5.31
Burgmeier               2.1   3   3   3   1   1   0  10   2.47
Remmerswaal             0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   9.64
Campbell                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.73
Totals                  8    12  10  10   6   2   2  40

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(15-7)          7.2   9   5   5   1   6   2  33   2.84
Davis SV(8)             1.1   1   1   1   1   1   0   6   3.03
Totals                  9    10   6   6   2   7   2  39

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Nick Bremigan


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to center; Fisk was called out
on strikes; Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Murcer flied out to center; Randolph walked;
Randolph stole second; Gamble homered [Randolph scored]; Jackson
singled to left; Chambliss flied out to right; Jackson stole
second; Nettles struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Yankees 2.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice homered; Watson grounded out (second to
first); Yastrzemski singled to third; Hobson singled to left
[Yastrzemski to second]; Papi struck out; Allenson flied out to
center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: POQUETTE REPLACED LYNN (PLAYING CF); Spencer
singled to right; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Spencer to second]; Gulden grounded out (second to first)
[Spencer to third]; Murcer homered [Spencer scored]; FINCH
REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Randolph grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson flied out to center; Fisk doubled to left;
Poquette struck out; Rice doubled to center [Fisk scored];
Watson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Yankees 4.

YANKEES 3RD: Gamble grounded out (third to first); Jackson
singled to center; Chambliss grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Jackson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); Hobson
flied out to center; Papi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles walked; Spencer flied out to right; Stanley
made an out to second; Gulden flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 5TH: Allenson struck out (catcher to first); Burleson
struck out; Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); Randolph
flied out to center; Gamble walked; Jackson grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 4.

RED SOX 6TH: Poquette doubled to right; Rice grounded out
(shortstop to first); Watson flied out to right; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
singled to right [Nettles to second (error by Rice)]; Spencer
was walked intentionally; WHITE BATTED FOR STANLEY; White walked
[Nettles to third, Spencer to second]; Gulden singled to right
[Nettles scored, Spencer scored, White to second]; BURGMEIER
REPLACED FINCH (PITCHING); Murcer grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Gulden out at second]; 2 R, 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Yankees 6.

RED SOX 7TH: DENT REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING SS); BENIQUEZ REPLACED
GAMBLE (PLAYING CF); MURCER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Hobson homered; SIZEMORE BATTED FOR PAPI; Sizemore grounded out
(pitcher to first); EVANS BATTED FOR ALLENSON; Evans flied out
to center; Burleson singled to center; Fisk forced Burleson
(shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3,
Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: SIZEMORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); O'BERRY
REPLACED EVANS (PLAYING C ); Randolph walked; Beniquez out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Randolph to second]; Jackson
struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Yankees 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice
walked; Watson tripled to center [Rice scored]; Yastrzemski hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Watson scored]; DAVIS REPLACED GUIDRY
(PITCHING); Hobson struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles made an out to third; Spencer singled to
right; Dent singled to left [Spencer to second]; Gulden doubled
to left [Spencer scored, Dent to third]; Murcer out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dent scored, Gulden to
third]; REMMERSWAAL REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); Randolph
tripled to center [Gulden scored]; Beniquez singled to right
[Randolph scored]; CAMPBELL REPLACED REMMERSWAAL (PITCHING);
RANDLE RAN FOR BENIQUEZ; Jackson grounded out (second to first);
4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Yankees 10.

RED SOX 9TH: RANDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Sizemore
walked; DWYER BATTED FOR O'BERRY; Dwyer doubled to left
[Sizemore to third]; Burleson lined out on a sacrifice fly to
center [Sizemore scored]; Fisk grounded out (third to first);
Poquette flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6,
Yankees 10.