Carlton Fisk led off the ninth inning with the Red Sox' third homer of the game to beat the Blue Jays, 6-5. Butch Hobson hit a two-run blow in the seventh to put the Red Sox ahead, 3-1, but the Blue Jays erupted for four runs in the eighth, two scoring on a boundary belt by Rick Bosetti.

The Red Sox came back with the tying pair in their half on a double by Ted Sizemore and circuit clout by Fred Lynn. The homer was Lynn's 28th in Fenway Park, breaking Carl Yastrzemski's 1967 record for most round-trippers by a lefthanded hitter in Boston. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5
Game Played on Thursday, September 27, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Blue Jays    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   5 15  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  1    2  2  1  -   6 10  0


Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Griffin ss            5   1   3   1     0   0   .283      Burleson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Woods lf              5   1   3   1     0   0   .281      Sizemore 2b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .248
Howell 3b             5   0   0   0     0   3   .251      Lynn cf               4   1   1   2     0   2   .336
Velez dh              3   1   1   1     1   0   .292      Rice lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .327
Solaita 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Fisk dh               4   2   3   1     0   0   .275
Bosetti cf            3   1   1   2     1   1   .261      Hobson 3b             3   1   2   2     0   0   .257
Cerone c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .236      Evans rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Bailor rf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .230      Dwyer 1b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .272
Gomez 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Allenson c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .197
Underwood p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Finch p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  15   5     2   4             Totals               31   6  10   6     1   4

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 20,853
Left on Base: Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 2
DP: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 3
Doubles: Woods (24), Dwyer (7), Sizemore (5)
Triples: Griffin (8)
Home Runs: Bosetti (8), Hobson (28), Lynn (39), Fisk (9)
Stolen Bases: Griffin (20)
Caught Stealing: Griffin (16), Cerone (4)
GIDP: Howell (12), Solaita (1), Cerone (5), Hobson (23), Allenson (6), Fisk (9)


Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood               8     9   5   5   1   4   2  31   3.69
Buskey L(6-10)          0     1   1   1   0   0   1   1   3.20
Totals                  8    10   6   6   1   4   3  32

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Finch                   7    10   2   2   2   3   0  28   4.87
Campbell                0.2   4   3   3   0   0   1   6   4.28
Drago W(10-6)           1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.89
Totals                  9    15   5   5   2   4   1  39

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ken Kaiser


BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Woods
singled; Howell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Woods out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson made an out to second; Sizemore flied out
to left; Lynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Velez walked; Solaita grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Velez out at second]; Bosetti
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
singled; Hobson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Fisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays
0, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Bailor
singled; Gomez singled [Bailor to third]; Griffin singled
[Bailor scored, Gomez to second]; Woods singled [Gomez to third,
Griffin to second]; Howell struck out; Velez forced Griffin
(third unassisted); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans flied out to center; Dwyer singled; Allenson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Dwyer out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Solaita singled; Bosetti walked [Solaita to
second]; Cerone grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Solaita to third, Bosetti out at second];
Bailor made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays
1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
popped to catcher in foul territory; Lynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); On a
bunt Griffin singled; Griffin stole second; Woods grounded out
(second to first) [Griffin to third]; Griffin was caught
stealing home (pitcher to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Rice walked; Fisk grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rice out at second]; Hobson
singled; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Howell struck out; Velez grounded out (third to
first); Solaita flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue
Jays 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Dwyer doubled; Allenson singled [Dwyer to third];
Burleson popped to left; Sizemore forced Allenson (pitcher to
shortstop) [Dwyer scored]; Lynn popped to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bosetti grounded out (second to first); Cerone
singled; Bailor singled [Cerone to third]; Cerone was caught
stealing home (catcher to third) [Bailor to second]; Gomez flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: Rice grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk singled;
Hobson homered [Fisk scored]; Evans struck out; Dwyer grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 1, Red
Sox 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Griffin tripled; CAMPBELL REPLACED FINCH
(PITCHING); Woods doubled [Griffin scored]; Howell flied out to
left; Velez singled [Woods scored]; Solaita made an out to
third; Bosetti homered [Velez scored]; Cerone singled; DRAGO
REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Bailor singled [Cerone to third,
Bailor to second (on throw to 3b)]; Gomez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Allenson flied out to center; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sizemore doubled; Lynn homered [Sizemore
scored]; Rice struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5,
Red Sox 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Woods
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 9TH: BUSKEY REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Fisk homered;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 6.