The Red Sox won their sixth straight game and handed the Mariners their 10th consecutive loss, 4-1. The Red Sox began the scoring with a homer by George Scott in the second inning. Butch Hobson led off the fifth with a triple and scored on a single by Dwight Evans. A triple by Jim Rice and single by Carl Yastrzemski produced a sixth-inning tally and Fred Lynn clouted a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     25, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  1  1    0  1  0  -   4 12  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  7  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Remy 2b               5   0   2   0     0   1   .250      Cruz 2b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .219
Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .302        Paciorek ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .182
Lynn cf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .304        Milbourne pr,ss     0   0   0   0     0   0   .389
Rice lf               4   1   2   0     0   2   .385      Simpson rf            4   1   1   1     0   2   .240
Yastrzemski dh        4   0   1   1     0   0   .327      Bochte 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .358
Scott 1b              4   1   2   1     0   2   .241      Meyer lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .208
Hobson 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .300      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Evans rf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .204      R. Jones cf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Allenson c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .200      B. Stein 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .314
Wright p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stinson c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cox ph,c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Rainey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hale ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Mendoza ss            2   0   1   0     0   1   .280
                                                            Valentine ph,2b     1   0   1   0     0   0   .167
                                                          Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Vasquez p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  12   4     0  10             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   7

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  5,985
Left on Base: Red Sox 6, Mariners 7
DP: Red Sox 0, Mariners 1
Errors: Meyer
Triples: Hobson (1), Rice (1)
Home Runs: Scott (2), Lynn (8), Simpson (1)
Stolen Bases: Remy (4), Evans (2)
GIDP: Yastrzemski (2)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(1-0)           6     1   0   0   0   4   0  19   0.00
Burgmeier               2.1   6   1   1   1   3   1  14   2.08
Rainey SV(1)            0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.18
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   7   1  35

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister L(1-3)        6.2  10   3   3   0   9   1  28   5.26
Vasquez                 2.1   2   1   1   0   1   1   9   6.75
Totals                  9    12   4   4   0  10   2  37

Umpires: HP - George Eshelman, 1B - Jay Levet, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Bud Brown


RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (second to first); Burleson was
called out on strikes; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to left; Simpson grounded out
(first unassisted); Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice was called out on strikes; Yastrzemski
grounded out (second to first); Scott homered; Hobson popped to
first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Meyer struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop
to first); R. Jones grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans struck out; Allenson struck out; Remy singled
to shortstop; Burleson singled to left [Remy to second]; Remy
stole third; Lynn struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 1,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: B. Stein flied out to center; Stinson grounded out
(first to pitcher); Mendoza was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice singled to left; Yastrzemski grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rice out at second];
Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Simpson was
called out on strikes; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Hobson tripled; the ball hit a speaker 106 feet
above the ground; Evans singled to left [Hobson scored];
Allenson lined to right; Remy was called out on strikes; Evans
stole second; Burleson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer grounded out (second to first); Horton made
an out to second; R. Jones made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn made an out to third; Rice tripled to center;
Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice scored]; Yastrzemski was out
trying to advance to second (catcher to second); Scott struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: B. Stein grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stinson flied out to left; Mendoza singled to third; Cruz struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 0.

RED SOX 7TH: Hobson struck out; Evans singled to center;
Allenson made an out to second; Remy singled to left [Evans to
third, Remy to second (error by Meyer)]; VASQUEZ REPLACED
BANNISTER (PITCHING); Burleson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Simpson
homered; Bochte grounded out (second to first); Meyer singled to
right; Horton was called out on strikes; R. Jones struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Mariners 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Lynn homered; the ball landed in the third deck
(1st row, 2 seats fair); Rice struck out; Yastrzemski flied
out to center; Scott singled to center; Hobson popped to first
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 8TH: B. Stein singled to right; COX BATTED FOR STINSON;
Cox flied out to right; VALENTINE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Valentine
singled to right [B. Stein to second]; PACIOREK BATTED FOR CRUZ;
Paciorek walked [B. Stein to third, Valentine to second];
MILBOURNE RAN FOR PACIOREK; Simpson was called out on strikes;
Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Mariners 1.

RED SOX 9TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); COX STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); VALENTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
Evans made an out to catcher; Allenson grounded out (third to
first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Meyer flied out to center; Horton singled to
third; R. Jones singled [Horton to second]; RAINEY REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); B. Stein grounded out (third to first)
[Horton to third, R. Jones to second]; HALE BATTED FOR COX; Hale
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Mariners 1.