Led by Jim Rice, who rapped two homers and a single, the Red Sox piled up 17 hits to equal their season's high and defeated the White Sox, 9-2. Dwight Evans contributed four consecutive singles. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 9, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      7, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  8  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    3  0  2    1  3  x  -   9 17  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   0   1   1     0   0   .313      Burleson ss           5   2   2   1     0   1   .248
Washington rf         5   0   1   0     0   2   .269      Wolfe 2b              4   1   2   1     1   0   .240
Lemon cf              4   0   2   0     1   0   .312      Lynn cf               5   0   2   1     0   1   .313
Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .316      Rice lf               5   2   3   3     0   1   .325
Bannister dh          4   1   1   0     0   0   .316      Fisk dh               5   0   1   0     0   2   .281
Soderholm 3b          4   1   1   1     0   2   .263      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   0     1   1   .284
Pryor 2b              3   0   2   0     1   1   .325      Hobson 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .257
May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Evans rf              4   2   4   0     0   0   .264
Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .163      Allenson c            4   0   1   2     0   1   .220
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rainey p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Howard p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   8   2     4   5             Totals               40   9  17   8     2   7

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 25,842
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Red Sox 9
DP: White Sox 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Garr
Doubles: Lemon (17), Soderholm (8), Burleson (6), Fisk (5), Lynn (15)
Home Runs: Rice 2 (11)
Stolen Bases: Evans (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(6-4)           6    10   5   5   2   4   1  30   3.12
Hinton                  1.1   6   4   4   0   2   1   9   5.84
Howard                  0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.73
Totals                  8    17   9   9   2   7   2  42

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rainey W(4-3)           9     8   2   2   4   5   0  39   3.88
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   5   0  39

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Fred Spenn


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr lined to shortstop; Washington singled to
right; Lemon doubled to right [Washington to third]; Johnson
reached on a fielder's choice [Washington out at home (second to
catcher), Lemon to third]; Bannister grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Wolfe
walked; Lynn was called out on strikes; Rice made an out to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Soderholm struck out; Pryor singled to third; May
forced Pryor (second to shortstop); Kessinger grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 2ND: Fisk grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski
singled to center; Hobson forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to
second); Evans singled to center [Hobson to second]; Allenson
flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Garr grounded out (second to first); Washington
grounded out (second to first); Lemon singled to left; Johnson
walked [Lemon to second]; Bannister forced Lemon (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Wolfe made
an out to second; Lynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm was called out on strikes; Pryor
singled to center; May grounded out (second to first) [Pryor to
second]; Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Rice homered; Fisk struck out; Yastrzemski walked;
Hobson singled to third [Yastrzemski to second]; Evans singled
to catcher [Yastrzemski to third, Hobson to second]; Allenson
singled to left [Yastrzemski scored, Hobson scored, Evans to
third]; Burleson was called out on strikes; Wolfe forced
Allenson (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Red Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington grounded out (second to first); Lemon walked; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn singled to right; Rice struck out; Fisk made
an out to second; Yastrzemski grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first);
Soderholm grounded out (shortstop to first); Pryor struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Hobson made an out to shortstop; Evans singled to
right; Evans stole second; Allenson lined to left; Burleson
doubled to left [Evans scored]; Wolfe singled to shortstop
[Burleson scored]; Lynn flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
grounded out (second to first); Garr grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: HINTON REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Rice homered;
Fisk doubled to center [Fisk out at third (center to second to
third)]; Yastrzemski was called out on strikes; Hobson grounded
out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red
Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Washington struck out; Lemon flied out to right;
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Red Sox 6.

RED SOX 8TH: Evans singled to left; Allenson struck out;
Burleson singled to third [Evans to second]; Wolfe singled to
left [Evans scored (error by Garr) (no RBI), Burleson to
second]; Lynn doubled to right [Burleson scored, Wolfe to
third]; HOWARD REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Rice singled to third
[Wolfe scored, Lynn to third]; Fisk struck out; Yastrzemski
flied out to center; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Red Sox
9.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Bannister singled to shortstop; Soderholm doubled
to center [Bannister scored]; Pryor walked; May grounded out
(first unassisted) [Soderholm to third, Pryor to second];
Kessinger walked; Garr singled to center [Soderholm scored,
Pryor to third, Kessinger to second]; Washington struck out;
Lemon grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 2, Red Sox 9.