Four homers, one triple and seven doubles marked the 17-hit attack of the Red Sox in a 12-6 victory over the Twins. Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice and Fred Lynn supplied the round-trippers. Mike Torrez, who was breezing along with an 11-0 lead, took things too easy and was knocked out in the eighth inning when the Twins scored five runs. Tom Burgmeier finished. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 12, Minnesota Twins 6
Game Played on Saturday, June      9, 1979 (Day game) at Fenway Park
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  1  -   6  6  0
Red Sox      4  0  1    0  2  4    0  1  x  -  12 17  3


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Powell rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .394      Remy 2b               4   2   2   0     0   0   .317
  Morales ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .302        Wolfe 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Wynegar c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Burleson ss           4   2   2   1     0   0   .257
  Borgmann c          1   1   0   0     1   0   .200        Papi ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Smalley ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .370      Lynn cf               5   2   2   3     0   1   .309
  Randall ss          2   1   1   0     0   0   .305      Rice lf               5   3   3   2     0   1   .332
Landreaux cf          2   0   0   0     1   0   .298      Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   2   3     0   0   .293
  Edwards cf          1   1   1   1     1   0   .200        Dwyer pr,1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Adams lf              4   1   1   2     0   0   .295      Fisk dh               4   2   3   2     1   0   .313
  Norwood ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Hobson 3b             4   0   2   1     0   1   .265
R. Jackson 1b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .266        Brohamer 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Kusick 1b           0   1   0   0     1   0   .279      Evans rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Wilfong 2b            3   0   1   2     1   0   .292      Allenson c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .219
Graham dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .000        O'Berry c           0   0   0   0     1   0   .100
  Rivera ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Castino 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .270        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bacsik p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Redfern p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6   6   5     6   2             Totals               41  12  17  12     2   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 34,324
Left on Base: Twins 8, Red Sox 7
DP: Twins 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Remy 2, Papi
Doubles: Wilfong (10), Morales (2), Burleson 2 (9), Lynn (16), Remy (8), Rice 2 (13), Yastrzemski (12)
Triples: Fisk (2)
Home Runs: Yastrzemski (10), Fisk (1), Rice (12), Lynn (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Wynegar (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson L(0-6)         4.1  10   7   7   0   2   3  23   7.23
Bacsik                  1     5   4   4   1   1   1   9   5.12
Redfern                 2.2   2   1   1   1   2   0  11   4.28
Totals                  8    17  12  12   2   5   4  43

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(6-3)           7.2   4   5   4   6   2   0  34   4.39
Burgmeier               1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.01
Totals                  9     6   6   5   6   2   0  41

Balks: Erickson (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Don Denkinger


TWINS 1ST: Powell singled to second; Wynegar out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Powell to second]; Smalley lined into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop) [Powell out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to second; Burleson doubled to right
[Remy scored]; Lynn flied out to center; Erickson balked
[Burleson to third]; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski homered
[Burleson scored]; Fisk tripled; Hobson singled to shortstop
[Fisk scored]; Evans grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 2ND: Landreaux flied out to right; Adams grounded out
(first unassisted); R. Jackson reached on an error by Remy;
Wilfong popped to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox
4.

RED SOX 2ND: Allenson struck out; Remy popped to third in foul
territory; Burleson doubled to left; Lynn flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 4.

TWINS 3RD: Graham flied out to center; Castino struck out;
Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red
Sox 4.

RED SOX 3RD: Rice grounded out (third to first); Yastrzemski
flied out to left; Fisk homered; Hobson singled to right; Evans
popped to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Smalley walked;
Landreaux walked [Smalley to second]; Adams flied out to center
[Smalley to third, Landreaux to second]; R. Jackson lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 4TH: Allenson flied out to right; Remy grounded out
(first to pitcher); Burleson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 5TH: Wilfong made an out to shortstop; Graham reached on
an error by Remy; Castino forced Graham (shortstop to second);
Powell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 5TH: Lynn doubled to left; Rice homered [Lynn scored];
Yastrzemski grounded out (pitcher to first); BACSIK REPLACED
ERICKSON (PITCHING); Fisk walked; Hobson was called out on
strikes; Evans popped to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Red Sox 7.

TWINS 6TH: Wynegar flied out to left; Smalley flied out to
center; Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 6TH: Allenson singled to center; Remy doubled to left
[Allenson to third]; Burleson reached on a fielder's choice
[Allenson out at home (third to catcher)]; Lynn homered [Remy
scored, Burleson scored]; Rice doubled to left; Yastrzemski
doubled to right [Rice scored]; REDFERN REPLACED BACSIK
(PITCHING); DWYER RAN FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Fisk grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hobson grounded out (third to first); 4 R,
5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 11.

TWINS 7TH: WOLFE REPLACED REMY (PLAYING 2B); PAPI REPLACED
BURLESON (PLAYING SS); DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
BROHAMER REPLACED HOBSON (PLAYING 3B); O'BERRY REPLACED ALLENSON
(PLAYING C ); Adams flied out to right; R. Jackson popped to
left; Wilfong walked; Graham popped to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 11.

RED SOX 7TH: BORGMANN REPLACED WYNEGAR (PLAYING C ); RANDALL
REPLACED SMALLEY (PLAYING SS); EDWARDS REPLACED LANDREAUX
(PLAYING CF); KUSICK REPLACED R. JACKSON (PLAYING 1B); Evans was
called out on strikes; O'Berry walked; Wolfe made an out to
second; Papi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Red Sox 11.

TWINS 8TH: Castino grounded out (pitcher to first); Powell
grounded out (second to first); Borgmann walked; Randall singled
[Borgmann to second]; Edwards walked [Borgmann to third, Randall
to second]; Adams singled to left [Borgmann scored, Randall
scored, Edwards to second]; Kusick walked [Edwards to third,
Adams to second]; Wilfong doubled to left [Edwards scored, Adams
scored, Kusick to third]; BURGMEIER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING);
RIVERA BATTED FOR GRAHAM; Rivera reached on an error by Papi
[Kusick scored (unearned) (no RBI), Wilfong to third]; Castino
grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 5, Red Sox 11.

RED SOX 8TH: RIVERA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Lynn struck
out; Rice doubled to left; Dwyer flied out to center; Fisk
singled to center [Rice scored]; Brohamer flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox 12.

TWINS 9TH: MORALES BATTED FOR POWELL; Morales doubled to left;
Borgmann made an out to first; Randall flied out to right;
Edwards singled to center [Morales scored]; NORWOOD BATTED FOR
ADAMS; Norwood forced Edwards (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 6, Red Sox 12.