The Red Sox trundled out their heavy artillery and bombed the Indians, 12-3. The cannonading began when Jim Rice bashed a solo homer in the second inning. The Red Sox scored six times in the sixth. Carlton Fisk belted a bases-empty round-tripper to begin the outburst. A double by Fred Lynn, walk to Rice and single by Bob Watson delivered another tally.

After Carl Yastrzemski was hit by pitch, Butch Hobson greeted reliever Paul Reuschel with a bases-clearing triple. The final run of the frame scored on an error by Tribe third sacker Toby Harrah. Lynn added a solo homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 12, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Tuesday, August 7, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   3  9  3
Red Sox      0  1  0    0  0  6    2  3  x  -  12 14  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove lf           5   1   3   0     0   1   .246      Burleson ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .284
Manning cf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .267      Fisk c                5   1   2   3     0   0   .275
Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Lynn cf               4   2   2   1     1   0   .331
  Rosello ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Rice dh               4   2   2   2     1   2   .323
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .236      Watson 1b             5   2   2   1     0   0   .302
Johnson dh            4   0   1   1     0   1   .272      Yastrzemski lf        1   1   1   0     1   0   .283
Harrah 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .282        Poquette ph,lf      2   0   2   1     0   0   .290
Hassey c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .252      Hobson 3b             5   1   1   3     0   1   .249
  Cox ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Evans rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .287
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Papi 2b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .203
  Pruitt ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .291      Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .216        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alston ph,rf        1   1   1   0     1   0   .293
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     2   5             Totals               38  12  14  11     4   4

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 31,204
Left on Base: Indians 7, Red Sox 7
DP: Indians 3, Red Sox 1
Errors: Harrah 3, Hobson, Papi
Doubles: Manning (8), Yastrzemski (23), Lynn (30), Watson (7), Poquette (1)
Triples: Hobson (5)
Home Runs: Rice (28), Fisk (7), Lynn (29)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (21)
GIDP: Manning (8), Fisk (6), Watson (5), Burleson (11)
Hit by Pitch: Yastrzemski (2,by Clyde)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(3-4)            5.1   6   6   6   3   2   2  24   5.91
Reuschel                1.2   6   6   4   1   2   1  14   7.31
Andersen                1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5  10.24
Totals                  8    14  12  10   4   4   3  43

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(13-6)          8     8   3   3   2   2   0  33   4.38
Burgmeier               1     1   0   0   0   3   0   4   2.28
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Clyde (1)
Wild Pitches: Clyde (4)

Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Greg Kosc


INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove reached on an error by Papi; Manning
singled to center [Hargrove to second]; Bonds popped to right;
Thornton made an out to first; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); Fisk
grounded out (pitcher to first); Lynn made an out to first; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Hassey
walked; Kuiper grounded out (second to first) [Hassey to
second]; Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Rice homered; Watson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Yastrzemski walked; Hobson flied out to right; Evans
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Hargrove singled to right; Manning forced Hargrove
(shortstop to second); Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Manning to second]; Thornton reached on an error by Hobson
[Manning to third]; Johnson forced Thornton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 3RD: Papi grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
singled to right; Fisk grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Burleson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Hassey
struck out; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn walked; Rice struck out; Watson grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [Lynn out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove
singled to right; Manning grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski doubled to center; Hobson grounded out
(second to first) [Yastrzemski to third]; Evans was called out
on strikes; Papi grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Bonds singled to left; Thornton popped to right;
Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Fisk
homered; Lynn doubled to right; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Lynn
to third]; Rice walked; Watson singled to left [Lynn scored,
Rice to second]; Yastrzemski was hit by a pitch [Rice to third,
Watson to second]; David Clyde warned by HP umpire Dallas
Parks; REUSCHEL REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Hobson tripled to
center [Rice scored, Watson scored, Yastrzemski scored]; Evans
reached on an error by Harrah [Hobson scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Papi reached on a fielder's choice [Evans to second
(error by Harrah)]; Burleson grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Papi out at second]; 6 R (5
ER), 4 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

INDIANS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Hassey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 7.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Lynn
homered; Rice was called out on strikes; Watson doubled to left;
POQUETTE BATTED FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Poquette doubled to left
[Watson scored]; Hobson struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Red Sox 9.

INDIANS 8TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); ALSTON BATTED
FOR VERYZER; Alston walked; Hargrove singled to center [Alston
to third]; Manning doubled to left [Alston scored, Hargrove to
third]; Bonds flied out to left; Thornton grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Hargrove scored]; Johnson singled to
center [Manning scored]; Harrah singled to third [Johnson to
second]; Johnson was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 8TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ROSELLO
REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING SS); Evans singled to center; Papi
walked [Evans to second]; Burleson reached on an error by Harrah
[Evans to third, Papi to second]; Fisk singled to center [Evans
scored, Papi scored, Burleson to second]; ANDERSEN REPLACED
REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Lynn flied out to left; Rice singled to
center [Burleson scored (unearned), Fisk to second]; Watson made
an out to second; Poquette singled to second [Fisk to third,
Rice to second]; Hobson grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 12.

INDIANS 9TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); COX BATTED
FOR HASSEY; Cox struck out; PRUITT BATTED FOR KUIPER; Pruitt was
called out on strikes; Alston singled to right; Hargrove struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 12.

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