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Wednesday August 8, 1979
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Cleveland Indians 8, Boston Red Sox 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Wednesday, August 8, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Indians      0  3  1    0  1  1    2  0  0  -   8 12  1
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  6  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove lf           4   0   2   2     1   0   .249      Remy 2b               3   0   1   0     0   1   .304
  Alston lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Papi 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Manning cf            5   0   3   1     0   0   .272        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Bonds dh              4   1   1   0     1   0   .295        Wolfe 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     1   1   .231      Burleson ss           4   1   2   0     0   0   .288
Harrah 3b             3   1   0   1     1   0   .285      Lynn cf               3   1   1   2     1   1   .330
Norris rf             3   2   2   1     2   0   .257      Rice lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .321
Alexander c           3   2   1   0     2   1   .223      Yastrzemski dh        4   0   0   0     0   0   .280
Kuiper 2b             5   2   2   1     0   0   .250      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Veryzer ss            4   0   1   2     1   0   .217      Poquette rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Spillner p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .253
                                                          Montgomery c          3   0   0   0     0   2   .345
                                                          Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Remmerswaal p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   8  12   8     9   2             Totals               33   2   6   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 30,141
Left on Base: Indians 11, Red Sox 5
DP: Indians 0, Red Sox 0
Errors: Norris, Montgomery
Doubles: Norris (11), Hargrove (8), Kuiper (4), Burleson 2 (23)
Triples: Norris (5)
Home Runs: Lynn (30)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (17), Bonds (27)
Caught Stealing: Thornton (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner W(6-2)         9     6   2   2   1   6   1  34   4.18
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   6   1  34

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko L(8-7)            4     7   4   4   3   2   0  20   4.01
Remmerswaal             1.1   1   2   2   3   0   0   8   7.36
Campbell                3.2   4   2   2   3   0   0  18   3.77
Totals                  9    12   8   8   9   2   0  46

Wild Pitches: Campbell (6)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Manning
singled to center; Bonds flied out to right; Thornton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to right; Burleson forced Remy (first
to shortstop); Lynn forced Burleson (first to shortstop); Rice
lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Norris
doubled to right; Alexander walked; Kuiper singled to right
[Norris scored, Alexander to third, Kuiper to second (on
throw)]; Veryzer singled to center [Alexander scored, Kuiper
scored]; Hargrove flied out to center; Manning flied out to
left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski lined to left; Watson grounded out
(second to first); Poquette grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bonds flied out to center; Thornton walked;
Thornton was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Harrah
walked; Harrah stole second [Harrah to third (error by
Montgomery)]; Norris tripled to right [Harrah scored]; Alexander
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Hobson was called out on strikes; Montgomery lined
to center; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer grounded out
(second to first); Hargrove doubled to right; Manning singled to
right [Hargrove out at home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Burleson made an out to second; Lynn walked; Rice
struck out; Yastrzemski made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 5TH: REMMERSWAAL REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING); Bonds
walked; Bonds stole second; Thornton flied out to center [Bonds
to third]; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bonds scored];
Norris walked; Alexander flied out to right; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette
singled to right; Hobson flied out to right; Montgomery struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper doubled to left; Veryzer grounded out (first
unassisted) [Kuiper to third]; Hargrove walked; CAMPBELL
REPLACED REMMERSWAAL (PITCHING); Manning singled to right
[Kuiper scored, Hargrove to second]; Bonds singled to right
[Hargrove to third, Manning to second]; Thornton flied out to
left; Harrah lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 6,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy struck out; Burleson doubled to right; Lynn
struck out; Rice made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 6, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 7TH: PAPI REPLACED REMY (PLAYING 2B); Norris walked;
Alexander singled to left [Norris to second]; Kuiper flied out
to center; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first) [Norris to
third, Alexander to second]; Hargrove singled to right [Norris
scored, Alexander scored]; Manning grounded out (first to second
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 7TH: ALSTON REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); Yastrzemski
flied out to left; Watson made an out to first; Poquette lined
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Thornton
grounded out (third to first); Harrah lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 8TH: Hobson flied out to right; Montgomery struck out;
DWYER BATTED FOR PAPI; Dwyer grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Red Sox 0.

INDIANS 9TH: WOLFE REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING 2B); Norris flied out
to right; Alexander walked; Kuiper grounded out (first
unassisted) [Alexander to second]; Veryzer walked; Campbell
threw a wild pitch [Alexander to third, Veryzer to second];
Alston grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 8, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 9TH: Burleson doubled to left; Lynn homered [Burleson
scored]; Rice singled to right [Rice to second (error by
Norris)]; Yastrzemski flied out to center; Watson flied out to
right [Rice to third]; Poquette popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Red Sox 2.



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