Posting his 15th victory of the season, Dennis Eckersley hurled the Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Indians. The first Red Sox run came in the fourth inning on a double by Bob Watson and single by Carl Yastrzemski. Fred Lynn led off the sixth with a single, stopped at third on a double by Jim Rice and scored on an infield out by Watson. A sacrifice fly by Yastrzemski then plated Rice. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Thursday, August 9, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 9 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 x - 3 6 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .253 Remy 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Manning cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .272 Papi 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Bonds rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .293 Burleson ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Thornton 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .232 Lynn cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .330 Harrah 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Rice lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .323 Norris dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .257 Watson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .301 Alexander c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .223 Yastrzemski dh 2 0 1 2 0 0 .282 Kuiper 2b 3 0 2 1 1 1 .253 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Alston pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Hobson 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Evans rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 9 2 3 5 Totals 29 3 6 3 2 0 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 31,835 Left on Base: Indians 7, Red Sox 5 DP: Indians 0, Red Sox 3 Errors: Watson Doubles: Kuiper (5), Watson (9), Rice (22) Stolen Bases: Harrah 2 (19) Sacrifice Hits: Bonds (3) Sacrifice Flies: Yastrzemski (4) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits L(11-10) 8 6 3 3 2 0 0 32 4.99 Totals 8 6 3 3 2 0 0 32 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(15-5) 9 9 2 2 3 5 0 36 2.83 Totals 9 9 2 2 3 5 0 36 Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Dallas Parks, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Al Clark INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Manning singled to right [Hargrove to second]; Bonds reached on an error by Watson (assist by Eckersley) on a sacrifice bunt [Hargrove to third, Manning to second]; Thornton forced Bonds (second to shortstop) [Hargrove scored, Manning to third]; Harrah forced Thornton (pitcher to shortstop); Harrah stole second; Norris was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson grounded out (first to pitcher); Lynn walked; Rice singled to left [Lynn to second]; Watson forced Lynn (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper was called out on strikes; Veryzer made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski popped to third in foul territory; Fisk grounded out (third to first); Hobson singled to left; Evans forced Hobson (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 3RD: Hargrove was called out on strikes; Manning flied out to center; Bonds walked; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Remy grounded out (second to first); Burleson popped to catcher in foul territory; Lynn made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 4TH: PAPI REPLACED REMY (PLAYING 2B); Harrah singled to left; Norris flied out to left; Alexander struck out while Harrah stole second; Kuiper was walked intentionally; Veryzer forced Kuiper (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson doubled to left; Yastrzemski singled to center [Watson scored]; Fisk made an out to second; Hobson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 5TH: Hargrove singled to center; Manning flied out to right; Bonds lined into a double play (second to first) [Hargrove out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Evans flied out to right; Papi flied out to left; Burleson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton singled to center; Harrah flied into a double play (center to shortstop to first) [Thornton out at first]; Norris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Lynn singled to right; Rice doubled to center [Lynn to third]; Watson grounded out (third to first) [Lynn scored, Rice to third]; Yastrzemski hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rice scored]; Fisk grounded out (catcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 3. INDIANS 7TH: Alexander singled to right; Kuiper doubled [Alexander scored]; Veryzer grounded out (second to first) [Kuiper to third]; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Manning walked; Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: Hobson walked; Evans flied out to right; Papi flied out to left; Burleson forced Hobson (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 3. INDIANS 8TH: Thornton flied out to left; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Norris singled to left [Norris out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 8TH: Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice flied out to center; Watson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 3. INDIANS 9TH: Alexander flied out to right; Kuiper singled to second; ALSTON RAN FOR KUIPER; JOHNSON BATTED FOR VERYZER; Johnson flied into a double play (right to first) [Alston out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 3.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".