Tom Poquette hit his first homer of the season to tie the score in the seventh inning and the Red Sox followed with another run on a single by Fred Lynn and double by Jim Rice to beat the Brewers, 5-4. Lynn also homered in the game and Poquette drove in a run with a single, while the Brewers had round-trippers by Sixto Lezcano and Gorman Thomas. [The Sporting News] Boston Red Sox 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway ParkBrewers 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 - 4 10 1 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 x - 5 14 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yount ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .258 Burleson ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .283 Money 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .251 Poquette rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .307 Cooper 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .306 Lynn cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .332 Thomas cf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .228 Rice lf 4 0 3 1 0 1 .327 Oglivie lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Yastrzemski dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Lezcano rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .325 Watson 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .303 Bando 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Fisk c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Davis dh 4 1 3 0 0 1 .268 Hobson 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .257 Martinez c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Moore ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .337 Ripley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 4 10 4 0 9 Totals 35 5 14 4 1 3 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 32,914 Left on Base: Brewers 7, Red Sox 7 DP: Brewers 2, Red Sox 0 Errors: Sorensen, Hobson Doubles: Oglivie (18), Poquette (2), Hobson (17), Rice (23) Home Runs: Lezcano (18), Thomas (29), Lynn (31), Poquette (1) Stolen Bases: Watson (3) Sacrifice Flies: Yount (3) GIDP: Watson (6), Yastrzemski (10) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen 6.2 10 4 4 1 2 2 29 3.82 McClure L(5-2) 0.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 4.79 Cleveland 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.98 Totals 8 14 5 5 1 3 2 36 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ripley 6 5 3 3 0 6 2 24 4.29 Drago W(8-3) 3 5 1 1 0 3 0 14 3.11 Totals 9 10 4 4 0 9 2 38 Wild Pitches: Ripley (1) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nick Bremigan BREWERS 1ST: Yount made an out to first; Money struck out; Cooper flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (third to first); Poquette doubled to center; Lynn lined to first; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. BREWERS 2ND: Thomas reached on an error by Hobson; Ripley threw a wild pitch [Thomas to second]; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted) [Thomas to third]; Lezcano struck out; Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski singled to right; Watson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Yastrzemski out at second]; Fisk made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. BREWERS 3RD: Davis was called out on strikes; Martinez singled to center; Yount struck out; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson singled to left; Brohamer made an out to shortstop; Burleson flied out to right; Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. BREWERS 4TH: Cooper made an out to shortstop; Thomas struck out; Oglivie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Lynn homered; Rice singled to center; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rice out at second]; Watson singled to center; Watson stole second; Fisk flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Red Sox 1. BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano homered; Bando lined to left; Davis singled to center; Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first) [Davis to second]; Yount flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Hobson doubled to left; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted) [Hobson to third]; Burleson walked; Burleson was picked off first but was safe on an error by Sorensen [Hobson scored, Burleson to second]; Poquette singled to center [Burleson scored]; Lynn flied out to left; Rice singled to left [Poquette to second]; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Red Sox 3. BREWERS 6TH: Money was called out on strikes; Cooper singled to center; Thomas homered [Cooper scored]; Oglivie flied out to center; Lezcano flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 6TH: Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); Fisk flied out to center; Hobson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Red Sox 3. BREWERS 7TH: DRAGO REPLACED RIPLEY (PITCHING); Bando grounded out (third to first); Davis singled to right; Martinez singled to center [Davis to third]; Yount hit a sacrifice fly to right [Davis scored, Martinez to second]; Money flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Red Sox 3. RED SOX 7TH: Brohamer flied out to left; Burleson struck out; Poquette homered; MCCLURE REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); Lynn singled to center; Rice doubled to right [Lynn scored, Rice out at third (second to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Red Sox 5. BREWERS 8TH: Cooper struck out; Thomas struck out; Oglivie doubled to left; Lezcano lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 4, Red Sox 5. RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski struck out; Watson singled to center; CLEVELAND REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Fisk singled to left [Watson to second]; Hobson flied out to left; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Red Sox 5. BREWERS 9TH: Bando made an out to second; Davis singled to right; MOORE BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Moore was called out on strikes; Yount singled to left [Davis to second]; Money forced Davis (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 4, Red Sox 5. |
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