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Friday August 10, 1979
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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 4

Game Played on Friday, August 10, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Brewers      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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