A four-run rally in the eighth inning lifted the Yankees to an 8-3 triumph over the Red Sox. With the Red Sox ahead, 3-2, Bobby Murcer led off with a walk and moved to second on a single by Lou Piniella. After a double by Reggie Jackson scored Murcer, Chris Chambliss was hit by a pitch.

Graig Nettles hit a grounder to Carl Yastrzemski and when the first baseman threw wildly to the plate in a futile effort to get Piniella, Jackson also scored from second. The final run of the inning counted on a grounder by Jerry Narron. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 8, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 11, 1979 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  4  2  -   8 10  0
Red Sox      0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  7  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   1   1   0     0   1   .270      Remy 2b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .298
Murcer cf             3   1   1   0     2   0   .256        Sizemore 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Piniella lf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .303      Burleson ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .284
Jackson rf            4   2   2   3     1   1   .292      Lynn cf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .341
Chambliss 1b          3   1   0   0     1   1   .276      Rice lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .324
Nettles 3b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .249      Yastrzemski 1b        3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
Scott dh              3   1   2   0     0   0   .251      Fisk dh               4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
  Gamble ph,dh        2   0   0   0     0   1   .344      Hobson 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .257
Dent ss               2   0   0   0     1   0   .235      Evans rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .280
  Spencer ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .291      Allenson c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .203
  Stanley ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .208        Dwyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Gulden c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .147        O'Berry c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  White ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .208        Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
  Narron c            1   0   0   1     0   0   .157      Tudor p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Tiant p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   8  10   6     6   5             Totals               34   3   7   3     2   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 35,689
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Red Sox 6
DP: Yankees 0, Red Sox 1
Errors: Lynn, Yastrzemski
Doubles: Nettles (11), Scott (19), Jackson (20), Lynn (38), Hobson (22)
Home Runs: Jackson (24), Lynn (37)
Stolen Bases: Randolph (31), Murcer (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Piniella (7)
GIDP: Gulden (2)
Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (5,by Burgmeier)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant                   5.1   5   2   2   1   4   1  22   3.99
Davis W(11-2)           1.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   8   3.17
Gossage SV(15)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.42
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   5   1  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tudor                   7     6   3   2   4   4   0  29   6.10
Burgmeier L(3-2)        0     2   3   1   0   0   0   4   2.58
Drago                   1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.84
Campbell                1     2   2   2   1   1   1   6   4.01
Totals                  9    10   8   5   6   5   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Burgmeier (3)

Umpires: HP - Rocky Roe, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Russ Goetz


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Murcer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Piniella grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox
0.

RED SOX 1ST: Remy singled to center; Burleson flied out to
right; Lynn flied out to left; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson flied out to left; Chambliss struck out;
Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Fisk made an out to shortstop;
Hobson popped to right; Evans singled to center [Yastrzemski to
third]; Allenson made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Scott singled to right; Dent popped to first in
foul territory; Gulden grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Scott out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: On a bunt Remy grounded out (pitcher to first);
Burleson grounded out (pitcher to first); Lynn doubled to
center; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Red
Sox 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph singled to center [Randolph to second
(error by Lynn)]; Randolph stole third; Murcer walked; Piniella
lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Randolph scored
(unearned)]; Murcer stole second [Murcer out at third (shortstop
to third)]; Jackson was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski made an out to second; Fisk struck out;
Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 1, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss flied out to left; Nettles doubled to
right; Scott flied out to left; Dent was walked intentionally;
Gulden flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red
Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Evans popped to right; Allenson struck out; Remy
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph struck out; Murcer lined to third;
Piniella singled to center; Jackson walked [Piniella to second];
Chambliss made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Burleson singled to right; Lynn homered [Burleson
scored]; Rice flied out to right; Luis Tiant left the game
with a pulled groin; DAVIS REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING);
Yastrzemski flied out to right; Fisk singled to center; Hobson
doubled to right [Fisk scored]; Evans was walked intentionally;
DWYER BATTED FOR ALLENSON; Dwyer grounded out (second to first);
3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 7TH: O'BERRY REPLACED DWYER (PLAYING C ); SIZEMORE
REPLACED REMY (PLAYING 2B); Nettles made an out to shortstop;
Scott doubled to center; Dent flied out to right; WHITE BATTED
FOR GULDEN; White singled to center [Scott scored]; Randolph
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 7TH: NARRON REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING C ); Sizemore flied
out to left; Burleson was called out on strikes; Lynn grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Red
Sox 3.

YANKEES 8TH: Murcer walked; BURGMEIER REPLACED TUDOR (PITCHING);
Piniella singled to left [Murcer to second]; Jackson doubled to
right [Murcer scored, Piniella to third]; Chambliss was hit by a
pitch; Nettles reached on a fielder's choice [Piniella scored
(error by Yastrzemski) (unearned) (no RBI), Jackson scored (no
RBI), Chambliss to third, Nettles to second]; DRAGO REPLACED
BURGMEIER (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED FOR SCOTT; Gamble flied out
to right; SPENCER BATTED FOR DENT; Spencer was walked
intentionally; Narron forced Spencer (first to shortstop)
[Chambliss scored (unearned), Nettles to third]; Randolph forced
Narron (second to shortstop); 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 6, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 8TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STANLEY
REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING SS); GOSSAGE REPLACED DAVIS
(PITCHING); Rice flied out to center; Yastrzemski popped to
catcher in foul territory; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Red Sox 3.

YANKEES 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED DRAGO (PITCHING); Murcer singled
to center; Piniella forced Murcer (shortstop to second); Jackson
homered [Piniella scored]; Chambliss walked; Nettles flied out
to center; Gamble struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 8,
Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Hobson flied out to center; Evans grounded out
(shortstop to first); POQUETTE BATTED FOR O'BERRY; Poquette
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 8, Red Sox 3.