The first Red Sox player to hit for the cycle since Carl Yastrzemski in 1965, Bob Watson whacked a homer, triple, double and single to feature a 10-2 victory over the Orioles. The Red Sox first baseman singled and scored in the second inning, doubled in the fourth, tripled in the eighth and hit a two-run homer in the ninth. Rice batted in four runs for the Red Sox with a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 10, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 15, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Red Sox      0  2  0    0  0  0    3  0  5  -  10 15  0
Orioles      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   1   3   0     0   0   .284      Bumbry cf             3   0   2   1     1   1   .287
Sizemore 2b           5   2   2   0     0   0   .248      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   2   .171
Lynn cf               5   2   2   1     0   0   .338        Smith ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Rice lf               5   1   2   4     0   0   .330      Singleton rf          3   1   0   0     1   1   .299
Yastrzemski dh        4   1   2   1     1   0   .269      Murray 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .290
  Dwyer pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .260      Kelly lf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .301
Watson 1b             5   2   4   2     0   0   .310      DeCinces 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Hobson 3b             5   0   0   0     0   3   .256      May dh                4   0   2   0     0   1   .254
Evans rf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .278      Dauer 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .253
O'Berry c             3   0   0   1     0   0   .235        Lowenstein ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Krenchicki pr,2b    0   1   0   0     0   0   .167
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Skaggs c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .217
                                                            Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .305
                                                            Dempsey c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
                                                          D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41  10  15   9     2   4             Totals               31   2   7   2     3   9

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance: 49,525
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Orioles 5
DP: Red Sox 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Smith, Singleton
Doubles: Yastrzemski (27), Watson (18), Rice (36), Kelly (11), Lowenstein (8), Bumbry (26)
Triples: Watson (4)
Home Runs: Watson (13)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry (34)
Caught Stealing: May (4)
Sacrifice Flies: O'Berry (1)
GIDP: Dauer (15)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(10-8)           5.1   4   1   1   3   5   0  20   4.02
Drago SV(11)            3.2   3   1   1   0   4   0  14   2.82
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   9   0  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez L(15-14)    6.1  10   5   4   2   3   0  31   3.54
T. Martinez             2     4   4   3   0   0   0  10   3.10
Stanhouse               0.2   1   1   1   0   1   1   3   2.98
Totals                  9    15  10   8   2   4   1  44

Wild Pitches: D. Martinez 2 (9)

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman


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

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry struck out; Belanger struck out; Singleton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
0, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski doubled; Watson singled to right
[Yastrzemski scored (error by Singleton), Watson to second]; D.
Martinez threw a wild pitch [Watson to third]; Hobson struck
out; Evans walked; O'Berry hit a sacrifice fly to right [Watson
scored (unearned)]; Burleson forced Evans (shortstop to second);
2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (third to first); Kelly
grounded out (first to pitcher); DeCinces flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Sizemore flied out to left; Lynn made an out to
second; Rice flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: May singled to center; Dauer made an out to second;
Skaggs struck out; May was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Watson doubled to left; Hobson struck out; Evans grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second; Bumbry was
picked off second (catcher to shortstop); Belanger struck out;
Singleton walked; Murray walked [Singleton to second]; Kelly
doubled to right [Singleton scored, Murray to third]; DeCinces
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 5TH: O'Berry grounded out (third to first); Burleson
singled to center; Sizemore forced Burleson (shortstop to
second); Lynn singled to center [Sizemore to third]; Rice forced
Lynn (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: May singled to center; Dauer grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [May out at second]; Skaggs
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Yastrzemski walked; Watson forced Yastrzemski
(shortstop to second); Hobson flied out to center; Al Bumbry
caught the ball over the fence; Evans was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Bumbry singled to second; Belanger forced Bumbry
(second to shortstop); DRAGO REPLACED RENKO (PITCHING);
Singleton made an out to shortstop; Murray flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 7TH: O'Berry flied out to center; Burleson singled to
center; Sizemore singled to center [Burleson to second]; Lynn
singled to left [Burleson scored, Sizemore to second]; D.
Martinez threw a wild pitch [Sizemore to third, Lynn to second];
Rice singled to right [Sizemore scored, Lynn scored]; T.
MARTINEZ REPLACED D. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Rice was out trying to
advance to second (catcher to shortstop); Yastrzemski grounded
out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Kelly was called out on strikes; DeCinces flied out
to center; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Orioles 1.

RED SOX 8TH: Watson tripled to right; Hobson grounded out (third
to first); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); O'Berry
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR DAUER; Lowenstein doubled to
right; KRENCHICKI RAN FOR LOWENSTEIN; CROWLEY BATTED FOR SKAGGS;
Crowley was called out on strikes; Bumbry doubled to right
[Krenchicki scored]; SMITH BATTED FOR BELANGER; Smith grounded
out (second to first); Singleton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Orioles 2.

RED SOX 9TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KRENCHICKI
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); DEMPSEY REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING C
); Burleson lined to third; Sizemore singled to third; Lynn
reached on an error by Smith [Sizemore to second]; Rice doubled
to left [Sizemore scored, Lynn scored (unearned)]; Yastrzemski
singled to right [Rice scored]; DWYER RAN FOR YASTRZEMSKI;
STANHOUSE REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Watson homered [Dwyer
scored]; Hobson struck out; Evans grounded out (shortstop to
first); 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 10, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Murray singled
to right; Kelly flied out to right; DeCinces lined to center;
May flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 10,
Orioles 2.