Led by Tom Poquette, who drove in three runs and scored two, the Red Sox defeated the Tigers, 7-4. In the third inning, when the Red Sox racked up three runs, Poquette plated one with a double and scored himself on a wild throw by Tiger shortstop Alan Trammell.

The Red Sox counted three more times in the fourth. Poquette drove in a pair with a bases-loaded single and the third run scored on a wild pitch by Bruce Robbins in relief of loser Milt Wilcox. Poquette got his third hit in the seventh and scored when Tiger third baseman Tom Brookens fumbled a grounder by Butch Hobson and threw wildly for two errors on one play. [The Sporting News]

Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 4

Game Played on Friday, September 28, 1979 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Red Sox      0  0  3    3  0  0    1  0  0  -   7 12  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   4 10  3


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           3   2   1   0     2   0   .275      LeFlore cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .297
Poquette lf           4   2   3   3     1   0   .304      Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   1     0   2   .288
Lynn cf               3   0   0   0     2   1   .334      Gibson lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Yastrzemski dh        2   0   0   1     0   0   .270      Summers rf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .289
  Rice ph,dh          3   0   0   0     0   1   .326        Jones ph,rf         2   0   1   0     0   0   .296
Hobson 3b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .258      Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Dwyer 1b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .271        Wockenfuss ph,1b    1   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Evans rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Parrish c             4   1   2   1     0   0   .276
Sizemore 2b           4   1   3   0     0   0   .252      Trammell ss           3   1   0   0     1   0   .275
Allenson c            4   2   2   0     0   0   .202      Brookens 3b           4   1   2   1     0   1   .253
Torrez p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Peters dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robbins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Billingham p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  12   4     6   4             Totals               35   4  10   4     1   6

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 17,846
Left on Base: Red Sox 9, Tigers 5
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Trammell, Brookens 2
Doubles: Poquette 2 (7), Allenson (10), Burleson (30), Sizemore (6), Summers (12), Gibson (2)
Triples: LeFlore (10)
Home Runs: Parrish (19)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (14)
GIDP: Dwyer (7), Allenson (7), Parrish (15)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Torrez W(16-13)         5     4   1   1   1   2   0  19   4.49
Burgmeier SV(4)         4     6   3   3   0   4   1  17   2.74
Totals                  9    10   4   4   1   6   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox L(12-10)         3.1   5   6   5   4   2   0  19   4.35
Robbins                 3.1   4   1   0   2   2   0  14   3.91
Billingham              2.1   3   0   0   0   0   0  10   3.30
Totals                  9    12   7   5   6   4   0  43

Wild Pitches: Robbins 2 (4)
Balks: Torrez (2)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Joe Brinkman


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to left; Poquette doubled to
right; Lynn walked; Yastrzemski popped to first in foul
territory; Hobson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker was
called out on strikes; Gibson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 2ND: On a bunt Dwyer grounded out (pitcher to first);
Evans struck out; Sizemore made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Summers grounded out (first to pitcher); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Parrish singled to left;
Trammell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Tigers 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Allenson doubled to left; Burleson walked; Poquette
doubled to left [Allenson scored, Burleson to third]; Lynn
walked; Yastrzemski forced Lynn (first to shortstop) [Burleson
scored (RBI), Poquette scored (error by Trammell) (unearned) (no
RBI), Yastrzemski to second]; Hobson reached on a fielder's
choice [Yastrzemski out at third (third unassisted)]; Dwyer
grounded out (catcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brookens flied out to left; Peters grounded out
(pitcher to first); LeFlore was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 3, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Evans grounded out (third to first); Sizemore
singled to center; Allenson singled to left [Sizemore to
second]; Burleson walked [Sizemore to third, Allenson to
second]; ROBBINS REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Poquette singled to
right [Sizemore scored, Allenson scored, Burleson to third,
Poquette out at second (right to shortstop to first)]; Robbins
threw a wild pitch [Burleson scored]; Lynn struck out; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted); Gibson
lined to center; Summers doubled to right; Thompson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

RED SOX 5TH: RICE BATTED FOR YASTRZEMSKI; Rice grounded out
(third to first); Hobson singled to center; Dwyer grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Hobson out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish flied out to center; Trammell walked; Torrez
balked [Trammell to second]; Brookens singled to center
[Trammell scored]; Peters singled to left [Brookens to second];
LeFlore forced Peters (pitcher to shortstop) [Brookens to
third]; LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Evans flied out to right; Sizemore singled to left;
Allenson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Sizemore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
6, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: BURGMEIER REPLACED TORREZ (PITCHING); Whitaker
struck out; Gibson doubled to left; JONES BATTED FOR SUMMERS;
Jones flied out to left; Thompson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 7TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Burleson doubled
to left; Poquette walked while Burleson advanced to third on a
wild pitch; Lynn reached on a fielder's choice [Burleson out at
home (first to catcher), Poquette to second]; Rice struck out;
Hobson reached on an error by Brookens [Poquette scored (error
by Brookens) (unearned) (no RBI), Lynn to third, Hobson to
second]; Dwyer walked; BILLINGHAM REPLACED ROBBINS (PITCHING);
Evans flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox
7, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Parrish homered; On a bunt Trammell grounded out
(third to first); Brookens singled to center; Peters struck out;
LeFlore tripled to right [Brookens scored]; Whitaker singled to
left [LeFlore scored]; Gibson grounded out (second to first); 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 8TH: Sizemore doubled to left; Allenson grounded out
(third to first) [Sizemore to third]; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Jones singled to center; WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR
THOMPSON; Wockenfuss struck out; Parrish grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Jones out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 9TH: WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Lynn
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rice made an out to
shortstop; Hobson singled to left; Dwyer singled to right
[Hobson to second]; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Red Sox 7, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Trammell flied out to right; Brookens struck out;
Peters flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 7,
Tigers 4.

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