Although hitting four homers, the Tigers lost to the Red Sox, 8-5. Al Greene, Ron LeFlore, Champ Summers and Jason Thompson rapped round-trippers for the Tigers. The Red Sox broke a 4-4 tie with a sacrifice fly by Carl Yastrzemski in the eighth inning and added their winning margin in the ninth when Tom Poquette doubled, Dwight Evans singled and Carlton Fisk hit a homer. [The Sporting News]
Boston Red Sox 8, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Saturday, September 29, 1979 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Red Sox      1  0  0    1  1  1    0  1  3  -   8 12  1
Tigers       1  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  7  2


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           5   1   3   1     0   1   .278      LeFlore cf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .298
Poquette rf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .307      Whitaker 2b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .286
Lynn cf               1   0   0   1     1   1   .333      Gibson lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .265
  Evans pr,cf         2   1   1   1     0   0   .276      Summers rf            4   1   1   1     0   2   .288
Rice lf               5   1   1   0     0   2   .325      Thompson 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .246
Fisk dh               3   3   1   2     1   1   .275      Parrish c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Hobson 3b             5   0   3   1     0   0   .261      Greene dh             4   1   1   1     0   0   .145
Dwyer 1b              2   0   1   0     2   0   .275      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .254
Sizemore 2b           2   1   0   0     1   0   .251      Trammell ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .276
  Yastrzemski ph      0   0   0   1     0   0   .270      Petry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Papi 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .184        Tobik p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Allenson c            4   0   0   0     0   2   .198        Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Renko p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   8  12   7     5   8             Totals               33   5   7   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 19,907
Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Tigers 3
DP: Red Sox 1, Tigers 1
Errors: Renko, LeFlore, Whitaker
Doubles: Burleson 2 (32), Poquette (8), Gibson (3), Parrish (26)
Home Runs: Fisk (10), Greene (3), LeFlore (8), Summers (19), Thompson (20)
Stolen Bases: Burleson (9)
Caught Stealing: Hobson (2), Evans (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Lynn (5), Yastrzemski (8)
GIDP: Sizemore (6), Whitaker (10)
Hit by Pitch: Fisk (6,by Lopez)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Renko W(11-9)           7.1   6   4   3   2   3   3  29   4.11
Drago SV(13)            1.2   1   1   1   0   2   1   6   2.93
Totals                  9     7   5   4   2   5   4  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Petry                   5.2   7   4   3   3   6   0  24   3.95
Tobik                   1.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   4.33
Lopez L(10-5)           2     4   4   4   1   2   1  12   2.41
Totals                  9    12   8   7   5   8   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Lopez (3)
Balks: Petry (1)

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


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson doubled to right; Poquette singled to
center [Burleson to third]; Lynn hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Burleson scored]; Rice struck out; Fisk grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Whitaker
walked; Whitaker was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Renko [Whitaker to third]; Gibson grounded out (second to
first) [Whitaker scored (unearned)]; Summers struck out; 1 R (0
ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Hobson flied out to right; Dwyer singled to right;
Sizemore grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Dwyer
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); Parrish
flied out to center; Greene homered; Rodriguez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Allenson struck out; Burleson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell flied out to center; LeFlore homered;
Whitaker made an out to shortstop; Gibson doubled to right;
Summers grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 1, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 4TH: Lynn was called out on strikes; Rice singled to
center; Fisk struck out; Petry balked [Rice to second]; Hobson
singled to left [Rice scored]; Hobson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers
3.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Parrish
doubled; Greene made an out to second; Rodriguez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Dwyer grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
walked; Allenson flied out to center; Burleson doubled to right
[Sizemore scored]; Poquette struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Trammell made an out to third; LeFlore walked;
Whitaker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [LeFlore out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
3, Tigers 3.

RED SOX 6TH: Lynn walked; EVANS RAN FOR LYNN; Rice struck out;
Fisk walked [Evans to second]; Evans was caught stealing third
(pitcher to third); Hobson singled to center [Fisk scored (error
by LeFlore) (error by Whitaker) (unearned) (no RBI), Hobson to
second]; TOBIK REPLACED PETRY (PITCHING); Dwyer was walked
intentionally; Sizemore forced Dwyer (second to shortstop); 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Gibson made an
out to shortstop; Summers homered; Thompson was called out on
strikes; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 7TH: Allenson flied out to left; Burleson singled to
left; Burleson stole second; Poquette flied out to left; Evans
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Greene grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Trammell singled to left;
LeFlore flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 4,
Tigers 4.

RED SOX 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED TOBIK (PITCHING); Rice grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fisk was hit by a pitch; Hobson singled to
left [Fisk to second]; Dwyer walked [Fisk to third, Hobson to
second]; YASTRZEMSKI BATTED FOR SIZEMORE; Yastrzemski hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Fisk scored]; Allenson struck out; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: PAPI REPLACED YASTRZEMSKI (PLAYING 2B); Whitaker
grounded out (shortstop to first); DRAGO REPLACED RENKO
(PITCHING); Gibson grounded out (second to first); Summers
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Tigers 4.

RED SOX 9TH: Burleson struck out; Poquette doubled to left;
Evans singled to center [Poquette scored]; Rice flied out to
center; Fisk homered [Evans scored]; Hobson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 9TH: Thompson homered; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to
first); Greene grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 8, Tigers 5.
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