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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 4, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, played on September 4, 1979 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 4, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 4, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Torrez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 37,259 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Rich Garcia 1B: Don Denkinger 2B: Nick Bremigan 3B: Steve Palermo |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| Dwight Evans | Right Fielder |
| Tom Poquette | Center Fielder |
| Jim Rice | DH |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Bob Watson | First Baseman |
| Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
| Ted Sizemore | Second Baseman |
| Gary Allenson | Catcher |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Oscar Gamble | Left Fielder |
| Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Jim Spencer | DH |
| Brad Gulden | Catcher |
| Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
September 4, 1979
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Tiant
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Tiant
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Tiant
Poquette hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Torrez
Murcer hits a line drive towards third. Hobson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Torrez
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Torrez
Gamble hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Tiant
Rice strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Tiant
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Tiant
Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Torrez
Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Torrez
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Torrez
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Tiant
Hobson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Tiant
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allenson vs. Tiant
Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles juggles the ball. That's an error on Nettles. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burleson vs. Tiant
Burleson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gulden settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Tiant
There goes Allenson. The throw from Gulden and he is safe. Allenson steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Evans vs. Tiant
Evans takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Poquette vs. Tiant
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiant covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Torrez
Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gulden vs. Torrez
Gulden hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Torrez
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Tiant
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Tiant
Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Tiant
Watson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Torrez
Murcer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Torrez
Randolph hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Torrez
Gamble strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Torrez
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Tiant
Hobson hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Tiant
Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allenson vs. Tiant
Allenson hits a fly ball into right field. Jackson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Torrez
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Torrez
Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Torrez
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Tiant
Burleson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Tiant
Evans hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Tiant
Poquette hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Poquette reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rice vs. Tiant
Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Rice reaches second base with a double. Poquette scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Yastrzemski vs. Tiant
Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gulden vs. Torrez
Gulden hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Torrez
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Torrez
Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Torrez
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hobson. Murcer moves to third. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gamble vs. Torrez
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Tiant
Watson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Tiant
Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sizemore vs. Tiant
Sizemore strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Torrez
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Torrez
Chambliss hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Torrez
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Torrez
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gulden vs. Torrez
Gulden takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dent vs. Torrez
Dent is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Tiant
Carlton Fisk pinch hits for Gary Allenson.
Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Tiant
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Tiant
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Torrez
Mike O'Berry now catching.
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Torrez
Randolph hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Randolph reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gamble vs. Torrez
Gamble takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Torrez
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson throws to second for one, and Sizemore throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Randolph scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Torrez
Chambliss hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Torrez
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Torrez covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Gossage
Lou Piniella now playing left field. Rich Gossage now pitching.
Poquette hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Gossage
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Gossage
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/4/1979 -- Boston at New York (N)
Boston AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Burleson R, ss 4 0 0 0 Murcer B, cf 4 0 2 0
Evans D, rf 3 0 0 0 Randolph W, 2b 4 1 1 0
Poquette T, cf 4 1 1 0 Gamble O, lf 3 0 0 0
Rice J, dh 4 0 1 1 Piniella L, lf 0 0 0 0
Yastrzemski C, lf 4 0 0 0 Jackson R, rf 4 1 1 0
Watson B, 1b 3 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 2 2
Hobson B, 3b 3 1 1 1 Nettles G, 3b 4 0 0 0
Sizemore T, 2b 3 0 0 0 Spencer J, dh 3 0 0 0
Allenson G, c 2 0 0 0 Gulden B, c 2 0 0 0
Fisk C, ph 1 0 0 0 Dent B, ss 3 0 0 0
O'Berry M, c 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 2 3 2 31 3 6 2
Boston 001 001 000 -- 2
New York 000 000 21x -- 3
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez M (L) 8.0 6 3 3 2 2
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Tiant L (W) 8.0 3 2 2 1 5
Gossage R (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Nettles G, Hobson B, Sizemore T
LOB -- Boston 3, New York 6
2B -- Poquette T, Rice J, Randolph W
HR -- Hobson B, Chambliss C
SB -- Allenson G
T -- 2:05
A -- 37259
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