The Boston Red Sox decisively defeated the Minnesota Twins, 9 to 5, on August 15, 1979.

Final

Twins

62-56

5

Red Sox

73-44

9

MIN

BOS

1

2

0

2

0

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

4

6

0

7

0

8

3

4

9

0

R

5

9

H

14

15

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

MIN

BOS

Triple by Rob Wilfong; Roy Smalley scored.

1

0

Sacrifice fly by Mike Cubbage; Rob Wilfong scored.

2

0

Bottom 3rd

MIN

BOS

Single by Fred Lynn; Carlton Fisk scored.

2

1

Bottom 5th

MIN

BOS

Single by Fred Lynn; Rick Burleson scored.

2

Home run by Jim Rice; Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn scored.

2

5

Top 8th

MIN

BOS

Single by Glenn Adams; Mike Cubbage and Ken Landreaux scored.

4

5

Single by Hosken Powell; Dave Edwards scored.

5

Bottom 8th

MIN

BOS

Home run by Carl Yastrzemski; Jim Rice scored.

5

7

Double by Rick Burleson; Jack Brohamer and Dwight Evans scored.

5

9

Twins

Red Sox

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	CS	TB
Butch Wynegar C	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	2
Roy Smalley SS	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Rob Wilfong 2B	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	4
Mike Cubbage 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	2
Ken Landreaux CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Glenn Adams LF	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	2
Dave Edwards PR,LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Norwood PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Danny Goodwin DH	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Morales PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hosken Powell RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Ron Jackson 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	37	5	14	5	4	4	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR
Roger Erickson	6.0	10	5	1	2	1
Mike Bacsik (L)	1.0	2	2	2	1	1
Mike Marshall	1.0	3	2	2	0	0
Totals	8.0	15	9	5	3	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	TB
Rick Burleson SS	5	1	3	2	0	1	4
Carlton Fisk C	5	2	1	0	0	1	2
Fred Lynn CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	2
Jim Rice LF	4	2	2	3	1	0	5
Carl Yastrzemski 1B	4	1	2	2	1	0	5
Bob Watson DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
Butch Hobson 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Jack Brohamer 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	2
Dwight Evans RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2
Totals	38	9	15	9	2	3	24

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Mike Torrez	7.1	12	5	5	2	3
Tom Burgmeier	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Drago (W)	1.1	1	0	0	2	1
Totals	9.0	14	5	5	4	4

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More Red Sox Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

9

O'Neill

RBI

17

Rafaela

AVG

.333

Wong

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Bello

K

34

Crawford

ERA

0.55

Slaten

Team Rankings

HR

36

2nd

R

134

10th

SO

242

11th

ERA

2.63

1st

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	17	9	.654
Yankees	18	10	.643
Red Sox	15	13	.536	3.0
Blue Jays	13	15	.464	5.0
Rays	13	15	.464	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Tue 4/30	SFG	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Wed 5/1	SFG	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Thu 5/2	SFG	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Fri 5/3	BOS	@	MIN	8:10 PM

Last Game

Red Sox

15-13

17

Final

0

Cubs

17-10

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0