Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-08-05

August 5, 1979: Almost 50,000 Milwaukee Brewer fans crowd County Stadium on a Sunday afternoon to watch the Red Sox drub the home team 7-2 in the first game of the doubleheader and 19-5 in the nightcap; Fred Lynn homered in both games as the Red Sox patched together four relief pitchers in game two with the victory going to Win Remmerswaal.

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