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August 31, 1959

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Bottom 10 R H E
Senators 3 12 0
Red Sox 3 9 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Senators 3 12 0
Red Sox 4 10 1

Pete Runnels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .319
OBP .500 .425
At Bats 4 473
Hits 2 151
• Singles 2 111
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 86
RBI’s 0 45

Chuck Stobbs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 7 7
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Fenway Park - August 31, 1959
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Home Run
Chuck Stobbs
Steve Korcheck
Roy Sievers
Ron Samford
Reno Bertoia
Billy Consolo
Harmon Killebrew
Lenny Green
Jim Lemon
Pete Runnels

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Washington Senators 3 12 0 8
Boston Red Sox 4 10 1 6
Winning Pitcher Mike Fornieles
Losing Pitcher Chuck Stobbs
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Pete Runnels
Attendance 21,907
Time of Game 3 hours 2 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Runnels hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Geiger hits a popup towards short. Consolo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Korcheck hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Mike Fornieles now pitching. Killebrew hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Bill Monbouquette. Gernert hits a line drive towards third. Bertoia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Killebrew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Chuck Stobbs now pitching. White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Korcheck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Julio Becquer pinch hits for Dick Hyde. Becquer is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Consolo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. Green moves to second.
Top 9 Green takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Samford hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Stephens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Korcheck settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Steve Korcheck now catching. Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lemon scores.
Top 8 Courtney strikes out. There goes Killebrew. The throw from White and Killebrew is out. There goes Lemon. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 8 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Killebrew moves to second.
Top 8 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Geiger strikes out.
Bottom 7 Green takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Monbouquette bunts towards the mound. Hyde fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Killebrew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Billy Consolo now playing shortstop. Ron Samford now playing second base. Lenny Green now playing center field. Dick Hyde now pitching. White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Allison hits a fly ball towards right. Jensen catches it and throws to second to double up Consolo.
Top 7 Consolo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Green moves to third.
Top 7 Pedro Ramos pinch runs for Hal Naragon. Lenny Green pinch hits for Hal Woodeshick. Green hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Monbouquette fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Hal Naragon pinch hits for Zoilo Versalles. Naragon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Malzone hits a line drive into center field. Allison settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Woodeshick fires to first and has Stephens trapped. There's the throw to Consolo who tags Stephens for the out.
Bottom 6 Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bertoia hits a line drive into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Lemon hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Geiger is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hal Woodeshick now pitching. Green hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 5 Allison hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Consolo takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Throneberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Throneberry reaches second base with a double. Versalles scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Faye Throneberry pinch hits for Hal Griggs. There's a wild pitch. Versalles moves to third.
Top 5 Versalles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin misplays the ball. That's an error on Buddin.
Top 5 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Monbouquette strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hal Griggs now pitching. Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo fields it and throws to second for the out. Malzone scores.
Bottom 4 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Malzone moves to third.
Bottom 4 Malzone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Stephens hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Fischer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stephens for the out. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 4 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Geiger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Courtney hits a fly ball towards right. Jensen catches it and throws to first to double up Lemon.
Top 4 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Geiger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Versalles scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Green hits a line drive towards short. Versalles reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Monbouquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 There goes Allison. The throw from White and he is out, Green applying the tag.
Top 3 Killebrew strikes out.
Top 3 Allison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Consolo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geiger. Consolo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a popup towards short. Versalles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Fischer strikes out.
Top 2 Versalles strikes out.
Top 2 Bertoia strikes out.
Top 2 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Stephens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fischer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Geiger moves to third.
Bottom 1 Geiger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Green hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Consolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Green scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Consolo scores.
Top 1 There goes Consolo. The throw from White and he is safe. Consolo steals second.
Top 1 Killebrew hits a line drive into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Allison strikes out.
Top 1 Consolo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.