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July 8, 1976

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Twins 4 7 2
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Rick Burleson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .230
OBP 1.000 .313
At Bats 2 230
Hits 2 53
• Singles 2 42
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 27
RBI’s 0 20

Steve Luebber Season Stats

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Fenway Park - July 8, 1976
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Fielder's Choice
Steve Luebber
Butch Wynegar
Rod Carew
Bob Randall
Mike Cubbage
Roy Smalley
Larry Hisle
Lyman Bostock
Steve Brye
Rick Burleson
Dwight Evans
Jim Rice
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to home to get Rice. Evans moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

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Bottom 7 Hobson bunts towards the mound. Luebber fields it and throws to first for the out. Rice moves to third. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 7 Steve Luebber now pitching. Evans takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brye. Rice reaches second base with a double. Fisk scores.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bostock who is chasing the ball. Fisk reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Brye hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Randall hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Doug Griffin now playing second base. Cubbage hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards first. Carew reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall misplays the ball. That's an error on Randall. Burleson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bobby Darwin pinch hits for Denny Doyle. Darwin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cooper bunts towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out. Burleson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lyman Bostock now playing center field. Steve Brye now playing right field. Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Burleson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reggie Cleveland now pitching. Lyman Bostock pinch hits for Dan Ford. Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hobson hits a popup into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fisk moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jim Hughes now pitching. Rice strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fisk hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Hisle. Fisk reaches second base with a double. Lynn scores. Yastrzemski goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Lynn. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Lynn steals second.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hisle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Carew hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Randall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Burleson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cubbage for the out.
Top 4 Smalley strikes out.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kusick tags and scores.
Top 4 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kusick moves to third.
Top 4 Kusick hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Kusick reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a line drive towards third. Cubbage catches it and throws to first to double up Fisk.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a line drive into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hisle hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carew hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brye hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Randall tags and scores.
Top 3 Randall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans who is chasing the ball. Randall reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Doyle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 There goes Burleson. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Randall applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cubbage settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Jones covering. It's a double play.
Top 2 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hobson. Wynegar moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Wynegar takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ford hits a popup towards first. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Evans takes first base on ball four. Lynn scores. Yastrzemski moves to third. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rice is hit by the pitch. Lynn moves to third. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doyle scores. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cooper hits a fly ball into left field. Hisle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kusick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Carew trying to get to home. Burleson throws to Fisk who tags Carew for the out.
Top 1 Hisle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Carew hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Carew reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Brye hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.