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August 26, 1976

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Red Sox 6 7 2
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Hal McRae Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .355
OBP .500 .434
At Bats 4 394
Hits 2 140
• Singles 1 101
• Doubles 1 29
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 55
RBI’s 1 58

Tom Murphy Season Stats

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3 6 5
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Fenway Park - August 26, 1976
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Home Run
Tom Murphy
Carlton Fisk
Cecil Cooper
Denny Doyle
Rico Petrocelli
Rick Burleson
Carl Yastrzemski
Fred Lynn
Rick Miller
Hal McRae
Amos Otis
Cookie Rojas
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McRae hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rojas moves to second.
Top 9 Brett strikes out.
Top 9 Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Tom Murphy now pitching. Jones strikes out.
Bottom 8 Miller strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a line drive into left field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cooper hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens moves to second.
Top 8 Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Otis moves to second.
Top 8 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle misplays the ball. That's an error on Doyle.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ruppert Jones now playing left field. Cookie Rojas now playing second base. Steve Mingori now pitching. Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mingori fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Top 7 Ruppert Jones pinch hits for Frank White. Jones strikes out.
Bottom 6 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Petrocelli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White misplays the ball. That's an error on White. Miller scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Jamie Quirk now playing shortstop. Miller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Miller reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Jamie Quirk pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Quirk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Stinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Miller. McRae reaches second base with a double. Otis goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Gura covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Fisk strikes out.
Top 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Cleveland covering, for the out.
Top 5 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Patek scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 White strikes out.
Top 5 Patek hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Lynn fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Lynn. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Doyle strikes out.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stinson hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. McRae moves to second.
Top 4 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Petrocelli strikes out.
Bottom 3 Miller hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cooper for the out.
Top 3 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Poquette moves to third.
Top 3 Poquette is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fisk hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. Doyle moves to third. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lynn bunts towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. Doyle moves to second.
Bottom 2 Doyle takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Larry Gura now pitching. Gura fires to first and picks off Petrocelli.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Petrocelli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miller scores.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Miller reaches second base with a double. Cooper scores. Rice scores.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Rice reaches second base with a double. Fisk scores. Cooper moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to second.
Bottom 2 Fisk bunts towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett.
Top 2 Stinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Cleveland covering, for the out.
Top 2 Cowens strikes out.
Top 2 Mayberry hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Mayberry reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Miller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Doyle hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Otis strikes out.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Petrocelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Cleveland covering, for the out.