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August 16, 1977

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Royals 3 7 0
Red Sox 3 5 2
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Royals 3 7 0
Red Sox 4 6 2

Rick Burleson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .297
OBP .000 .352
At Bats 3 462
Hits 0 137
• Singles 0 104
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 36

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 3 4
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Fenway Park - August 16, 1977
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Single
Doug Bird
Darrell Porter
John Mayberry
Frank White
Cookie Rojas
Freddie Patek
Tom Poquette
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Rick Burleson
Denny Doyle
Butch Hobson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Burleson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hobson scores. Doyle moves to third.

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Bottom 7 Doyle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hobson moves to third.
Bottom 7 Evans bunts towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Doug Bird now pitching. Hobson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 McRae strikes out. Fisk drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws McRae out.
Top 7 Poquette strikes out. Fisk drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Poquette out.
Top 7 Bill Campbell now pitching. There's a wild pitch. White moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. White reaches second base with a double. Patek goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aase fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Fisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rice strikes out.
Top 6 Porter 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 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cowens hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson misplays the ball. That's an error on Burleson.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynn for the out.
Bottom 5 Burleson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Poquette strikes out.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice moves to third.
Bottom 4 Fisk is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Patek hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Aase fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Porter hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Patek fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Doyle hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mayberry 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 3 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 That's a pickoff. Otis moves to second.
Top 3 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Poquette scores.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McRae for the out. Poquette moves to third.
Top 3 Poquette hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Poquette reaches second base with a double. White scores.
Top 3 There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 3 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hobson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Scott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Fisk hits a popup towards third. Rojas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Patek strikes out.
Top 2 Rojas hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cowens moves to third.
Top 2 Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens moves to second.
Top 2 Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rice 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 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson strikes out.
Top 1 Otis strikes out.
Top 1 McRae strikes out.
Top 1 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.