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April 20, 1979

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Royals 2 9 0
Red Sox 8 13 0
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Royals 2 9 0
Red Sox 9 14 0

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .342
OBP .750 .438
At Bats 4 38
Hits 3 13
• Singles 3 10
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 1 8

George Throop Season Stats

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Fenway Park - April 20, 1979
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Single
George Throop
Darrell Porter
John Wathan
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Clint Hurdle
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Rick Burleson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burleson scores. Lynn moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 George Throop now pitching. Lynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Burleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Burleson reaches second base with a double. Remy goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Remy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brohamer scores.
Bottom 8 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Brohamer moves to third.
Bottom 8 Eduardo Rodriguez now pitching. Brohamer takes first base on ball four. Brohamer moves to second.
Top 8 Wathan is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brohamer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Porter strikes out.
Bottom 7 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Rice goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Otis hits a line drive towards third. Brohamer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Patek moves to third.
Top 7 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Patek. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. Patek steals second.
Top 7 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Allenson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brohamer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Brohamer reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens scores. Wathan moves to third.
Top 6 Wathan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens moves to second.
Top 6 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Lynn moves to third. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burleson scores. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Remy scores. Burleson moves to third.
Bottom 5 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Remy moves to third.
Bottom 5 Remy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 McRae hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 5 Patek takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Brohamer hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Scott is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Lynn scores. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lynn moves to third.
Bottom 4 John Wathan now playing first base. Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Porter scores. Wathan moves to second.
Top 4 John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock. Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson can't make a play. That's a base hit. Porter moves to second.
Top 4 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Andy Hassler now pitching. Porter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Remy hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Allenson strikes out.
Top 3 Otis strikes out.
Top 3 McRae hits a line drive towards the mound. Eckersley can't make a play. That's a base hit.
Top 3 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brohamer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 White hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Hurdle reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 There goes Cowens. The throw from Allenson and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.
Top 2 LaCock hits a line drive into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out. Burleson scores.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle who is chasing the ball. Burleson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes McRae trying to get to home. Evans throws the ball in to Allenson who tags McRae who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 1 Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. McRae reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.