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July 18, 1987

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Athletics 3 9 1
Red Sox 2 7 0
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Athletics 3 9 1
Red Sox 3 8 0

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .272
OBP .250 .350
At Bats 4 276
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 40

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 7
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Fenway Park - July 18, 1987
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Home Run
Dennis Eckersley
Mickey Tettleton
Mark McGwire
Tony Bernazard
Carney Lansford
Alfredo Griffin
Jose Canseco
Luis Polonia
Steve Henderson
Jim Rice
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tettleton hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground towards short. Romero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Dwight Evans now playing first base. Dave Henderson now playing right field. Ed Romero now playing shortstop. Marc Sullivan now catching. Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Burks strikes out.
Bottom 8 Todd Benzinger pinch hits for Danny Sheaffer. Benzinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dennis Eckersley now pitching. Dave Henderson pinch runs for Bill Buckner. Don Baylor pinch hits for Spike Owen. Baylor hits a line drive into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greenwell tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Greg Cadaret now pitching. Buckner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Greenwell moves to third.
Bottom 8 Greenwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Canseco. Greenwell reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 McGwire hits a popup towards short. Owen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Canseco strikes out.
Top 8 Lansford hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 7 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by Tettleton for a passed ball. Burks moves to second.
Bottom 7 Barrett hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Burks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Griffin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bernazard bunts towards the mound. Hurst fields it and throws to first for the out. Tettleton moves to second.
Top 7 Tettleton takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it and throws to second for the out. Rice moves to third.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenwell is hit by the pitch. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McGwire for the out.
Top 6 Canseco is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Boggs is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Burks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Polonia strikes out.
Top 5 Griffin hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Owen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Griffin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Greenwell hits a line drive into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tettleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson scores.
Top 4 Steinbach hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Steinbach reaches second base with a double. Henderson moves to third.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Boggs takes first base on ball four. Barrett moves to second.
Bottom 3 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford juggles the ball. That's an error on Lansford. Burks moves to third.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Rijo Sheaffer scores. Burks moves to second.
Bottom 3 Burks hits a popup beyond short. Griffin can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Sheaffer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sheaffer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Owen hits a popup towards short. Griffin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Canseco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Polonia hits a line drive towards short. Owen reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Griffin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 2 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bernazard scoops it up and throws to first, with Rijo covering, for the out.
Top 2 Bernazard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Owen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Tettleton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Steinbach scores.
Top 2 Steinbach hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Steinbach reaches second base with a double. There goes Henderson trying to get to home. Rice throws the ball in to Boggs who relays the ball to Sheaffer, who tags Henderson, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 2 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lansford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Barrett hits a popup towards first. McGwire settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burks hits a fly ball into left field. Canseco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hurst fires to first and has McGwire trapped. There's the throw to Owen who tags McGwire for the out.
Top 1 McGwire hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Canseco hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Lansford hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.