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August 21, 1977

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Top 7	R	H	E
Red Sox	3	8	1
Royals	3	8	1

Top 7	R	H	E
Red Sox	3	8	1
Royals	3	8	1

Carl Yastrzemski Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.299
OBP	.000	.388
At Bats	3	395
Hits	0	118
• Singles	0	78
• Doubles	0	18
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	21
Walks	0	61
RBI’s	0	73

Larry Gura Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
6	5	8

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Royals Stadium - August 21, 1977

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Larry Gura

Darrell Porter

John Mayberry

Frank White

George Brett

Freddie Patek

Tom Poquette

Amos Otis

Al Cowens

Carl Yastrzemski

Fred Lynn

Rick Burleson

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Larry Gura now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Marty Pattin now pitching. Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burleson moves to second.

Top 7 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Evans hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Scott hits a line drive into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Cowens hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple. Poquette scores.

Bottom 5 McRae is called out on strikes.

Bottom 5 Poquette hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Poquette reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 5 White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burleson scores.

Top 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out. Dillard scores. Burleson moves to third.

Top 5 Burleson hits a line drive into right field. Cowens picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cowens. Dillard moves to third. Burleson moves to second.

Top 5 Dillard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Dillard reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Evans hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Dillard applying the tag.

Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Porter strikes out.

Top 4 Hobson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Scott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. Poquette tags and moves to third. Brett tags and moves to second.

Bottom 3 Brett is walked intentionally.

Bottom 3 McRae hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Poquette hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Poquette reaches second base with a double. White moves to third.

Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Rice reaches second base with a double.

Top 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Burleson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Patek hits a line drive towards short. Burleson catches it and throws to third to double up Porter.

Bottom 2 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Otis reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores. Porter moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 2 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.

Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard misplays the ball. That's an error on Dillard.

Bottom 2 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Hobson hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to second.

Top 2 Fisk takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 There goes McRae. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Dillard applying the tag.

Bottom 1 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Poquette hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Rice strikes out.

Top 1 The ball gets by Porter for a passed ball. Lynn moves to second.

Top 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burleson for the out.

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Larry Gura now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out.

Red Sox @ Royals
August 21, 1977