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June 3, 1980

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Bottom 6	R	H	E
Red Sox	2	2	0
Twins	6	9	2

Bottom 6	R	H	E
Red Sox	2	2	0
Twins	9	10	2

Rick Sofield Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.268
OBP	.667	.282
At Bats	3	123
Hits	2	33
• Singles	1	22
• Doubles	1	5
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	4
Walks	0	4
RBI’s	1	17

Keith MacWhorter Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	1	0

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Metropolitan Stadium - June 3, 1980

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Home Run

Keith MacWhorter

Carlton Fisk

Tony Perez

Dave Stapleton

Glenn Hoffman

Rick Burleson

Jim Rice

Fred Lynn

Dwight Evans

Rick Sofield

Butch Wynegar

John Castino

Count: - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 6 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Wilfong scores. Castino moves to second.

Bottom 6 Castino bunts towards the mound. MacWhorter fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Adams scores. Wilfong moves to second.

Bottom 6 Wilfong is walked intentionally.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Adams moves to third.

Bottom 6 Powell is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Cubbage bunts in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to first for the out. Adams moves to second.

Bottom 6 Adams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Perez hits a line drive towards short. Castino reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Keith MacWhorter now pitching. Goodwin is called out on strikes.

Bottom 5 Landreaux hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sofield scores.

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

Bottom 5 Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilfong moves to third.

Bottom 5 Castino bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Stapleton covering, for the out. Wilfong moves to second.

Bottom 5 Wilfong takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cubbage fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Burleson hits a line drive towards third. Cubbage reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Hoffman hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out.

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

Bottom 4 Adams takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out.

Top 4 Evans strikes out. There goes Rice. The throw from Wynegar to Castino, and Rice is out.

Top 4 Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Castino misplays the ball. That's an error on Castino.

Bottom 3 There goes Landreaux. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.

Bottom 3 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton fields it and throws to second for the out. Castino scores. Wynegar moves to third.

Bottom 3 Sofield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Castino moves to third. Wynegar moves to second.

Bottom 3 Wynegar takes first base on ball four. Castino moves to second.

Bottom 3 Castino bunts in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 3 Wilfong bunts towards the mound. Billingham fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Fisk hits a line drive into left field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Perez takes first base on ball four.

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

Top 3 Stapleton hits a line drive into left field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Koosman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Cubbage hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adams for the out.

Top 2 Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Castino scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Evans hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Evans reaches second base with a double. Perez scores. Fisk goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.

Top 2 Hobson strikes out.

Top 2 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Sofield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Perez moves to third.

Top 2 Fisk is hit by the pitch. Perez moves to second.

Top 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Castino misplays the ball. That's an error on Castino.

Bottom 1 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Sofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Wynegar hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wynegar fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Stapleton hits a line drive towards third. Cubbage reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 There goes Burleson. The throw from Wynegar and he is out, Wilfong applying the tag.

Top 1 Burleson takes first base on ball four.

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

Red Sox @ Twins
June 3, 1980