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August 22, 1989

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 12 1
Yankees 3 13 0
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Red Sox 4 12 1
Yankees 3 14 0

Steve Sax Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .319
OBP .500 .374
At Bats 4 505
Hits 2 161
• Singles 1 134
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 47
RBI’s 0 51

Lee Smith Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 1 15
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Yankee Stadium - August 22, 1989
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Single
Lee Smith
Rick Cerone
Nick Esasky
Marty Barrett
Randy Kutcher
Luis Rivera
Mike Greenwell
Ellis Burks
Kevin Romine
Steve Sax
Count: 1-1, 1 Out
Count: 1-1, 1 Out

Sax hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lee Smith now pitching. Kelly strikes out.
Top 9 Esasky strikes out.
Top 9 Greenwell hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Steve Kiefer now playing third base. Burks hits a fly ball into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Don Slaught pinch hits for Wayne Tolleson. Slaught strikes out.
Bottom 8 Espinoza hits a fly ball into right field. Romine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Geren hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Barrett hits a line drive into right field. Barfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kutcher hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Cerone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 John Candelaria now pitching. Rivera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sax settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Barfield strikes out.
Bottom 7 Steve Balboni pinch hits for Mel Hall. Balboni strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rob Murphy now pitching. Mattingly hits a line drive into right field. Romine picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Romine. Kelly scores. Sax moves to third.
Bottom 7 Polonia strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sax hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Kelly moves to second.
Bottom 7 Randy Kutcher now playing third base. Kelly takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Romine hits a line drive into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Evans strikes out.
Top 7 Lance McCullers now pitching. Esasky hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Burks scores. Greenwell moves to second.
Top 7 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Burks moves to second.
Top 7 Burks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tolleson hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Espinoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Geren strikes out.
Bottom 6 Barfield strikes out.
Top 6 Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Kelly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cerone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Top 6 Rivera hits a line drive towards short. Espinoza reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Romine strikes out.
Top 6 Evans hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hall for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe Price now pitching. Mattingly hits a popup, foul, towards first. Esasky settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kelly scores.
Bottom 5 Sax bunts towards the mound. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kelly hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Kelly reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Esasky strikes out.
Top 5 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Barrett moves to third.
Top 5 Burks hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Boggs scores. Barrett moves to second.
Top 5 Barrett takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second.
Top 5 Boggs is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Cerone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Tolleson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Espinoza hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hall tags and scores. Barfield tags and moves to third.
Bottom 4 Geren bunts towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. Hall moves to third. Barfield moves to second.
Bottom 4 Barfield hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Romine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans moves to second.
Top 4 Evans hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Esasky hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mattingly hits a fly ball towards left. Greenwell catches it and throws to home to double up Sax.
Bottom 3 Polonia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sax moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sax hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Sax reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Kelly hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Greenwell strikes out.
Top 3 Burks strikes out.
Top 3 Barrett hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boggs hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tolleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Espinoza hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Geren trying to get to third. Romine throws the ball in to Boggs, who tags Geren for the out.
Bottom 2 Geren hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cerone hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rivera hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Romine moves to second.
Top 2 Romine takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Evans strikes out.
Top 2 Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Cadaret fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Barfield strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hall hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mattingly moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mattingly hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sax strikes out.
Top 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Espinoza fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Barrett takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.