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August 3, 1983

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 7 0
Rangers 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 7 0
Rangers 4 9 1

Billy Sample Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .288
OBP .750 .349
At Bats 4 392
Hits 3 113
• Singles 2 79
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 1 42

Luis Aponte Season Stats

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4 3 3
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Arlington Stadium - August 3, 1983
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Home Run
Luis Aponte
Gary Allenson
Dave Stapleton
Jerry Remy
Wade Boggs
Glenn Hoffman
Jim Rice
Tony Armas
Dwight Evans
Billy Sample
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Bucky Dent. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stapleton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Biittner for the out.
Bottom 9 Bob Jones pinch hits for Bob Johnson. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Remy hits a line drive into right field. Parrish settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hoffman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bob Johnson now catching. Allenson hits a fly ball into center field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wayne Tolleson pinch runs for Dave Hostetler. Mickey Rivers pinch hits for Jim Sundberg. There goes Tolleson. The throw from Allenson and he is out, Hoffman applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Hostetler takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Stein hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wright is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Stapleton hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 O'Brien is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Luis Aponte now pitching. Sample hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Armas strikes out.
Top 7 Rice strikes out.
Top 7 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Remy hits a fly ball into center field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dent hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Allenson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sundberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Remy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hostetler hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Stein hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Stein reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Wright hits a popup towards short. Hoffman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Victor Cruz now pitching. Hoffman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Allenson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Yastrzemski trying to get to home. Sample throws the ball in to Sundberg who tags Yastrzemski, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Allenson moves to second.
Top 6 Stapleton hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parrish. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Parrish hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Sample. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. Sample steals third.
Bottom 5 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Sample hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Sample reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Evans strikes out.
Top 5 Armas hits a fly ball into left field. Sample settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hostetler hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wright hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Remy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hoffman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allenson moves to second.
Top 4 Allenson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Parrish hits a popup towards first. Stapleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a popup towards short. Hoffman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Brien bunts in front of the plate. Allenson fields it and throws to third for the out. Sample moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Sample hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg scores. Dent moves to second.
Bottom 3 Dent takes first base on ball four. Sundberg moves to second.
Bottom 3 Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Stapleton hits a popup, foul, towards first. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first, with Darwin covering, for the out. Evans moves to third.
Top 3 Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wright. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hostetler hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stein hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wright hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stapleton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wright for the out.
Top 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boggs hits a fly ball into center field. Wright settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Remy takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hoffman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hoffman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sample moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Sample. The throw from Allenson and he is safe. Sample steals second.
Bottom 1 Sample hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stein scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stapleton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Wright picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wright. Remy scores. Armas scores. Evans goes all the way around to score. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 1 Evans takes first base on ball four. Armas moves to second.
Top 1 Armas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. Remy moves to third.
Top 1 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Remy moves to second.
Top 1 Remy takes first base on ball four.