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Jorge Orta Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .260
OBP .333 .349
At Bats 3 292
Hits 1 76
• Singles 0 47
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 10
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 1 43

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 5 0
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Fenway Park - August 19, 1979
Dennis Eckersley
Gary Allenson
Carl Yastrzemski
Ted Sizemore
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Jorge Orta
Mike Squires
Ralph Garr
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Squires moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Squires hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garr moves to third.
Top 8 Garr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Chappas hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lynn strikes out.
Bottom 7 Sizemore takes first base on ball four. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 7 Burleson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Allenson hits a popup towards short. Chappas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Evans takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Morrison strikes out.
Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lemon scores.
Top 7 Torres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lemon moves to third.
Top 7 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson strikes out.
Top 6 Orta hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Squires hits a line drive towards first. Yastrzemski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Squires scoops it up and throws to first, with Wortham covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Sizemore strikes out.
Top 5 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Chappas bunts towards the mound. Eckersley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Morrison moves to second.
Top 5 Morrison hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 May hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torres hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Johnson is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Orta hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a line drive towards first. Squires reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Watson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Squires hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Garr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Chappas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morrison hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chappas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Allenson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to second for the out. Hobson scores.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hobson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Hobson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. May reaches second base with a double. There goes Torres trying to get to home. Rice throws the ball in to Allenson, who tags Torres for the out.
Top 2 Torres takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Torres settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lynn moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lynn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Sizemore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morrison fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wortham fires to first and picks off Burleson.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Orta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Squires hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garr hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.