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September 1, 1979

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Bottom 8	R	H	E
Rangers	5	10	1
Red Sox	4	6	1

Bottom 8	R	H	E
Rangers	5	10	1
Red Sox	4	6	1

Butch Hobson Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.262
OBP	.667	.299
At Bats	3	427
Hits	2	112
• Singles	1	63
• Doubles	0	21
• Triples	0	6
• Home Runs	1	22
Walks	0	25
RBI’s	2	77

Danny Darwin Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	4	0

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Fenway Park - September 1, 1979

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Out

Danny Darwin

Greg Mahlberg

Pat Putnam

Bump Wills

Buddy Bell

Nelson Norman

Al Oliver

Mickey Rivers

Richie Zisk

Butch Hobson

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 8 Watson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Mahlberg is called out on strikes.

Top 8 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Zisk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Rice hits a line drive towards first. Putnam reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Montanez hits a line drive into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers goes all the way around to score.

Top 7 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Burleson strikes out.

Bottom 6 O'Berry is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Papi hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Norman strikes out.

Top 6 Dick Drago now pitching. Mahlberg hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Putnam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Montanez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 5 Hobson strikes out.

Bottom 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills misplays the ball. That's an error on Wills. Rice moves to second.

Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Rice is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 5 Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

Top 5 Oliver takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson throws to second for one, and Burleson throws back to first, with Stanley covering, and Stanley drops the ball. Mahlberg scores. Wills moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 5 Rivers takes first base on ball four. Mahlberg moves to second.

Top 5 Norman hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Mahlberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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

Bottom 4 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Papi tags and scores.

Bottom 4 Danny Darwin now pitching. O'Berry bunts towards the mound. Darwin fields it and throws to first for the out. Papi moves to third.

Bottom 4 Papi hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Papi reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 Hobson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 4 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Montanez hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out. Lynn moves to second.

Bottom 3 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 John Henry Johnson now pitching. Lynn takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 3 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Wills strikes out.

Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 2 Poquette hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Burleson hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 O'Berry takes first base on ball four. Papi moves to second.

Bottom 2 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to second for the out. Watson moves to third.

Bottom 2 Hobson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. Watson moves to second.

Bottom 2 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rice scores. Yastrzemski moves to third.

Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to third.

Bottom 2 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 2 Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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

Top 2 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Stanley covering, for the out.

Bottom 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynn for the out.

Bottom 1 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Burleson hits a line drive towards third. Bell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Montanez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Montanez reaches second base with a double. Oliver scores.

Top 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills tags and scores. Oliver tags and moves to third.

Top 1 Oliver hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Oliver reaches second base with a double. Wills moves to third.

Top 1 Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Rivers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Rangers @ Red Sox
September 1, 1979