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July 21, 1980

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Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 14 1
Red Sox 3 7 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Rangers 5 14 1
Red Sox 3 7 2

Butch Hobson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .236
OBP .333 .290
At Bats 2 284
Hits 0 67
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 1 22
RBI’s 0 36

Danny Darwin Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 1 1
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Fenway Park - July 21, 1980
Danny Darwin
Jim Sundberg
Pat Putnam
Bump Wills
Buddy Bell
Pepe Frias
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Johnny Grubb
Butch Hobson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 5 14 1 8
Boston Red Sox 3 7 2 5
Winning Pitcher Jon Matlack
Losing Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Sundberg
Attendance 24,953
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hobson is called out on strikes.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Evans hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 9 Perez 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 9 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 There goes Wills. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Wills steals third.
Top 9 Wills hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Wills reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Gary Allenson now playing third base. Bill Campbell now pitching. Rivers 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 8 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Burleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Burleson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Danny Darwin now pitching. Jim Dwyer pinch hits for Larry Wolfe. Dwyer strikes out.
Top 8 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sundberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 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.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Perez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Putnam hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skip Lockwood now pitching. Staub takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bell hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Lynn chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Fisk fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Fisk. Rivers scores. Oliver goes all the way around to score. Bell moves to third.
Top 7 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields it and throws to second for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 7 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez fields it and throws to home to get Frias. Rivers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Frias moves to third.
Top 7 Frias hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops it up and throws to first, with Matlack covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Putnam moves to second.
Top 6 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Staub hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hobson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wills moves to third.
Top 5 There goes Wills. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Wills steals second.
Top 5 Wills bunts towards the mound. Stanley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Rivers 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 4 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lynn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Sundberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grubb for the out.
Bottom 3 Stapleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wolfe strikes out.
Top 3 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stapleton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Oliver. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.
Top 3 Bob Stanley now pitching. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Top 3 Eckersley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Eckersley. Wills moves to second.
Top 3 Wills hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hobson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Top 2 Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out. Grubb moves to third. Sundberg moves to second.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Staub scores. Putnam scores. Grubb moves to second.
Top 2 Grubb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Staub moves to third. Putnam moves to second.
Top 2 Putnam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Staub moves to second.
Top 2 Staub hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wolfe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias fields it and throws to home to get Burleson. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a line drive towards short. Frias reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Stapleton hits a line drive into right field. Grubb picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Grubb. Burleson moves to third. Stapleton moves to second.
Bottom 1 Burleson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wills for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Eckersley covering, for the out.