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June 4, 1989

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Blue Jays 11 14 4
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Red Sox 11 13 0

Nick Esasky Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .262
OBP .400 .314
At Bats 4 172
Hits 1 45
• Singles 1 27
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 13
RBI’s 0 28

Duane Ward Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 6 4
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Fenway Park - June 4, 1989
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Strikeout
Duane Ward
Ernie Whitt
Fred McGriff
Nelson Liriano
Kelly Gruber
Tony Fernandez
George Bell
Lloyd Moseby
Junior Felix
Nick Esasky
Randy Kutcher
Count: 2-2, 2 Outs
Count: 2-2, 0 Outs

Esasky strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Quintana hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Quintana for the out. Kutcher moves to third.
Bottom 10 Burks bunts towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. Kutcher moves to second.
Bottom 10 Duane Ward now pitching. Kutcher takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Nick Esasky now playing left field. Sam Horn now playing first base. Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 David Wells now pitching. Marty Barrett pinch hits for Danny Heep. Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Boggs is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Romero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 9 Reed hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Esasky scores.
Bottom 9 Gedman bunts towards the mound. Henke fields it and throws to first for the out. Esasky moves to second.
Bottom 9 Esasky takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Felix hits a popup towards short. Reed settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Liriano hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tom Lawless pinch runs for Rance Mulliniks. There goes Lawless. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Lawless steals second.
Top 9 Dennis Lamp now pitching. Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Whitt hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 9 Moseby takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 McGriff strikes out.
Top 9 Bell hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Heep. Bell reaches second base with a double. Fernandez scores. Gruber moves to third.
Top 9 Lee Smith now pitching. Gruber takes first base on ball four. Fernandez moves to second.
Top 9 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Murphy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Quintana hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Burks hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gruber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Kutcher bunts towards the mound. Henke fields it and throws to first for the out. Boggs moves to third. Heep moves to second.
Bottom 8 Heep takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tom Henke now pitching. Boggs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Felix hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Rob Murphy now pitching. Liriano hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Mulliniks scores.
Top 8 Mulliniks hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Burks. Mulliniks reaches second base with a double. Moseby scores.
Top 8 Whitt hits a fly ball into right field. Kutcher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moseby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. McGriff scores. Moseby moves to second.
Top 8 McGriff hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to third. McGriff moves to second.
Top 8 Bell hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Gruber strikes out.
Bottom 7 Romero hits a popup, foul, towards first. McGriff settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Reed hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gedman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Felix hits a fly ball into rightcenter field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Whitt scores.
Top 7 Liriano hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Moseby scores. Whitt moves to third.
Top 7 Bob Stanley now pitching. Mulliniks takes first base on ball four. Moseby moves to third. Whitt moves to second.
Top 7 Whitt takes first base on ball four. Moseby moves to second.
Top 7 Danny Heep now playing left field. Randy Kutcher now playing right field. Moseby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Quintana strikes out.
Bottom 6 Burks hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Greenwell tags and scores. Evans tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGriff juggles the ball. That's an error on McGriff. Boggs scores. Greenwell moves to third. Evans moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Greenwell takes first base on ball four. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 6 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Romero hits a fly ball into right field. Felix settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McGriff hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell strikes out.
Top 6 Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reed hits a line drive towards first. McGriff reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hernandez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Esasky hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gruber settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Felix hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it and throws to second for the out. Whitt moves to third.
Top 5 Liriano hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Romero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mulliniks takes first base on ball four. Whitt moves to second.
Top 5 Whitt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Quintana hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burks hits a line drive into left field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Boggs scores. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 4 Greenwell hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boggs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Romero hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moseby hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 McGriff hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Romero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Reed hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gedman hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate Whitt fields the ball and throws to first. McGriff drops the ball. That's an out and an error on McGriff. Quintana scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Quintana hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Moseby. Quintana reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Gruber hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Smithson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Felix moves to third.
Top 3 Felix hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Liriano hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Romero reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mulliniks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Burks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Romero tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Greenwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Romero moves to third. Boggs moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boggs takes first base on ball four. Romero moves to second.
Bottom 2 Romero hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Whitt hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moseby strikes out.
Top 2 McGriff hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reed strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gedman hits a fly ball into center field. Moseby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Quintana moves to third.
Bottom 1 Xavier Hernandez now pitching. Esasky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gruber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Quintana moves to second.
Bottom 1 Quintana takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burks hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Romero scores. Greenwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reed scores. Romero moves to third.
Bottom 1 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sanchez fields it and throws to first for the out. Reed moves to third. Romero moves to second.
Bottom 1 Romero takes first base on ball four. Reed moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reed takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Romero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gruber hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fernandez strikes out.
Top 1 Felix strikes out.