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September 20, 1978

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Tigers 9 12 0
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Red Sox 0 4 1
Tigers 12 13 0

Rusty Staub Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .279
OBP .750 .353
At Bats 2 599
Hits 1 167
• Singles 1 116
• Doubles 0 28
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 22
Walks 2 72
RBI’s 1 112

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 4
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Tiger Stadium - September 20, 1978
Tom Burgmeier
Carlton Fisk
George Scott
Jerry Remy
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Carl Yastrzemski
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Rusty Staub
Lou Whitaker
Ron LeFlore
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Staub hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Whitaker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 LeFlore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. LeFlore reaches second base with a double. May scores. Trammell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out. May moves to third.
Bottom 7 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kemp scores. May moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Wright now pitching. Wockenfuss strikes out.
Bottom 7 May takes first base on ball four. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kemp hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Whitaker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Staub hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Staub for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitaker hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 LeFlore is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaRose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rodriguez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Rodriguez reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Yastrzemski for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Remy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wockenfuss. Remy reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 John Wockenfuss now playing right field. Aurelio Rodriguez now playing third base. Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Rozema covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 John Wockenfuss pinch hits for Tim Corcoran. Wockenfuss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it and throws to home to get Staub. Thompson moves to third. Kemp moves to second.
Bottom 5 John LaRose now pitching. Kemp takes first base on ball four. Staub moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 5 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rozema fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hobson hits a line drive into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whitaker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 LeFlore strikes out.
Bottom 4 Trammell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Trammell reaches second base with a double. Corcoran scores. Mankowski moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mankowski bunts in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to third for the out. Corcoran moves to second.
Bottom 4 Corcoran hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kemp scores. May moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kemp moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kemp bunts towards first. Scott juggles the ball. That's an error on Scott.
Top 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynn for the out.
Top 4 Fisk strikes out.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Rozema covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Staub takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Whitaker hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Trammell moves to third.
Bottom 3 LeFlore hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. Trammell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Trammell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Kemp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Remy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Burleson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Evans strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mankowski hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Corcoran hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May 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 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Trammell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. LeFlore settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rozema fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kemp is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Staub moves to second.
Bottom 1 Staub hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Whitaker scores.
Bottom 1 Whitaker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Whitaker reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 LeFlore 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 1 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mankowski fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Corcoran settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rice strikes out.
Top 1 Remy bunts towards the mound. Rozema fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burleson moves to second.
Top 1 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.