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May 5, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Mariners 4 11 1
Red Sox 11 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Mariners 4 11 1
Red Sox 11 14 0

Willie Horton Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .287
OBP .250 .330
At Bats 4 108
Hits 1 31
• Singles 1 23
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 13

Dick Drago Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 2
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Fenway Park - May 5, 1979
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Strikeout
Dick Drago
Bob Montgomery
George Scott
Jerry Remy
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Willie Horton
Bruce Bochte
Bill Stein

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Seattle Mariners 4 11 1 10
Boston Red Sox 11 14 0 7
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Odell Jones
Save Dick Drago
Game Winning RBI Fred Lynn
Attendance 25,714
Time of Game 2 hours 58 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Horton is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Stein moves to third. Bochte moves to second.
Top 9 Bochte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stein moves to second.
Top 9 Stein is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball towards right. Roberts settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Roberts.
Bottom 8 Rafael Vasquez now pitching. Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Lynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burleson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Remy is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drago fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Hale strikes out.
Top 8 Stinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Montgomery strikes out.
Bottom 7 Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Evans reaches third base with a triple. Rice scores. Scott goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rice moves to third.
Bottom 7 Scott takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Horton strikes out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Bochte moves to third.
Top 7 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bochte moves to second.
Top 7 Dick Drago now pitching. Bochte hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops it up and throws to first, with Rawley covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Shane Rawley now pitching. Remy hits a line drive into left field. Hale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Stein hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Cruz. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Mendoza hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stinson tags and scores.
Top 6 Hale hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Stinson moves to third.
Top 6 Stinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Stinson reaches second base with a double. Jones scores.
Top 6 There goes Jones. The throw from Montgomery and he is safe. Jones steals second.
Top 6 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Montgomery hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Montague fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stein fields it and throws to first for the out. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hobson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Scott scores.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roberts. Scott reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Horton strikes out.
Top 5 Roberts hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bochte hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Bochte reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Stein 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 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lynn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a popup towards third. Stein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Remy for the out. Montgomery moves to second.
Bottom 4 Montgomery hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mendoza hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Roberts scores. Jones scores. Stinson moves to third.
Top 4 Hale strikes out.
Top 4 Stinson takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Top 4 Jones takes first base on ball four. Roberts moves to second.
Top 4 Horton strikes out.
Top 4 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 John Montague now pitching. Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Hobson takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second.
Bottom 3 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Roberts. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Remy scores. Rice goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Montgomery scores. Remy moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bochte scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out. Montgomery moves to third. Remy moves to second.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Remy takes first base on ball four. Montgomery moves to second.
Bottom 3 Montgomery hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Stein hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Eckersley fires to first and picks off Cruz.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mendoza fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mendoza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Hale strikes out.
Top 2 Stinson hits a popup towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones takes first base on ball four. Horton moves to second.
Top 2 Horton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bochte settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a line drive into right field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Remy hits a fly ball into left field. Hale settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bochte hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stein hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.