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June 5, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Rangers 3 11 1
Red Sox 9 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Rangers 3 11 1
Red Sox 9 12 1

Johnny Grubb Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .323
OBP .750 .383
At Bats 4 127
Hits 3 41
• Singles 2 26
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 21

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

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4 3 0
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Fenway Park - June 5, 1979
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Out
Dennis Eckersley
Gary Allenson
Carl Yastrzemski
Larry Wolfe
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Johnny Grubb
Nelson Norman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Texas Rangers 3 11 1 7
Boston Red Sox 9 12 1 8
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Jon Matlack
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Lynn
Attendance 27,670
Time of Game 2 hours 22 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nelson Norman pinch runs for Oscar Gamble. Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Larvell Blanks. Gamble hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sample scores.
Top 9 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Sample moves to third.
Top 9 Billy Sample pinch runs for John Ellis. Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Sample moves to second.
Top 9 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb scores.
Top 8 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Grubb moves to third.
Top 8 Bell strikes out.
Top 8 Grubb hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Grubb reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Allenson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yastrzemski tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Evans takes first base on ball four. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hobson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wills strikes out.
Top 7 Sundberg strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rice is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 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 6 Wolfe strikes out.
Top 6 Ellis hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Putnam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Allenson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lynn throws the ball in to Yastrzemski who tags Bell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Grubb moves to third.
Top 5 Grubb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Top 5 Blanks hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Eckersley fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Eckersley. Wills moves to second.
Top 5 Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski strikes out.
Bottom 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. Rice reaches second base with a double. Lynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Wolfe strikes out.
Top 4 Sundberg hits a line drive towards first. Yastrzemski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ellis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Putnam moves to third. Ellis moves to second.
Top 4 Putnam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a popup towards first. Putnam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Allenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Blanks hits a popup towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lynn hits a line drive into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wolfe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Doc Medich now pitching. Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich juggles the ball. That's an error on Medich. Evans scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Allenson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Allenson reaches second base with a double. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ellis is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fisk scores.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. Fisk reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burleson strikes out.
Top 1 Zisk is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Wolfe fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Grubb hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.