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June 7, 1979

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White Sox 2 8 1
Red Sox 9 17 0
Top 9 R H E
White Sox 2 8 1
Red Sox 9 17 0

Chet Lemon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .313
OBP .750 .410
At Bats 3 201
Hits 2 63
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 26
RBI’s 0 24

Chuck Rainey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 1
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Fenway Park - June 7, 1979
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Out
Chuck Rainey
Gary Allenson
Carl Yastrzemski
Larry Wolfe
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Chet Lemon
Ralph Garr
Don Kessinger
Greg Pryor

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 2 8 1 10
Boston Red Sox 9 17 0 9
Winning Pitcher Chuck Rainey
Losing Pitcher Ken Kravec
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Rice
Attendance 25,842
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Washington strikes out.
Top 9 Garr hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Soderholm scores. Pryor moves to third. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 9 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 May hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats May for the out. Soderholm moves to third. Pryor moves to second.
Top 9 Pryor takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Soderholm hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Soderholm reaches second base with a double. Bannister goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 8 Fred Howard now pitching. Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wolfe scores. Lynn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Lynn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Washington. Lynn reaches second base with a double. Burleson scores. Wolfe moves to third.
Bottom 8 Wolfe hits a line drive into left field. Garr picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Garr. Evans scores. Burleson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Evans moves to second.
Bottom 8 Allenson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Washington strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hinton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Yastrzemski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lemon. Fisk reaches second base with a double. Lemon throws the ball in to Pryor who relays the ball to Soderholm who tags Fisk trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 7 Rich Hinton now pitching. Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Garr 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 7 Kessinger 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 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Burleson scores.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Burleson reaches second base with a double. Evans scores.
Bottom 6 Allenson hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Evans. The throw from May and he is safe. Evans steals second.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pryor strikes out.
Top 6 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Kravec covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Washington 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 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wolfe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Burleson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Allenson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Yastrzemski scores. Hobson scores. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. May fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yastrzemski moves to third. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Bottom 4 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fisk strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pryor moves to second.
Top 4 Pryor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Soderholm is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wolfe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pryor settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 3 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Top 3 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Washington 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 3 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Allenson hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out.
Top 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Pryor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Soderholm strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a popup towards third. Soderholm settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Wolfe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wolfe fields it and throws to home to get Washington. Lemon moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Lemon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Lemon reaches second base with a double. Washington moves to third.
Top 1 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Garr hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.