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June 9, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Twins 6 6 0
Red Sox 12 17 3
Top 9 R H E
Twins 6 6 0
Red Sox 12 17 3

Willie Norwood Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .255
OBP .000 .290
At Bats 0 161
Hits 0 41
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 16

Tom Burgmeier Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Fenway Park - June 9, 1979
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Tom Burgmeier
Mike O'Berry
Jim Dwyer
Larry Wolfe
Jack Brohamer
Stan Papi
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Willie Norwood
Dave Edwards

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Minnesota Twins 6 6 0 8
Boston Red Sox 12 17 3 7
Winning Pitcher Mike Torrez
Losing Pitcher Roger Erickson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rick Burleson
Attendance 34,324
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Willie Norwood pinch hits for Glenn Adams. Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brohamer fields it and throws to second for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Edwards hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morales scores.
Top 9 Randall hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Borgmann hits a popup towards first. Dwyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jose Morales pinch hits for Hosken Powell. Morales hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Morales reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Brohamer hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rice scores.
Bottom 8 Dwyer hits a fly ball into center field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adams. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Lynn strikes out.
Top 8 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burgmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tom Burgmeier now pitching. Bombo Rivera pinch hits for Dan Graham. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Papi misplays the ball. That's an error on Papi. Kusick scores. Wilfong moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Wilfong hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Wilfong reaches second base with a double. Edwards scores. Adams scores. Kusick moves to third.
Top 8 Kusick takes first base on ball four. Edwards moves to third. Adams moves to second.
Top 8 Adams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Borgmann scores. Randall scores. Edwards moves to second.
Top 8 Edwards takes first base on ball four. Borgmann moves to third. Randall moves to second.
Top 8 Randall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Borgmann moves to second.
Top 8 Borgmann takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Powell 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 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Papi hits a fly ball into center field. Edwards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wolfe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Berry takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Glenn Borgmann now catching. Bob Randall now playing shortstop. Dave Edwards now playing center field. Craig Kusick now playing first base. Evans is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Graham hits a popup into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wilfong takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Jackson hits a popup into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Larry Wolfe now playing second base. Stan Papi now playing shortstop. Jim Dwyer now playing first base. Jack Brohamer now playing third base. MikAdams hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Pete Redfern now pitching. Jim Dwyer pinch runs for Carl Yastrzemski. Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Rice scores.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adams. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Lynn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 6 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it and throws to home to get Allenson. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Remy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adams. Remy reaches second base with a double. Allenson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Allenson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landreaux for the out.
Top 6 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wynegar hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Evans hits a popup into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hobson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Mike Bacsik now pitching. Fisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Lynn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adams. Lynn reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Powell is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Castino hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Graham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy misplays the ball. That's an error on Remy.
Top 5 Wilfong hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops it up and throws to first, with Erickson covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Allenson hits a fly ball into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive towards short. Burleson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smalley moves to third. Landreaux moves to second.
Top 4 Landreaux takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Top 4 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a popup into right field. Powell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hobson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Fisk hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castino fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Powell hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Castino strikes out.
Top 3 Graham hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lynn hits a fly ball into left field. Adams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Adams. Burleson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Remy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castino settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Allenson strikes out.
Top 2 Wilfong hits a popup into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy misplays the ball. That's an error on Remy.
Top 2 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adams for the out.
Top 2 Landreaux hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fisk scores.
Bottom 1 Fisk hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Landreaux who is chasing the ball. Fisk reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Erickson Burleson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Powell. Burleson reaches second base with a double. Remy goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wilfong fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Smalley hits a line drive towards the mound. Torrez catches it and throws to second to double up Powell.
Top 1 Wynegar bunts towards the mound. Torrez fields it and throws to first for the out. Powell moves to second.
Top 1 Powell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.