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September 2, 1979

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Rick Burleson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .282
OBP .000 .321
At Bats 3 525
Hits 0 148
• Singles 0 112
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 51

Doyle Alexander Season Stats

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3 6 0
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Fenway Park - September 2, 1979
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Single
Doyle Alexander
Greg Mahlberg
Willie Montanez
Bump Wills
Eric Soderholm
Buddy Bell
Al Oliver
Mickey Rivers
Richie Zisk
Rick Burleson
Stan Papi
Butch Hobson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hobson scores. There goes Papi trying to get to third. Rivers throws the ball in to Soderholm, who tags Papi for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 O'Berry is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Papi takes first base on ball four. Hobson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Wills fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivers tags and scores.
Top 6 Wills bunts towards the mound. Tudor fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 6 Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Yastrzemski. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 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 5 Eric Soderholm now playing third base. Buddy Bell now playing shortstop. Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Top 5 Soderholm hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Eric Soderholm pinch hits for Nelson Norman. The ball gets by O'Berry for a passed ball. Mahlberg moves to second.
Top 5 Mahlberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Montanez hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ellis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Burleson hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Berry hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Papi hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hobson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Watson takes first base on ball four. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 3 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Poquette tags and scores. Lynn tags and moves to third.
Bottom 3 Rice takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to third. Lynn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Lynn takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to second.
Bottom 3 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Wills hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tudor fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Norman hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Berry 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 2 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mahlberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Tudor covering. It's a double play.
Top 2 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Ellis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hobson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Watson reaches second base with a double. Yastrzemski scores.
Bottom 1 Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. Yastrzemski reaches second base with a double. Rice scores.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk who is chasing the ball. Rice reaches third base with a triple. Lynn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zisk hits a line drive into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third.
Top 1 Wills hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette. Rivers reaches second base with a double.