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May 31, 1989

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Luis Polonia Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .269
OBP .000 .301
At Bats 4 145
Hits 0 39
• Singles 0 30
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 13

Lee Smith Season Stats

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3 1 5
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Fenway Park - May 31, 1989
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Lee Smith
Rich Gedman
Nick Esasky
Marty Barrett
Wade Boggs
Jody Reed
Mike Greenwell
Ellis Burks
Dwight Evans
Luis Polonia
Stan Javier
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 2 Outs

Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reed. Javier scores. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Steinbach strikes out.
Top 9 Terry Steinbach pinch hits for Glenn Hubbard. There goes Javier. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Javier steals second.
Top 9 Stan Javier pinch runs for Tony Phillips. Blankenship strikes out.
Top 9 Lee Smith now pitching. Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gedman hits a ball on the ground towards first. McGwire scoops it up and throws to first, with Corsi covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Esasky takes first base on ball four. Burks moves to second.
Bottom 8 Horn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Burks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jim Corsi now pitching. Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hassey strikes out.
Top 8 McGwire hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Boggs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Barrett hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greg Cadaret now pitching. There goes Reed. The throw from Hassey and he is out, Phillips applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Reed hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Polonia moves to third.
Top 7 Polonia hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blankenship hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Clemens, and towards Barrett, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gedman hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Nelson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gedman for the out.
Bottom 6 Gene Nelson now pitching. Esasky hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greenwell scores. Horn moves to second.
Bottom 6 Horn is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 There goes Greenwell. The throw from Hassey and he is safe. Greenwell steals second.
Bottom 6 Burks strikes out.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Polonia settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greenwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Phillips strikes out.
Top 6 Lansford strikes out.
Top 6 Hassey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McGwire takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Boggs hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lansford settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Barrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horn scores. Esasky moves to second.
Bottom 5 Reed hits a fly ball into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gedman hits a popup towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Esasky hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horn moves to third.
Bottom 5 Horn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Polonia. Horn reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Barrett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Polonia hits a fly ball into left field. Greenwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Burks hits a line drive into center field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Greenwell strikes out. There goes Boggs. The throw from Hassey to Phillips, and Boggs is out.
Bottom 4 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips misplays the ball. That's an error on Phillips.
Top 4 Hubbard strikes out.
Top 4 Blankenship takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.
Top 4 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards first. Esasky fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Lansford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hassey hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Reed hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Polonia. Reed reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Gedman hits a popup towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Esasky strikes out.
Top 3 McGwire strikes out.
Top 3 Parker strikes out.
Top 3 Henderson hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Horn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Burks hits a fly ball into right field. Blankenship settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Evans strikes out.
Top 2 Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reed misplays the ball. That's an error on Reed. Lansford scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There goes Lansford. The throw from Gedman and he is safe. Lansford steals third.
Top 2 Blankenship strikes out.
Top 2 Phillips strikes out.
Top 2 Lansford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Greenwell. Lansford reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Greenwell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burns fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Boggs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Barrett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Reed hits a popup towards short. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hassey strikes out.
Top 1 McGwire takes first base on ball four. Parker moves to second.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Henderson strikes out.
Top 1 Polonia hits a fly ball into center field. Burks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.