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August 5, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 7 10 1
Brewers 2 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 7 10 1
Brewers 2 7 1

Robin Yount Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .263
OBP .333 .309
At Bats 3 395
Hits 1 104
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 36

Dennis Eckersley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 5 0
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County Stadium - August 5, 1979
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Dennis Eckersley
Carlton Fisk
Carl Yastrzemski
Jack Brohamer
Butch Hobson
Rick Burleson
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn
Dwight Evans
Robin Yount
Ben Oglivie

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 7 10 1 4
Milwaukee Brewers 2 7 1 5
Winning Pitcher Dennis Eckersley
Losing Pitcher Lary Sorensen
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Lynn
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Yount hits a line drive towards third. Hobson catches it and throws to first to double up Oglivie.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Thomas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fisk settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Oglivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Fisk hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lezcano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cooper hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dwight Evans now playing right field. Money strikes out.
Top 8 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Hobson hits a fly ball into center field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Yastrzemski tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third.
Top 8 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball towards right. Lezcano settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Lezcano. Rice scores. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 8 Charlie Moore now catching. Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oglivie. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Gantner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hobson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Charlie Moore pinch hits for Buck Martinez. Moore hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wohlford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 7 Yount hits a popup into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Mitchell covering, for the out.
Top 7 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Oglivie hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lezcano strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cooper hits a popup into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brohamer hits a popup towards first. Cooper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Poquette. The throw from Martinez and he is safe. Poquette steals second.
Top 6 Dwyer hits a popup towards third. Money settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hobson hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Money hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Hobson, and towards Burleson, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gantner bunts towards first. Yastrzemski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gantner for the out.
Bottom 5 Martinez is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Paul Mitchell now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Oglivie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Lynn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Fisk hits a fly ball into center field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dwyer scores. Brohamer moves to second.
Top 5 Brohamer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hobson scores. Dwyer moves to third.
Top 5 Dwyer takes first base on ball four. Hobson moves to second.
Top 5 Hobson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wohlford hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yount hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette who is chasing the ball. Yount reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Oglivie hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Yount scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Money fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lezcano hits a popup, foul, towards first. Yastrzemski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gantner scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Money hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gantner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gantner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brohamer misplays the ball. That's an error on Brohamer.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burleson hits a line drive towards right. Lezcano catches it and throws to first to double up Brohamer.
Top 3 Brohamer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gantner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wohlford strikes out.
Bottom 2 Yount hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Oglivie moves to third.
Bottom 2 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 2 There goes Oglivie. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Oglivie steals second.
Bottom 2 Oglivie hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hobson strikes out.
Top 2 Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Yastrzemski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Money settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rice hits a line drive towards short. Yount reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lezcano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cooper hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gantner tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Money bunts towards the mound. Eckersley fields it and throws to first for the out. Gantner moves to third.
Bottom 1 Gantner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette. Gantner reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Sorensen covering, for the out.
Top 1 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cooper scoops it up and throws to first, with Sorensen covering, for the out.
Top 1 Burleson hits a fly ball into center field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.