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June 5, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 7 14 0
Athletics 9 13 1
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 7 14 0
Athletics 9 13 1

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .338
OBP .750 .386
At Bats 4 225
Hits 3 76
• Singles 1 44
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 1 5
• Home Runs 1 19
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 2 52

Elias Sosa Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 7
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Oakland-Alameda County Stadium - June 5, 1978
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Strikeout
Elias Sosa
Jim Essian
Dave Revering
Mike Edwards
Wayne Gross
Mario Guerrero
Tony Armas
Dwayne Murphy
Gary Thomasson
Jim Rice
Jerry Remy

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 7 14 0 5
Oakland Athletics 9 13 1 4
Winning Pitcher Pete Broberg
Losing Pitcher Allen Ripley
Save Elias Sosa
Game Winning RBI Mitchell Page
Attendance 36,463
Time of Game 2 hours 56 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rice strikes out. There goes Remy. The throw from Essian to second, and Remy is out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Remy bunts towards the mound. Sosa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Rice settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Alexander hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hobson strikes out.
Top 8 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tony Armas now playing left field. Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gross hits a line drive towards right. Evans catches it and throws to first to double up Essian.
Bottom 7 Essian hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Page scores.
Bottom 7 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kendall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Revering for the out. Page moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dick Drago now pitching. Page hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Page reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fisk hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Elias Sosa now pitching. Kendall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Rice hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Remy hits a line drive into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Evans tags and scores.
Top 7 Burleson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans moves to third.
Top 7 Hobson strikes out.
Top 7 Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomasson takes first base on ball four. Murphy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kendall fields it and throws to home to get Gross. Edwards moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Edwards hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Edwards reaches second base with a double. Gross moves to third.
Bottom 6 Alexander hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fred Kendall now playing first base. Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fisk is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Essian strikes out.
Bottom 5 Revering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Page strikes out.
Top 5 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards second. Edwards scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Burleson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hobson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Guerrero hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomasson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Edwards scores. Murphy scores.
Bottom 4 Murphy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross scores. Edwards moves to third. Murphy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gross moves to third.
Bottom 4 Alexander hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Gross reaches second base with a double. Revering scores.
Bottom 4 Essian bunts towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out. Revering moves to third.
Bottom 4 Revering hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Revering reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Evans strikes out.
Top 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it, throws to home for one, and over to first - double play. Fisk moves to third. Lynn moves to second.
Top 4 Lynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to third. Fisk moves to second.
Top 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Yastrzemski moves to second.
Top 4 Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Rice hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Thomasson picks up the ball and throws it away. That's a triple and an error on Thomasson. Rice moves all the way to home.
Bottom 3 Page hits a popup towards short. Burleson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomasson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Remy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Remy hits a popup towards short. Guerrero settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broberg fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hobson strikes out.
Top 3 Dwayne Murphy now playing center field. Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy. Evans reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 There goes Dilone. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Dilone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Edwards. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Burleson applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Edwards is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Jim Wright now pitching. Alexander is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lynn hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fisk hits a line drive into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Evans throws the ball in to Burleson who tags Gross trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Revering scores.
Bottom 1 Essian is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Revering hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lynn. Revering reaches second base with a double. Page scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Page. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Page steals second.
Bottom 1 Page hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dilone scores. Thomasson scores.
Bottom 1 Guerrero bunts towards the mound. Ripley fields it and throws to first for the out. Dilone moves to third. Thomasson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thomasson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Dilone bunts into left field, out of the reach of Rice. Dilone reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Remy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Edwards scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Burleson hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.